The importance of the Old Testament for believers today cannot be overstated. But neither can it be overstated how often and how much the OT…
At the very heart of Christian theology is the notion of the triune God, and the idea of the deity of Christ. Both these doctrines…
There would be many thousands of volumes written on the issues of war and peace, and for good reason. Issues of life and death are…
Christianity is Christ, and when we get Christ wrong we get Christianity wrong. Anything as important as getting right who Jesus is and what he…
Five hundred years ago the posting of a number of theses by an Augustinian monk turned the world upside down. Plenty has been written of…
IVP, 2017. There is nothing new about pain and suffering, and why God’s people have to endure so much of it. Job wrestled with these…
I just penned a piece on the tumultuous counterculture, 50 years on. I mentioned that a major part of this social upheaval was the sexual…
Let me begin with a confession: I was involved in the New Age Movement (NAM) back in my wild youth. And that was before it…
The Apostle Paul commanded all disciples of Christ to “study to show yourself approved” (2 Timothy 2:15). That of course means careful and concentrated study…
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…
Truth is crucially important and adhering to what is true is far more vital than what we imagine. But trying to make this case becomes…
Seventy years ago the war with Japan ended because of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9. Although around…
Christians are suffering more persecution around the world than those from any other religion. In very broad brush terms it can be stated that in…
There is a huge amount of material out there on the topics of Islam, the Middle East, the Muslim world, terrorism, jihad, creeping sharia, and…
In a 20-year period InterVarsity Press has produced a top notch series of dictionaries on the Old and New Testaments. The series of large volumes…
The greater any gift is, the greater it can be perverted and distorted. This is especially true of the gift of human sexuality. Its abuse…
Believe it or not, I do appreciate some agnostics and atheists. Often there can be broad areas of common ground, and I will therefore recommend…
During the middle of the Second World War, C.S. Lewis wrote a short essay for the Spectator on “Equality”. In it he said, “Mankind is…
OK, I need to make two confessions here at the outset. First, this title is not mine; it comes from A.W. Tozer. Second, I will…
Arguably the most important moral issue of our day is the wholesale and wanton slaughter of the unborn. With some 100,000 unborn babies killed every…