Yes Christians are called to speak truth to power: I realise that those who use the phrase found in my title are often those of…
It is frightening how Christians can twist the biblical teaching on the role of the state: The biblical Christian knows at least two things about…
Is the concept of reincarnation compatible with biblical Christianity? Here is something you can count on: those who insist that all religions are basically the…
What exactly do we mean when we stress the importance of ‘the priesthood of all believers’? One core teaching of the Reformation in general, and…
What pronouns should you use when talking to a trans person? We now live in a world where we are routinely expected to deny reality,…
A few thoughts on Christians and depression: Christians and depression. Some think the two can never go together, but I beg to differ. Let me…
“I the Lord do not change.” We find that statement in the Old Testament – in Malachi 3:6. The New Testament affirms the same truth.…
The Christian holds dual citizenship. He has two passports. He is a citizen of this world and of his own country, as well as a…
Those who are Christians have been entrusted with the gospel. That is just what Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 2:4: “we speak as those approved…
There is not much new under the sun as the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us, and a basic knowledge of the past 2000 years of…
Did you know that one of the greatest, most loved, and most influential preachers of all times not only suffered greatly in the flesh, but…
I have lost count of the number of times I have heard some Christians say that believers should not seek to impose their morality on…
Isaiah is the first of the major prophets and one of the most important. His ministry took place before the Babylonian exile of 587 B.C.…
I’m glad you asked. OK, so you didn’t ask, but a few of you might have been thinking that! I know that a small percentage…
I had a rather strange thing happen to me some years ago. I was invited to be a key speaker at a Christian conference in…
Getting a biblically balanced outlook on various issues is often quite difficult to achieve. Usually we have a lot of muddled and misguided thinking in…
There is a lot of confusion about issues of sexuality and ethics. Plenty of atheists and secularists seek to argue that things like chastity, abstinence,…
One very startling verse found in the gospels is Luke 18:8: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” Good…
With the recent passing of a very famous man, lots of talk about death bed conversions has again been heard – at least in the…
If you want the short answer: yes it is. But let me tease this out a bit more. In the current debates about homosexual marriage,…