Do Christians really believe in the spiritual realm? The other night on television I caught a little bit of a film that quite intrigued me.…
There are far too many unbiblical memes being pushed by believers: Here is some helpful advice: Do you want to be able to spot heresy…
As persecution heats up, how are Christians to respond? What happens when Christians face hardcore opposition and persecution? If heavy resistance to the faith is…
People power and divine power can work wonders: Evil, darkness, unrighteousness and ungodliness are coming in like a tsunami all over the West. There is…
When opposition arises, should we run or allow ourselves to suffer? Christians can have some rather cloudy thinking when it comes to such things as…
Thoughts on taking risks, and being reckless: Lately I have been speaking about the issue of risk and how life is always about trade-offs: getting…
Some observations and meditations on a recent hospital stay: OK, first a quick word of apology. Regular readers of this site know that I almost…
Arrogant and evil rulers will always be judged: God does not change. So what we find God to be like and to be doing in…
The corona crisis is revealing what sort of faith we have – if any: There is nothing like a major crisis to show us what…
This is without question a rather perplexing text! There are various biblical texts which can be rather difficult to interpret and understand. This verse would…
The 21 chapters of the book of Judges can make for some rather depressing reading, but they are an important part of Israel’s story and…
Do you want to be used by God? Do you desire to make your life count for Christ and the Kingdom? Then you better find…
It has become routine at this time of the year for activists, social justice warriors, religious leftists and others to seek to politicise the Christmas…
A somewhat unhelpful article that is making the rounds and is being keenly promoted by some folks who really should know better is worth spending…
So this is Christmas. A time to celebrate the advent of the greatest story ever told. This is a time of great joy, great celebrating,…
Talk about an endangered species: it is getting harder and harder nowadays to find believers with a bit of backbone. One fears they may soon…
There are a number of memorable prayers of repentance in the Bible. Psalm 51 is obviously one of the most famous. But there are other…
In Part One of this article I offered some general considerations as to how the Christian might approach the rather troubling imprecatory psalms. To properly…
The difficulty of this text really lies in its application. Are Christians today to make use of this method when they seek to discover God’s…
Hope springs eternal – or so we are told. So each Christmas I have a fresh dash of hope, especially when it comes to the…