For Christians the Word of God should be everything. It should form the basis of all our thinking about all things – not just religious,…
There are two quite wrong ways to come to terms with the biblical teaching on the eternal punishment of the lost. One is annihilationism, which…
It is a bit risky to speak about God’s justice today, and here I especially have in mind talking to other believers about it. We…
Sometimes you have to wonder. We have all these eggheads holding major conferences to weigh in on significant issues, but, the truth is, much of…
A sad reality is that many people who call themselves Christians really believe and act little differently than atheists. Both share a common trait. Both…
It may have been “twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play,” as the Beatles sang about in their 1967 album “Sgt.…
I have been watching a documentary series on the Second World War lately. Airing late on Monday nights, the American series chronicles in some detail…
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…
This is a topic not often heard in today’s churches, and when it is, it is often misunderstood. Many believers think it has no place…
It seems that in each generation, especially the really dark ones, God raises up a prophetic voice to speak into them. It may be a…
Life is complex, but it becomes even more complex when God is thrown into the mix. At the best of times, the old theological conundrum…
We live in an age in which everything has become trivialised and demeaned. We do not take things very seriously anymore, except perhaps ourselves. Sadly…
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…
In all relationships, the commitment can wane and the passion can cool off. Spouses for example can grow cold in their love for one another.…
When noted philosopher and atheist Bertrand Russell was asked how he would respond if he found himself standing before God asking him, ‘Why didn’t you…
If you knew the world was going to end in one week, would you do anything different? I recently posted a question quite similar to…
In the Judeo-Christian scheme of things, idolatry is perhaps the defining sin against the one true God. An idol is anything that we dedicate ourselves…
Eerdmans/Apollos, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Surprisingly, there have been very few substantial and recent commentaries on Colossians from a conservative/evangelical perspective. Somewhat…
Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) Way back in 1952 J.B. Phillips wrote a book called Your God is Too Small.…