When is it right to resist unjust rulers? In this irregular series on resistance theory, I now turn to the French/Swiss reformer John Calvin (1509-1564).…
This year has seen and heard much of the double anniversary of Charles Darwin (the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the 150th anniversary of…
Many have wrestled with the idea of resistance to tyranny, including John Knox: I recently created a new sub-category for this website: “resistance theory”. This…
A meme making the rounds on social media has much to say about the state of many Western nations today. Thus it has become quite…
As part of my mad dash through Europe – or parts of it – let me focus briefly on the Swiss city of Geneva. It…
Fontana Press, 1993. When Edwin Abbott wrote his turn-of-the-century minor classic, Flatland, he introduced us to a two-dimensional land where all activity was lived out…
Eerdmans, 2024. What actually makes a person a Christian? When you have a lot of jokes about something, that is probably because they contain a…
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place of resistance to wicked rulers…
God loves us too much to allow our idols to remain: I am again reading through the books of 1 & 2 Kings. One major…
Most Christians need to get this right: This piece may not be to everyone’s liking, as it combines some autobiographical elements with biblical and devotional…
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…
So who am I reading a lot of? Five years ago I posted an article listing all the authors I happen to have ten or…
More insights into this important biblical theme: All three of the items featured in my title I have discussed before. The idea of common grace…
There is a place for great fiction: Last night on the social media I half-jokingly said in a post that I can’t believe some Christians…
Introducing Saint Augustine: Anyone even remotely interested in the major disciplines of the humanities – be it history, philosophy, theology, ethics or politics – must…
There is no conflict between serving a sovereign God and presenting the gospel to all: My purpose here is not to again see yet another…
We can never get enough of the great Spurgeon: The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) would easily have 800, perhaps even 8000 classic quotes…
Being ‘true to yourself’ is often the worst thing you can do: Often music can capture the way a culture thinks and feels. It can…
No more lies – we must proclaim the truth, even if it costs us: I hate to break it to you, but the time when…