RSS FeedWHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF OLD TESTAMENT ISRAEL TO THE CHURCH?
British theologian Alec Motyer died recently aged 91. I knew him when I was beginning my ministry in London. He was pastor of St. Luke’s Church, West Hampstead at the time and would join us at our staff prayer meeting on Saturday nights. He was a noted Old Testament...
HOW ARE YOU AT EVANGELISM?
How are you at evangelism? An evangelist is someone who presents the Gospel to others and leads them to commit their lives to follow Jesus as their Lord and Savior. At my first church John Stott would give a simple outline in the form of an A,B,C, and D as an aid to...
WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS, CULTURE, MORALITY, AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT IN RELATION TO YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST?
Alan Torrance, professor of systematic theology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, engages the apostle Paul in a response to his letter to the Colossians. Dear Paul, So let me get this right! Everything is created through Christ, is held together in Christ...
WHAT I DID ON SABBATICAL THIS SUMMER
The last two months I have been on sabbatical leave and vacation. Usually sabbaticals are longer. I have taken three months every seven years in previous pastorates. Each one has been different. One included a preaching tour in New Zealand, another attending various...
HOW TO REMAIN FRESH AND FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE AND TO DO
Every morning I rise early, make coffee, and settle down for my time with the Lord. This time is essential for my spiritual health, for the focusing of my priorities, and for the deepening of my relationship with God. I share it with you in the hope that it may...
HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE
A former colleague of mine always sends me a book every year on my birthday and at Christmas. This year for my birthday he sent me SMARTER, FASTER, BETTER: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, an award winning reporter for the New...
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS AND MCCARTHYISM?
Using the historical analogies of the Salem Witch trials and McCarthyism, Mary Eberstadt in IT'S DANGEROUS TO BELIEVE: Religious Freedom and its Enemies, chronicles the efforts of the progressive-secular alliance in North America and Europe to enforce their dogma on...
WHEN SHOULD CHRISTIANS AND THE CHURCH CHALLENGE THE GOVERNMENT?
Continuing the insights of Jonathan Leeman in POLITICAL CHURCH: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule begun in my last post, he cites the writings of John Locke which informed the thinking of the Founding Fathers in the Declaration of Independence:...
WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH SAY ABOUT ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND POLITICAL LIFE?
In the USA we are being bombarded with diverse views on the state of the nation. The national political debate pits two presidential candidates and their philosophies against one another. What attitude should Christians have about politics? What place should the...
AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RACE PROBLEM IN THE USA
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was born in Jacksonville, Florida of educated parents who relocated from the Bahamas after the Civil War. In his enormously interesting and eloquent autobiography, ALONG THIS WAY, he tells the story of his childhood during...
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