There is no question that the church of Jesus Christ in Australia (and in much of the Western world) is not exactly in great shape.…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
Great truths from this great preacher: If one cannot get to read all the many great books penned by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the next best thing…
We must never put asunder what Scripture joins together: The progressive Christians of today, like the theological liberals of old, seek to convince us that…
Just who is used for God’s purposes? Let me cut to the chase here. What are the kind of people that God uses for his…
The curious case of Judas: Here I am again, taking on some of the biggest, most complex, and most debated issues in the world of…
The Samson saga is bizarre but encouraging: Yesterday I wrote about the Samson narratives. He was one of the judges, or deliverers, that God raised…
We need to learn from the Samson saga: You all know the story of Samson. He was the reluctant deliverer that God used, despite his…
Can God ever forget us? Yesterday I penned a piece on forgetfulness. I looked at two types of this, from a spiritual perspective. When we…
There is good and bad forgetfulness: We all have moments of forgetfulness. Obviously as you get older this can become an evermore pressing problem. Dementia…
There is a need for some righteous indignation: A defining feature of the modern West is a total lack of concern for what is happening,…
The sexual revolution and cult of self are dead-ends: John Calvin once said that the human heart is an idol-making factory. If we do not…
Can we really remain neutral in these crucial areas? Can and should the Christian be neutral? Well, it depends on what we are talking about.…
Some great truths that we need to keep in mind: Back in 1959 the late great J. I. Packer gave a series of talks at…
Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…
We need an external moral guidance system: As we know, most folks in the world, and far too many Christians, seem to think the best…
What others are saying about preaching: Some of you might think, ‘I am not a preacher, so this article is not for me.’ There are…
The poisonous pursuit of wealth and the good life: In 1964 the Beatles sang about love and money. Old guys like me certainly remember “Can’t…
In praise of the early church creeds: If one wanted to summarise the basics of the Christian faith, and present some of the main and…