Sadly much of Western Christendom has fallen into two related traps: most Christians are just as consumeristic and materialistic as any non-Christian; and much of…
I hate to say it, but it grieves me greatly whenever I start thinking about the state of Christianity in America. Every time I hear…
I have written before about aspects of the Positive Confession movement, in which a sort of mind-over-matter approach is taken. Also known as the Word…
As an American who has lived a long time in Australia but is now back in Europe again, it is interesting to see how the…
If God indeed exists and has made us in his image, then it should be not in the least surprising that we have an incurable…
In the past few days we have had three leading church figures come out speaking quite forthrightly on the topic of homosexuality. Their remarks range…
Biblical Christians know that in the end Jesus Christ triumphs, his church comes through victorious, and all God’s enemies are finally put in their place.…
Error leads to error. Rebellion leads to rebellion. Heresy leads to heresy. Apostasy leads to apostasy. That is how things usually go when deception is…
In Acts 1:1 we find these words: “In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach”. Luke…
There is only one thing worse than the militant homosexual activism which is destroying everything in its path. And that is those gullible and naive…
A major feature of the Word of Faith movement, and/or the Health and Wealth Gospel, is the emphasis on positive confession. It is a kind…
A half century ago A.W. Tozer preached these words: “This is the day of excusing sin instead of purging sin. An entire school of thought…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) When is the last time you read a book on church discipline? Worse yet, when is the…
Missional Press, 2009. (Available in Australia from www.movements.net and Koorong Books) There are lots of books which discuss church history. There are also plenty of…
What does one do when a Christian denomination or school or institution starts to go off the rails? By that I mean, when it begins…
Hot on the heels of some recent articles I penned on megachurches comes a revolutionary report questioning the very basis of much of the megachurch…
In many secular endeavours, success is often measured in terms of numerical growth: more, bigger and better are usually indications of doing something right. But…
America is usually regarded as the home of the biggest and the best. Well, the biggest, at any rate. So it should come as no…
It is always interesting – and scary – to check out the transhumanist websites. Go ahead: Google the term transhumanism. First up you will find…
Many have noted the quasi-religious status of much of the environmental movement. Many seem to have elevated concern about the environment into a full-fledged religious…