OK, so I confess: sometimes I write articles just so that I can showcase what somebody else has written. There is a lotta good stuff…
I sometimes think that every church or at least every Bible school, seminary and theological college should offer a course on basic logic and clear…
(Preface: I actually wrote this article over a year ago. I had spoken to the person behind it back then, and in an effort to…
“The crust of the earth is soaked with the tears of suffering.” That is how philosopher Eleonore Stump once described the problem of evil and…
John Stott passed away this week at age 90. The British evangelical leader and Anglican clergyman was a giant of 20th century evangelicalism. He was…
A sad situation is enveloping large parts of the evangelical church today, especially those associated with the emergent church. Increasingly we are being told that…
As I travel around the country – and overseas – speaking at churches, Bible colleges, Christian conventions, and so on, one thing I find is…
Three news items in today’s press makes for scary reading – certainly if you are a committed Catholic and/or wish to uphold biblical morality. All…
This phrase has a neat ring to it, especially to some Protestants. It certainly sounds very spiritual. It is often used as a kind of…
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) was one of England’s greatest preachers. Indeed, he was known as the “Prince of Preachers” and is said to…
With the English now here battling Australia to retain the Ashes, it is worth looking at how this evolved, and how one remarkable cricketer became…
Now that I have most of you rushing to your dictionaries, let me explain what this is all about. The Christian doctrine of the perspicuity…
Let’s face it folks: Morally and spiritually speaking, Australia – or America, or England, etc – is now on a par with ancient Sodom and…
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…
It is amazing how much the Bible speaks about the walk of the believer as being one of a life of battle. And it is…
The throw-away term ‘compassion’ today covers a multitude of sins. It seems that any behaviour, lifestyle and belief system can today be justified by simply…
In police states which feign some degree of freedom, oppressive governments have various ways to repress dissent and keep the masses from expressing their concerns.…
OK, yes I know: prayer is also a noun. But the point is, it is one of those terms that should involve us in actual…
Two thousand years ago in a far away land, a man lived who had an impact greater than that of any other human. According to…
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…