Isaac Publishing, 2017. This new volume by Patrick Sookhdeo is well worth reading. And the author is well-placed to offer us a global perspective on…
Bethany House, 2017. Historian Jeremiah Johnston asks us to imagine what life would be like if there was no Christ and no Christianity. Those with…
There was a time when everyone pretty much knew they were dirty rotten scoundrels. Of course back then most people had at least a vague…
Most folks are not thrilled about suffering, and rightly so. But Christians view suffering in a much different light than most. While we are not…
Civilisation has been defined as “the stage of human social development and organization which is considered most advanced,” or “the process by which a society…
Anyone who knows a bit about Christian theology and church history knows that any biblical truth can be distorted, twisted or pushed to an unbiblical…
The historic speech by Pope Francis to a joint session of Congress in Washington is now just that – history. Catholics and non-Catholics alike were…
One of the most shocking passages in all of the Old Testament is Jeremiah 5:31: “The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own…
On another site someone sent me a poster, asking me what I thought of it. It was from the political left, and had to do…
Let me say at the outset, in order to avoid any misunderstandings, that I am a firm believer in wealth creation and the free market.…
The Bible says so very much about the deceptive nature of riches. As we have seen, the Old Testament speaks to this constantly. The New…
There have been two main groups targeting Cory Bernardi all week: the rabid secular left which always hates anything coming from a conservative and a…
OK, it is the New Year, so no sense in beating around the bush. I have resolved to keep promoting truth in 2014, regardless of…
The prosperity gospel is notorious for bad theology, shocking exegesis (or lack thereof), loopy logic, and dodgy hermeneutics. This is certainly the case with their…
Mental, emotional and physical well-being From nations as diverse as Finland and South Africa, a number of studies have reported that anywhere from 50 to…
As I am reading through the book of Acts right now I am again struck at how markedly different the gospel the first Christians preached…
Simply giving money to various “good” causes is not itself always necessarily virtuous. In fact, it may be downright harmful and evil. A lot depends…
Rio is on again. From June 20-22 there is yet another big cheese gabfest meant to save the planet. The Rio+20 is the fourth “Earth…
There are always plenty of twisted teachings and dodgy doctrines circulating in our churches. One is known as the Prosperity Gospel or the Health and…
There have always been useful idiots around. Lenin’s phrase is quite apt: these gullible and naive folks end up doing the work of those intent…