So we now mark the 2000th. No, I am not referring to the number of books I have bought in the past few years (although…
If there is no such thing as truth, as we are so often told today, then it must also be the case that there is…
Facebook users may have noticed how recently the social networking site has allowed folks to post bigger pictures in their posts. So there has been…
I often write about cases of Christians being persecuted, the church coming under attack, and Christianity being targeted. In the West we find cases of…
Because we live in such a topsy-turvy world, we can’t count on anything always being safe, or be assured of any unchanging verities. In a…
There comes a time in the life of any Christian leader when he has to decide just who he will serve. Will he go the…
The biblical worldview is fairly straightforward about our current condition: things are not the way they are supposed to be. What God originally created has…
The world’s attention is now focused on Rupert Murdoch, his media empire, and the collapse of News of the World. The phone-hacking scandal surrounding Murdoch…
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.…
Imagine this scenario: You and your young family are nestled comfortably in bed for the night when you hear a disturbance downstairs. Everyone is startled…
I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that if any of the Old Testament prophets – or any of the New Testament disciples…
The broad issue of God and his providential rule over his creation is a major theological topic. And with yet another national disaster occurring –…
Whenever a major disaster or national tragedy breaks forth, a heated debate tends to arise within Christian circles. Opinions tend to be polarised, with two…
Eerdmans, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Sadly, the Old Testament is often neglected by Christians, and the Minor Prophets do not get a…
When one’s sickness is severe, and one’s condition is terminal, then the need for radical measures is clearly called for. Any doctor knows that: the…
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…
There is hardly a more frightening and sobering passage in all of Scripture than Romans 1:18-32. Yet, sadly, it may be one of the more…
Let’s face it folks: Morally and spiritually speaking, Australia – or America, or England, etc – is now on a par with ancient Sodom and…
With 39 Old Testament books, and numerous new commentaries pouring off the press each year, it is hard to keep up with the latest and…
In 1941 C.S. Lewis wrote a brief but very important essay entitled “The Weight of Glory”. There is a play on words with his title,…