Book Review: Voices from the Past Volume 2 (Richard Rushing [ed.])
Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2016 This is the second volume of Puritan daily readings to have been compiled by Richard Rushing, and it is as welcome as the first. For […]
Book Review: Not Home Yet (Dr Ian Smith)
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019 In our worship and devotions, our focus has often been heavenly minded, yet in Revelation 21, the apostle John’s vision of the future consists “a new […]
World News: Trump Push for Religious Freedom
Speaking before the United Nations on September 24, President Trump praised the country’s religious freedom record and cited figures that suggest the rest of the world has much work to […]
The Implementation of Family Worship
There are two extremes: trying to do too much, and aiming at too little. Hence it is worth pondering some suggestions that should prove helpful: Prepare for family worship Plan […]
World News: Boko Haram take ears
Boko Haram terrorists cut off the ears of at least three Christian women after snatching them from their homes during a night-time raid on a mainly Christian town in the […]
World News: Justice for all, Bibi pleads
Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, has appealed for justice for victims of the country’s harsh laws. The 54-year-old […]
How Did Jesus View the Cross?
It is a commonplace in theologically liberal circles to downplay the cross, to say, as Adolf von Harnack did, that the gospel is all about the fatherhood of God, the […]
Book Review: Let’s Study James (Sinclair B. Ferguson)
Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth, 2018 The Let’s Study series published by the Banner of Truth has been a most helpful one for pastors, Bible study leaders, and Christians seeking […]
Family Worship: What does God Say?
Every church desires growth. Surprisingly few churches, however, seek to promote internal church growth by stressing the need to raise children in covenantal truth. In many churches and homes family […]
Book Review: Cremation, Embalmment, or Neither? (Alvin J. Schmidt)
Bloomington: WestBow Press, 2015 Even a century ago, the issue of the advisability and appropriateness of cremation was still being discussed in mainstream Protestant Churches. For centuries, the view had […]
Book Review: In Their Own Words (David Calhoun)
Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth, 2018 David Calhoun had a wonderful idea in putting this book together, and the result is most encouraging and refreshing. In Acts 9 we read […]
Four Tool Boxes for Parents
A tradesman carries multiple tool boxes. This is probably mostly due to the fact that they have too many tools, and their tools are too oddly shaped, to fit into […]
Help! I Don’t Have “the Gift” of Evangelism
“But I don’t have the gift of evangelism!” my friend exclaimed. “I’m not an extrovert. I haven’t been to Bible college and I don’t know how to start gospel conversations […]
World News: Iranian Christians arrested
Eight Iranian converts to Christianity, including five from one family, were arrested at their homes in a coordinated operation carried out by Ministry of Intelligence agents on July 1. BarnabasAid […]
World News: Jihadists massacre 100 in Mali
At least 100 men, women and children were slaughtered in Sobame Da, a mainly-Christian village in the Mopti region of central Mali, by heavily-armed Islamist extremists in June. A Barnabas […]
Justice and Truth in the Public Square
It is fearful how often the condition of ancient Israel resembles that of the modern world. One example of this is found in Isaiah 59: ‘Justice is turned back, and […]