All believers should love the promises of God, and all should want to claim those promises. But the simple truth is, many of these promises…
Yesterday I wrote a piece asking, “Whose Side is God On?” I looked at an episode in the life of Joshua, and quoted Abraham Lincoln…
Tennis fans no doubt will know what I am referring to here, at least with my first three Gs. They would know all about the…
A topic that has been the stuff of thousands of years of discussion is not going to get very far in a short article from…
When discussing any topic about God we are of course greatly limited in our understanding. He is infinite and we are not. He is perfect…
Now here is a topic most people would rather not discuss – and I include many pastors and church leaders here as well, not just…
Allow me to engage in rather broad-brush strokes here as I look at current events through the eyes of history, especially church history. I have…
We live in very dark times. While war, chaos and misery abound throughout the world, I refer especially to the West. Any observer with open…
The book of Habakkuk is as amazing as it is brief. Three short chapters totaling just 56 verses contain so much theological, pastoral and apologetic…
Oftentimes a diverse and unrelated bunch of events will nicely come together, and inspire a hopefully coherent and unified article. This is one of them.…
One of the most tragic things any believer can do is to refuse to trust in God but instead put all one’s faith and hope…
This is another instalment in my irregular series on the attributes of God. I can think of no grander topic to write about than God…
OK, I confess: I do not like change. I normally like things just the way they are thanks. If my wife suggests that we rearrange…
In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul mentions some episodes from Israel’s life about how Yahweh judged them for their sins as recorded in parts of Exodus…
One of the most shocking passages in all of the Old Testament is Jeremiah 5:31: “The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own…
David Chilton titled his 2006 commentary on the book of Revelation The Days of Vengeance. That is a pretty accurate description of so much of…
One can never write too much about the holiness of God. It may well be his overriding and overarching attribute. I have already penned articles…
A very common – but mistaken – claim made all the time is that we are all God’s children. Whether a person is a Christian…
I am reluctant to pen this piece for the simple reason that various die-hard armchair theologians of different persuasions may miss the point of what…
The aim of the Christian life is quite straight-forward, and Jesus even spelled it out in crystal clear terms: we are to love God with…