Was Jesus punished by the Father, receiving his wrath at Calvary? In Part 1 one of this article I looked at two answers to the…
This is the second half of an article looking at various figures of speech employed in the Bible. I looked at five of the main…
It goes without saying that over time Christians are meant to grow spiritually, experience progressive character development, and increasingly become more Christlike. Scripture is certainly…
In this series I have been looking at the biblical truths about God’s presence with his people as they suffer. Part One looked at the…
This is another one of those passages which can so easily be misused and abused by some folks. It has to do with the preaching…
The nation of New Zealand continues to mourn over the massacre of last week. Today several minutes of silence took place, along with Muslim prayer.…
America has a new Supreme Court Justice, 53-year-old Brett Kavanaugh. The months’ long process culminated in a Senate 51-49 “cloture” vote on Friday. Alaska Senator…
Forty years ago a very significant commencement address was given to the graduating class of Harvard University. It was delivered by one of the most…
You might be wondering: hasn’t Bill written on that topic before? Well yes, you are right: I have actually written on this issue quite often.…
Many folks, if asked to name a religious figure who opposed Hitler and the Nazis, would be able to name Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The Lutheran pastor…
One common complaint made about God is that if he is so loving, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world. This…
Bethany House, 2017. Historian Jeremiah Johnston asks us to imagine what life would be like if there was no Christ and no Christianity. Those with…
One might argue that only a morose and maudlin melancholic or a moody misanthrope would dare to write such a piece (let alone offer such…
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…
Anyone familiar with the Scriptures and church history knows that often a time of national crisis is met with a time of corporate prayer. Dire…
The push to legalise euthanasia is never ending, and Victoria is one of a number of Australian states hard at it. Just the other day…
In a genuine act of political terrorism and an actual despicable hate crime, a leftwing Trump-hater has just recently gone on a shooting spree, targeting…
There is only one religion in the world in which it makes sense to speak of a wounded God. And even more unique, this was…
I am told that the words “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” is a phrase spoken by Prometheus in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s…