The three letters that we refer to as the Pastoral Epistles are 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. That specific term has only been around…
Eerdmans, 2018. The newest volume in the excellent Pillar New Testament Commentary series is another first-rate effort. The American New Testament professor has already done…
That we can all learn heaps from the Apostle Paul of course goes without saying. He wrote a quarter of the New testament and was…
One of the clearest teachings found in the New Testament is this: if you throw your lot in with Jesus Christ, commit to being his…
The biblical and theological issues of predestination and election are a stumbling block to some folks. I have had various Christians, including not a few…
If you really love someone and want to help them, you tell them the truth. If you don’t really care about others and just want…
Yep, we have all encountered them. They are a real worry, and they seem to be everywhere of late. They are utterly convinced of their…
Go to any well-attended church today in the West and chances are good you will hear a constant, continuing message which is entirely positive with…
Everyone has a worldview – they may not know that they do, but they do nonetheless. Everyone looks at the world from a particular point…
Sometimes I come across an article which is so appallingly bad, that I am left with just two choices; ignore it altogether and hope that…
One cannot read the gospel accounts without noticing one very clear thing: wherever Jesus went, and whatever Jesus said and did, he brought division, he…
In any war there are actually always two enemies: an external enemy and an internal enemy. By internal I mean when our own side does…
Anyone with a bit of biblical knowledge will know what I am referring to with my title. In Matthew 12:20 we read: “A bruised reed…
Have you ever been abandoned by friends? Have you ever had brothers or sisters in Christ desert you? Have you ever had close associates turn…
Gotta love reading through the book of Acts again. It is jam-packed with spiritual treasures. Having just reread Paul’s farewell address to the Ephesian elders…
I get it all the time: mealy-mouthed Christians who say I am too radical, too confrontational, too troublesome. Oh really? And I am supposed to…
As I am reading again through the book of Acts, one thing that has struck me is just how much of a continuation we find…
If there was anything that I learned from my time in Europe and England, it is the truth that a godly heritage can be almost…
Christians should of course have as a primary goal to be more godly, to be more like our Lord. We should seek to emulate, imitate,…
It has recently been brought to our attention that the apostle Paul was involved in an ugly incident involving those of other faiths, causing an…