There are two quite wrong ways to come to terms with the biblical teaching on the eternal punishment of the lost. One is annihilationism, which…
A commentator recently said he found the “poem Desiderata to be very beautiful. Its advice is not incompatible with the teachings of Christ, in my…
That much of the world no longer has a clue as to the real meaning of Christmas goes without saying. And each passing year it…
Megastar Oprah Winfrey is coming down under this month. This will be good news for all the Americans who get a free trip out of…
Forty years ago Carl F.H. Henry, the dean of American evangelical theologians and thinkers at the time, wrote a very important little essay entitled “The…
If modernism and secularisation have convinced pagans of God’s nonexistence, they have convinced many Christians of God’s manageability. That is, God has become less of…
Scripture makes it clear that there will always be an ongoing battle between the people of God and the surrounding culture. Both can have a…
I was interested to read an editorial in the latest New Life. Bob Thomas argues for “A Need For Christian Inreach”. He refers of course…
In ancient Rome the masses were pacified with bread and circuses. Today in the West we find ourselves in the same mind-numbing and soul-destroying situation.…
When we preach a me-centred gospel, we end up with me-centred disciples. And when things get tough, these self-centred followers of Jesus will quickly fall…
Sometimes when you are reading a book, highlighting one passage after another, there is not much one can do by way of reviewing the book.…
Most of the people who come to this site are – like me – evangelical Christians. As the word suggests, we put a very high…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
In today’s postmodern climate, truth means nothing, and personal preferences mean everything. OK, we expect that from the secular world. But what happens when the…
Back in 1973 an important book by David Augsburger appeared entitled Caring Enough to Confront. It was a powerful reminder to believers that we have…
One very significant – yet often neglected – Old Testament passage is Numbers 11:29. There Moses says this: “I wish that all the LORD’S people…
I was recently at yet another annual National Prayer Breakfast in Canberra. It has been going on for over two decades now, and I have…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
The Christian religion places a tremendous premium on truth. If Christianity is not true, then it is not worth following. Indeed, that is the ultimate…
I recently bought two books I did not want to buy. I hate dishing out hard-earned money on books I consider barely worth stealing (at…