What we need to know about Lord Shaftesbury, the important Christian social reformer: The great English social reformer and Christian activist Anthony Ashley Cooper bears…
God may have shared some burdens with you – they are heavy, but bearable: Everyone you meet is carrying some kind of burden. It can…
In dark times we are right to ask God when he will intervene and bring forth justice: We have all asked the question “How long?”…
“Who me, deny the Lord?” you might be saying right now. Yes you. It is time to get real here. How many Christians are in…
I don’t know about you, but one of the prayers I pray perhaps more than any other nowadays is this: “Come Quickly Lord Jesus”. Sometimes…
Most people think of Francis Schaeffer of one of our great Christian apologists of last century. And that he certainly was. His work in the…
Strangely enough, there are actually Christians today who are debating whether Christ needs to be Lord in the believer’s life. I would have thought that…
Baker, 2006. Available in Australia at Koorong Books. Three millennia ago it was said by a friend of Job that surely as sparks fly upward,…
The Australian Institute for Public Policy, 1990. In 1987 George Roche, President of Hillsdale College in Michigan, wrote a valuable book called A World Without…
There is no better news we can hear than this: As I was reflecting again the other night on my many shortcomings, failings, sins and…
Christians will one day meet again with lost loved ones: Two basic truths the believer can count on are these: in this life we will…
On fulfilling our calling to others: Christians are of course meant to be evangelists and missionaries in various ways. We are to share the good…
Care and caution are needed in dealing with others: How many times have you heard me say that ‘we need to get the biblical balance…
We all hurt and have needs – yet there is real hope for us: Yesterday as I was walking the dog I was reflecting on…
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…
Too many are too quick to judge and condemn: Evangelical and Bible-believing Christians know full well that Jesus saved his harshest words of condemnation for…
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).…
Aspects of Luther’s social and political thought: Protestants have given much thought to the issue of if and when it is permissible for the Christian…