As we come to the close of the New Testament we find these three short but important letters by John (authorship is disputed, but likely…
Most folks would have heard about a young American missionary who went to a remote island to evangelise an unreached people group. For his efforts…
These two books complete the narrative portion of the New Testament. The rest of the NT is composed of various epistles and writings. While I…
Early on in my days of being a new Christian I learned of how important and how inspiring it is to read the stories of…
Bethany House, 2017. Historian Jeremiah Johnston asks us to imagine what life would be like if there was no Christ and no Christianity. Those with…
I take it that all genuine Christians will want to effectively serve their Lord and fully do his will. There would be many ways that…
Crossway, 2016. The foundation of the Christian faith is the authority and trustworthiness of the Word of God. Scripture underpins our entire faith, and those…
These two rather similar verses are not so much difficult passages as ones that can be easily misused. I have had people tell me for…
John Stott passed away this week at age 90. The British evangelical leader and Anglican clergyman was a giant of 20th century evangelicalism. He was…
OK, consider a brief exercise in a bit of cynicism here. But sometimes public figures really become irritating, so please indulge me as I let…
This is a famous passage, but one which can often be rather poorly interpreted. At least it is often used to support various agendas which…
Baker, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Prolific Old Testament scholar John Goldingay here offers us the fruit of his many years of thinking,…
Crossway Books, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) There have been a number of solid evangelical works on ethics which have appeared over the…
SaltRiver, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) In this illuminating and moving volume we get an inside look at the world of Planned Parenthood,…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) While it is true that with God all things are possible, it seems one of the more…
It may have been “twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play,” as the Beatles sang about in their 1967 album “Sgt.…
It seems the higher up one climbs on the ladder to superstardom, the more license one has to being a complete twit. Of course there…
IVP, 2003, 2006, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Now that the third and final volume of John Goldingay’s tremendous work is now available,…
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…
Thomas Nelson, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) That the Bible puts a very high premium on truth is indisputable. But sadly, the church…