It goes without saying that suffering is a major part of life. No one denies this. Yet there are some Christians and some theologies which…
Why does it seem that not all of our prayers are answered? Why are some people healed and others not? Why do sin, suffering and…
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…
Admittedly, contentment is rather difficult to achieve in an age of rising expectations. Not only does everyone want to keep up with the Joneses, but…
One major mistake of some believers in general, and the prosperity gospel in particular, is to equate a person’s economic and material standing with his…
There are always plenty of twisted teachings and dodgy doctrines circulating in our churches. One is known as the Prosperity Gospel or the Health and…
Sometimes the contrast gets quite overwhelming. In this case, it involves reading two quite contrasting texts. On the one hand, we have press reports of…
If modernism and secularisation have convinced pagans of God’s nonexistence, they have convinced many Christians of God’s manageability. That is, God has become less of…
Sixty-five years ago the world celebrated Victory in Europe Day. On May 8, 1945, the official surrender of Germany was accepted by the Allies, and…
I recently bought two books I did not want to buy. I hate dishing out hard-earned money on books I consider barely worth stealing (at…
While many Christians may be apolitical or even look down on political involvement as being somehow not very “spiritual,” the truth remains that we live…
The theological issue of the relationship between law and gospel is far too complex and has had way too much ink spilled over it for…
A popular teaching has been heard in the church over the last few decades which encourages Christians to believe they should be rich and prosperous.…
We no longer believe in sin, so we no longer believe in a saviour: In the old days, most people knew they were sinful beings…
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…
Christian, you are not your own and you need to start living that way: We live in an age of easy believism and cheap grace.…
When megachurches are publicly critiqued, sometimes it is well-deserved: It is a general truth that if believers are fed a diet of faulty, questionable or…
We must not read Scripture cafeteria style: God did not give us just some books of the Bible, or parts of some books. He gave…
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…
A great saint with a great mind and a great heart has just passed: I was not going to pen a piece on this great…