Now more than ever we must ask hard questions: We live in a fallen world. As such, there is nothing that is perfect, infallible and…
Yes, there is a place for disobeying the state: I recently discussed the case of a Canadian pastor who was jailed for five weeks because…
It is frightening how Christians can twist the biblical teaching on the role of the state: The biblical Christian knows at least two things about…
The perennial question of if and when a Christian should disobey an unjust law and engage in civil disobedience has certainly come to the fore…
Much ink has been spilled on the ethics of civil disobedience, and whether it is ever justified. People of various belief systems have struggled with…
Throughout history civil disobedience (that is, the public, nonviolent conscientious resistance to, or breaking of, a law deemed to be unjust) has been engaged in.…
When is it right to resist unjust rulers? In this irregular series on resistance theory, I now turn to the French/Swiss reformer John Calvin (1509-1564).…
Aspects of Luther’s social and political thought: Protestants have given much thought to the issue of if and when it is permissible for the Christian…
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place of resistance to wicked rulers…
God is still at work in the West: My title might be misleading. There is a sense in which all moments are Christian moments. That…
We MUST reject the war against cash: There are many folks working overtime to see cash removed altogether, making us all dependent on trackable methods…
Roger Scruton on regaining his religion: I am sometimes known for offering somewhat strange titles to my articles, and today’s piece is no exception it…
More thoughts on God’s knowledge and foreknowledge: Having done some recent articles on issues concerning divine knowledge, another set of passages is raised by those…
There is good and bad forgetfulness: We all have moments of forgetfulness. Obviously as you get older this can become an evermore pressing problem. Dementia…
Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…
We need an external moral guidance system: As we know, most folks in the world, and far too many Christians, seem to think the best…
More insights into this important biblical theme: All three of the items featured in my title I have discussed before. The idea of common grace…
Global governance is a threat that must be resisted: Many of the left attack transnational bodies such as global corporations and the like. The very…
Purchasing forgiveness of sins? I was recently asked by someone if there are Old Testament passages that speak about paying money for the forgiveness of…