Earlier today I wrote an article on the urgent need for critical thinking by believers. By that I basically meant that it is imperative that…
I am absolutely appalled, alarmed and ashamed that so many people who claim to be Christian leaders and pastors are mangling Scripture, twisting theology, and…
A more detailed examination of Leviticus 18-19 is in order as we look at how some so-called Christian leaders mangle the Bible to push the…
When it comes to the subject of economics – or any subject for that matter – I would rather go with what Jesus says about…
There are millions of ways in which we can betray our Lord, shipwreck our faith, destroy the church, and bring disrepute to the gospel. Every…
The biblical worldview is fairly straightforward about our current condition: things are not the way they are supposed to be. What God originally created has…
Much mischief has been done under the guise of “social justice”. The term has a nice ring to it, but it is a phrase which…
Consider this scenario: A young dynamic Christian leader renounces his faith, dumps his family, and takes up an adulterous lifestyle (actually, and unfortunately, this happens…
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…
EqualTime Books, 2011. The fact that this book almost did not get published may be the most telling aspect of this volume. One publisher after…
At one point early on the Christian church was fighting for its very life. As such, it had absolutely no time for peripherals, for externalities,…
Is there ever a place for Christians to speak out on moral and social issues of the day? In one sense this would seem to…
Imagine this scenario: You and your young family are nestled comfortably in bed for the night when you hear a disturbance downstairs. Everyone is startled…
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…
The Word of God is a gift to God’s people, but mastering its content does not always come automatically. While the Spirit of God is…
It seems the higher up one climbs on the ladder to superstardom, the more license one has to being a complete twit. Of course there…
This week the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) meets in Melbourne. Thousands of delegates from all over the world are expected to attend this…
Thomas Nelson, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) This is an updated and expanded version of a book which first appeared in 1993. In…
Two and a half millennia ago the prophet Isaiah uttered these powerful words: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put…
The broad topic of war and peace is a complex, multifaceted one which requires careful, prayerful and mature reflection. There are many considerations that need…