There is plenty of fuzzy thinking about what is variously called Scandinavian socialism, the Nordic model, democratic socialism, and so on. And now that most…
Did you know that one of the greatest, most loved, and most influential preachers of all times not only suffered greatly in the flesh, but…
At the heart of sin is idolatry, and at the heart of idolatry is putting something or someone in the place of God, including yourself.…
It was Lenin who talked about “useful idiots” in the West who did all the dirty work for the Communists: they sang the praises of…
One of the core differences between socialism and the free market is of course the place of private property. Simply put, the former hates it…
That the Bible speaks about riches and wealth, often in the form of a warning, is of course perfectly clear. We cannot escape the fact…
I have discovered, in a nutshell, how the secular left in fact thinks about some of the key controversies of our day. So let me…
We do not hear all that much about liberation theology nowadays. But it certainly was a major issue in the 70s and 80s, and I…
Many parts of the world are finally waking up to the great evils of human trafficking, and are starting to take action against it –…
This is one of those topics where the amount of sloppy thinking or just plain wrong thinking tends to abound. And sadly plenty of Christians…
Today the founding Prime Minister of Singapore passed away at age 91. He is rightly credited with single-handedly turning Singapore from a third-world backwater to…
One set of passages often appealed to by those pushing the prosperity gospel are the Old Testament texts which speak of the promises of material…
Those who scream the loudest about tolerance and acceptance are again proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they refuse to tolerate and accept…
There is no way of hiding the fact that there is plenty of suffering in the world. And yet, we know that there is also…
So who does not want to be happy? We all do, but wanting something is not the same as finding it. We all strive after…
Crossway, 2013. If you found great benefit from Wayne Grudem’s 600-page 2010 volume, Politics According to the Bible, you will also be delighted with this…
Regrettably, many Christians do not think very carefully or biblically about the important social issues of the day. At best the church often just simply…
Any careful student of church history knows how easy it is for truth to give way to error, for orthodoxy to collapse into heterodoxy. They…
A common claim made by the prosperity gospellers is that Jesus and his followers were actually quite well off. I have heard myself how one…
To support the claim that Jesus and the disciples were rich, the prosperity gospel teachers often appeal to the story of the casting lots for…