Christianity is Christ, and when we get Christ wrong we get Christianity wrong. Anything as important as getting right who Jesus is and what he…
One of the hallmarks of biblical Christianity is a very high view of the Word of God. Christians believe that the Bible is divinely inspired…
In this series I have dealt with not only verses which can be difficult to understand and interpret, but verses which are simply often abused…
Most people who are busy seeking to do the work of the Kingdom by God’s grace will know that it is often a thankless task.…
The interfaith movement is all the rage at the moment. And as biblical Christians we should not be surprised at this. The attempt to water…
This passage as such is not so problematic – it only becomes so when one realises what Jesus is quoting from. He seems to cite…
No, not commentary about Christmas, but Bible commentaries one can buy for self or others for Christmas – that is the focus of this article.…
Eschatology, or the study of the end times, is a real hot potato topic with plenty of differing views. All sorts of major battles have…
This passage is as much a misused passage as a difficult one. And its misuse can often be deadly. There have been a number of…
Believe it or not, I do appreciate some agnostics and atheists. Often there can be broad areas of common ground, and I will therefore recommend…
One of the areas in which Christians can and do disagree – often intensely – is in the broad area of eschatology. This is simply…
Commentaries lovers will appreciate this article, while everyone else will simply scratch their heads. But for the handful of people still with me, I here…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
As has been my occasional habit, I offer another list of recommended reading. The books mentioned here simply happen to be some of the volumes…
There are all sorts of reasons why people get involved in interfaith dialogue. Some are better than others. Some Christians, for example, may think in…
No, I didn’t get it wrong: I did not mistakenly leave a word out of my title. While I certainly have Matt. 7:1 in mind,…
Jesus mentioned the stones speaking out when the Pharisees told his disciples to keep quiet (Luke 19:40). Someone, or something, must testify to the truth,…
Apologetics comes from a Greek word meaning reason or defence. It has to do with defending the Christian faith and answering objections to it. Since…
With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 44 languages, and a blockbuster film due out in mid-May, The Da Vinci Code has made…
Monarch Books, 2005. There are a number of good books out which critique the many fallacies and inaccuracies in Dan Brown’s best selling novel. The…