By now most of you would have seen the ads for L’Oréal cosmetics with its slogan, “Because I’m worth it”. Other versions of the slogan…
This piece is as much about the Moravian church as it is about Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, its founder. Both have secured a place…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
Christianity is far more than just pie in the sky in the sweet bye and bye. Wherever Christian missionaries and workers have gone, there has…
The atheist fundamentalists have been working overtime as of late. Not only did Jill Singer pen another zinger in the Herald Sun (January 8), but…
The Christian faith gets some pretty bad press nowadays. Certainly much of this is deserved. But for all its faults, the Christian religion is responsible…
Indonesia is Australia’s nearest, largest neighbour. It is also the world’s largest Islamic nation. Amongst the 240 million people, around 85 per cent are Muslim.…
Miracles will not always lead to faith: I just recently wrote a piece on signs and wonders. In it I asked whether the miraculous normally…
When Christian ministries shift from their original calling: We all know of groups, organisations, parachurch groups, and even churches that started out explicitly and unashamedly…
We need to be careful in our assessments of others: We Christians can be a funny lot – we can so easily run to unhealthy…
There is no conflict between serving a sovereign God and presenting the gospel to all: My purpose here is not to again see yet another…
What does it mean to seek the welfare of the city? The other day I discussed Jeremiah 29:7. The famous passage says this: “But seek…
Spiritual and political lessons to be learned from Israel in exile: I want to speak about how we should live with and pray for those…
Preaching was not the only thing Spurgeon is known for: We all think of the great English Baptist C. H. Spurgeon as a mighty and…
We have so much to learn from the amazing life of Elisabeth Elliot: I recently revisited a 2020 volume by Ellen Vaughn. It is the…
You might be interested in some of my current reading: Those who know even a little bit about me will understand that this may be…
You know things are really bad when the church cannot define what a woman is: When the church follows the world instead of the living…
Church leaders – and their families – sure do need our prayers: Most Christians at least should know what my title refers to. PKs (Pastor’s…
Whither evangelical theological education? If you were an American evangelical Christian growing up in the second half of the 20th century, looking to get some…
Reflections on Ukraine: I offer here some further random thoughts on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. They supplement my views from earlier pieces on this…