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The issue of mandatory vaccination—especially in relation to COVID-19—is causing significant division within the broader community and specifically the church. Already the Australian government has made it compulsory for people […]
Owen Strachan, Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement is Hijacking the Gospel—and the Way to Stop It (Salem, 2021) While there have been, many excellent books published in recent years […]
C. S. Lewis had a significant ministry in corresponding with people who wrote to him about their spiritual doubts. One such person was Sheldon Vanauken who recorded the integral place […]
A friend of mine (who is also a theologian) commented to me recently that one of the greatest weaknesses amongst modern day evangelicals is our doctrine of the church. My […]
There’s a memorable scene in C.S. Lewis’ novel, The Great Divorce, where this ghostly person shrinks back from entering heaven dur to the interference of a small red lizard on their shoulder. […]
What follows is a sermon by Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain house church movement in China. Before Pastor Yi was recently arrested and imprisoned he gave the following […]
A few years ago, a friend posted on Facebook a meme comprised of a picture with a Soviet-Russian bear and the words, “My favourite gender-neutral pronoun is comrade”. At first […]
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received about preaching was to first write out the passage by hand. It seems quaint and maybe even simplistic, but it […]
One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given regarding preaching was to write the passage out by hand. I know it sounds pedantic, and maybe even a […]
Daniel Andrews, the Roman Catholic Premier of Victoria, has not only defied the God of the Bible, turned a deaf ear to the wider Christian population, but has specifically rejected […]
Here’s an interesting insight into how the game of politics is played. Regarding the Victorian ‘Suppression (Conversion) Bill’ where the MP’s stated the “…government (had) also led 21 face-to-face discussions, […]
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020 I was given this book recently for Christmas, but wasn’t really looking forward to reading it. ‘Not another book on leadership!’ I cynically thought to myself. […]
2020 has been an incredibly difficult year. But of deeper concern, than even COVID-19, is the growing threat that Critical Race Theory—popularly expressed as being ‘woke’—has had upon much of […]
Inter-Varsity Press, 2014 This is a book I only discovered recently—based on the recommendation of a friend—who suggested that I’d really like it. He was not wrong. But it also […]
As has been well-documented, pornography is a massive problem in today’s world. Whereas in previous years the challenge was how to access it, the issue now is how to avoid […]
Latimer Publications, 2020 Rob Smith is something of a Christian polymath: singer, songwriter, musician, theologian, author, and pastor. And as such, his book, Come, Let Us Sing is rather like […]