One of the saddest set of words one can read in Scripture is when it says that God has departed from a person or a…
Such is the nature of the radical secularists that they are managing to turn previous virtues into today’s vices. And in the process they have…
In Amos 8:11 we read these frightening words: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign LORD, ‘when I will send a famine through the land…
I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that if any of the Old Testament prophets – or any of the New Testament disciples…
Because we live in a fallen world, and all of us – even the redeemed – are still fallen and finite, there will always be…
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…
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…
A.W. Tozer once said this in a sermon: “There are churches that have almost given themselves over to the kingdom of man. Their philosophy is…
I was recently speaking and teaching interstate at some churches and Christian groups. A number of these groups, I was informed, had actually broken away…
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…
As always in the Christian life, there are all sorts of important questions which have to be carefully thought through, prayed about, and discussed with…
Chrislam, as the name suggests, is a growing movement wherein some Christians are seeking to find common ground with Muslims. Indeed, it actually seeks to…
A ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ is a very common expression, used to denote someone who comes into the flock to destroy it; that is, it…
American President Ronald Reagan once famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to…
It has often been said of the more liberal Christian denominations that in their attempt to become trendy and relevant – at the expense of…
There is no question that the church of Jesus Christ in Australia (and in much of the Western world) is not exactly in great shape.…
Theologically speaking, apostasy has to do with turning away from the faith, and denying the basic truths thereof. It is a renunciation of the faith,…
The week-long Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) has just finished. The thousand-plus Anglicans met in Jerusalem as a protest to the July Lambeth Conference in…
The 2006 National Census data has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a number of interesting details. What is also interesting…
Zondervan, 2005. It is no secret that there has been a strong tendency in Pentecostal/Charismatic circles to downplay the use of the mind, the intellect,…