OK, it is the middle of the year, so it is not much good speaking about New Year’s resolutions. But it seems to me that…
These are the two major missing ingredients in most churches today. Sadly the commitment-less, non-judgmental and PC-heavy mindset which characterises the world also characterises much…
There are a number of memorable prayers of repentance in the Bible. Psalm 51 is obviously one of the most famous. But there are other…
In light of the theological framework developed in Part One of this article, I want to flesh this out in some practical specifics, looking at…
OK, I need to make two confessions here at the outset. First, this title is not mine; it comes from A.W. Tozer. Second, I will…
I came upon an interesting religious news item today. It seems that one very famous church in America has gone bankrupt, and is up for…
A new Islamic advertising campaign in Sydney will seek to convince non-Muslims that Jesus is a messenger of Islam. In today’s press we find this…
There is plenty that we can learn from the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, especially when it comes to challenging a sleeping, compromising and errant church.…
There is no greater topic to write or reflect upon than that of God himself: his nature, his character, and his person. As our creator…
Because we live in a fallen world, and all of us – even the redeemed – are still fallen and finite, there will always be…
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…
It is a common feature of totalitarian states, such as the Communist regimes, to haul recalcitrants off to camps where they can be made to…
Isaac Publishing, 2008. Available in Australia from Barnabas Fund: https://barnabasfund.org/Index.php?m=10%2352&page=barnabasbooks&first=no&pages=all Patrick Sookhdeo, who was born a Muslim, is now a Christian convert living in England.…
Presbyterian and Reformed, 2006, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) From 1643-1646 English and Scottish churchmen met at Westminster to formulate a new creed.…
Not bad for a get rich quick scheme: peddle some old myths, repackage and cleverly promote them, and get Oprah Winfrey to gush about it,…
The twentieth century witnessed the onslaught of several totalitarian regimes, all of them atheistic or secular in nature. While things are a bit more quiet…
Spence, 2003. Like Whittaker Chambers before him, David Horowitz must have thought he was abandoning the winning side for the losing side, when he embraced…