This is the first time in over 1800 articles that I have done something like this. My first 1808 articles were written entirely by myself,…
If an alien were to come to planet earth (or, to be less melodramatic, a brand new Christian) and read the New Testament for the…
Edenridge Press, 2011. There have been plenty of articles and book reviews of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. I penned a few myself. But this may…
In Amos 8:11 we read these frightening words: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign LORD, ‘when I will send a famine through the land…
HarperOne, 2011. You can always tell when someone is losing the plot biblically speaking. Whenever the mainstream media starts lapping up what you have to…
Important new books in the areas of theology, biblical studies, apologetics, ethics and related fields continue to emerge, and I try to keep up with…
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…
Forty years ago Carl F.H. Henry, the dean of American evangelical theologians and thinkers at the time, wrote a very important little essay entitled “The…
The cult of self is of course endemic in Western culture. Yet to a large degree, the kingdom of self has invaded the kingdom of…
Here we go again. Another wolf in sheep’s clothing. Another political leader who claims to be a Christian who violates the very clearest of biblical…
God is the most important and profound topic there is (of course he is more than just a topic), and his love may be his…
Most of the people who come to this site are – like me – evangelical Christians. As the word suggests, we put a very high…
When a politician today talks about the importance of the Bible, you can expect there to be a swift and stern reaction. Federal Opposition leader…
There are 66 books in the Bible, but they all tell one simple story – and it happens to be a love story. It is…
I recently bought two books I did not want to buy. I hate dishing out hard-earned money on books I consider barely worth stealing (at…
Paternoster, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Christianity is Christ, and what he did for us in his life, death and resurrection. Thus the…
I think bad news gets a bad rap. Bad news is actually a good thing. We all need bad news. Bad news is vital for…
Zondervan, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Chris Wright is an English evangelical and Old Testament scholar. He has penned a number of helpful…
Crossway, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Generally speaking the phrase ‘emerging church’ is not usually found in the same sentence containing such words…