In part one of this article I looked very briefly at the nature of proof, evidence, and the case for God’s existence. In this second…
It was recently announced that Barack Obama has asked megachurch pastor Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration. Warren has accepted the invitation to deliver…
Throughout history civil disobedience (that is, the public, nonviolent conscientious resistance to, or breaking of, a law deemed to be unjust) has been engaged in.…
The 2008 Olympic Games are now history. The strongest, the fastest, and the most athletic were on display during the two weeks of competition. There…
While it is perhaps presumptuous of me to broach such an important topic, it is worth giving it a try. In particular, I want to…
It is always a delicate matter when believers speak out on any issue, whether to fellow believers, or to non-believers. Most discussions or arguments on…
Many former God-haters have either converted or passed on: There is an old religious joke about a few quotations graffitied on a bathroom wall. The…
Give to one and all, no questions asked? As so often happens, a discussion, a debate, or even a knock-down, drag-out brawl on the social…
There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
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…
Baker, 2023. A vitally important defence of men and masculinity: Nancy Pearcey has said that this has been her most controversial book to date. That…
These quotes will encourage and convict – we need to hear them: The great preacher, teacher and revivalist Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) had a huge influence…
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…
Will you finish the race, and finish strong? With only hours to go before we see the end of 2022, this might be a good…
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…
How should we then live in these changing times? My theme is simple. As I have said so often over the years, the once Christian…
We must return to a muscular and aggressive faith: There have always been believers who have thought that if we are just really nice and…
God’s forgiveness of sinners is not unconditional: Let me cut to the quick: God cannot forgive you if you think you have nothing to be…
Carl Henry was a giant of American evangelicalism: Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry (1913-2003), was one of the most important names in American evangelicalism of the…
How are we to understand the sabbath? There is plenty of discussion and debate on the matter of how the Christian should understand the sabbath.…