Why do I suspect that most Christians have given this Old Testament book a wide berth, and never bothered to read it? While perhaps most…
While most folks know about C. S. Lewis, not as many know about Lesslie Newbigin. Both men thought long and hard about Christianity and culture,…
Sin leads to more sin, and error leads to more error. When we reject God and his Word – even if claiming to represent him…
Christians are a funny lot. They will go on and on about how they claim every promise of God. But when it comes to crunch…
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…
After languishing in jail for six days for upholding the laws of Kentucky which she was elected to do, and for resisting judicial tyranny, and…
What does it mean to be a Christian witness? Sadly there are some faulty understandings of what this means, and believers can go to various…
OK, a public disclosure is required here before moving on: I am an old guy. So of course I will defend being old, you might…
When we think of the Great Awakening of the 18th century, the name George Whitefield must always be associated with this. Along with John and…
Once the regular teaching of the Word of God, of doctrine, of theology, and its application in the Christian life was a mainstay of any…
We expect secular humanists and others like them to celebrate the idea of tolerance as the greatest good, but sadly many believers have also hopped…
It can be said quite assuredly that America, along with so much of the West, is the home of the most materialistic, consumeristic, self-centred, money-hungry…
Wow, I must be really evil! Why? Well, I finally have joined the ranks of such luminaries as Ben Carson, George W. Bush, James Dobson,…
It seems in every country there are a handful of key individuals who are making a huge difference for Christ and the Kingdom. They have…
I have said this plenty of times before and I will say it again: when you are leading a megachurch, there is massive temptation to…
Like father like son it seems – sadly. Ron Paul was never a favourite of mine, for all sorts of reasons. And it seems his…
There are two very clear things that can be said about opposition: -if you are a Christian worker seeking to make a difference for the…
The problem with so many Christians – myself included – is that we tend to judge things by their appearances. We look at what is…
If you are a biblical Christian you of course believe in a personal, malevolent, spiritual being known as the devil. And you know that he…
Back in 1980 American sociologist Robert Nisbet wrote an important volume entitled History of the Idea of Progress. In it he examined how the notion…