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…
Is Peter offering us a type of pantheism, or New Age teaching in this passage? Peter uses a phrase in this passage that is not…
Why do some Bibles differ in terms of the number of books they include? Just today I had this comment sent in to my website…
Let me begin with a few prefatory remarks. This is just an overview of one Christian issue which Christians can well differ on. I happen…
“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.…
Let me briefly define things here, then offer a few prefatory remarks. Simply put, iconoclasm – in a religious context – literally means “image-breaking”. It…
It can happen to the best of us: we all can say some rather silly and stupid things from time to time. But sadly some…
The destruction of an 850-year-old cathedral in Paris has resulted in a number of questions being raised. Some of them I have explored in my…
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…
I penned a piece yesterday on the very sad state of the Netherlands. It has really led the way in many respects with all the…
One might think that the land of country music and the Grand Ole Opry has little to do with the land of Erasmus and Rembrandt.…
On the what? OK, I understand that many of you – probably most – may not know what is being referred to here. Students of…
Crossway, 2018. The subject of ethics from a Christian perspective is very important indeed. It often can be wrongly presented, so it is appropriate that…
As with so many of the passages I deal with in this series, this particular verse is not so much difficult as it is badly…
At the moment the public spotlight is on the Catholic Church, with revelations of what has transpired in Pennsylvania. In this latest case some 300…
History is full of surprises. That includes the big picture as well as the finer details. Nations can come and go. Nations can change. Sure,…
OK, another rather bizarre title. I seem to have plenty of them! But let me explain, and hopefully all will become clear. And let me…
If you want to know what pure and unadulterated evil looks like, one can simply look at the pictures of the crowds going ecstatic on…
Here is my in-your-face thesis: When folks vote against things God so very highly regards such as the sanctity of life and heterosexual marriage and…
Various introductory matters were laid out in Part 1 of this article. If you have not yet read it, I urge you to do so…