Christian, you are not your own and you need to start living that way: We live in an age of easy believism and cheap grace.…
“A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench.” Yesterday I wrote a piece on “The Hard Sayings of…
Who says there is no assault on religious freedom? Can the State tell churches who can attend worship services? This is NOT a rhetorical question.…
Yes, Jesus was involved in politics: Politics and religion, we are told, are not to be discussed in polite society. Well, call me impolite if…
He sure did offend a lot of people! Anyone who claims that Jesus was a meek and mild religious teacher who simply told everyone to…
Anger is part of the biblical presentation of Jesus: Was Jesus ever angry? If so, what angered him? Those questions will be answered differently, depending…
If you really love someone and want to help them, you tell them the truth. If you don’t really care about others and just want…
It may appear to some folks that a piece like this might indicate someone has too much spare time on his hands! But there are…
Suppose you are a pastor or Christian leader, and you are discipling a small group of folks (say 10 or 12) who had recently come…
According to Scripture there are certainly realities we can always count on. These include the fact that we will all die, we will all stand…
When Orwell’s 1984 appeared in 1949, Stalinist Russia provided much of the fodder for his dystopian vision, and for the menacing Big Brother. Well, the…
Modern man has elevated choice to a virtue, and he delights in being selective about everything, be it where he lives, what career he pursues,…
It is amazing just how many Christians have an absolutely pathetic and unbiblical view of who Jesus is. Far too many believers still think of…
One good thing about a regular Bible reading plan is you always get to read all of Scripture, at least at some point. If you…
Yep, Jesus may have been a nutter. At least one enlightened rev thinks so. An English woman has made the claim that not only Jesus,…
It seems the higher up one climbs on the ladder to superstardom, the more license one has to being a complete twit. Of course there…
Law does not get a very good rap in today’s culture. For law is associated with such things as right and wrong, truth and falsehood…
HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. Available in Australia from Koorong Books. The most important person in human history is still the subject of countless discussions, books, conferences and…
A documentary was aired on American television yesterday entitled “The Jesus Family Tomb,” in which it is claimed that the tombs of Jesus, Mary and…
We all hurt and have needs – yet there is real hope for us: Yesterday as I was walking the dog I was reflecting on…