Thoughts on the “He Gets Us” ads: By now most of you are aware of the controversy that has arisen over some ads played during…
When Christian ministries shift from their original calling: We all know of groups, organisations, parachurch groups, and even churches that started out explicitly and unashamedly…
A century ago this important work appeared: OK, I am a bit off by a few weeks, or a few months, but we can still…
Final and full divine justice is on its way: Retributive justice has to do with giving to each person his or her due. Our criminal…
There is a biblical order to how we share the gospel: One mistake Christians can often make is to single out and highlight one biblical…
What if royalty lived and moved amongst us? In an interview I just recorded for a Christian podcast, I mentioned how I can be easily…
Often the best thing we can do is share unpleasant truth: Too many believers have this mistaken notion that above all, we should never make…
Actually Paul spoke repeatedly about hell Sometimes Christians can say the dumbest things – and the most unscriptural things. Stupid and useless memes found on…
What he said on revival is vitally important: All true Christians should yearn for revival. We should all be tired of the sad state of…
Are the prayers of those who ignore God answered? So what happens when you live your entire life as if God does not exist, but…
What we must know about Bonhoeffer and political resistance: The German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) did not just theorise about politics and…
There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
Judgment is certain – how we face it all depends: What do you think of when you hear the word “judgment”? It will normally depend…
Proclaim the truth bravely, and leave the results up to God: The other day I penned a piece on how the Christian must be willing…
We can never get enough of the great Spurgeon: The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) would easily have 800, perhaps even 8000 classic quotes…
God always exists to comfort and console his people: An eternal God who never changes is a great comfort and consolation to grieving, hurting and…
For God to be for us, he must oppose sin in us: God is for us. But sometimes he must be against us before he…
We are celebrating the wrong thing: While June might be a celebration of all things homosexual in some quarters, we need to reconsider. We can…
The New York pastor has left quite a legacy: The New York Presbyterian pastor and popular author Tim Keller has passed away, aged just 72.…