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C.S. Lewis penned one of the great discussions of what love means. As Good Friday approaches, the day on which God demonstrated His great love for us, let us examine the various forms of love. Everyone talks about love, but very few really know what [...]

What is the difference between a church and a parachurch group? How do we manage the boundaries and overlap between the two? Most folks know what a church is -- well, at least they have in their minds an image of a biggish building with [...]

The silence of the lambs is a disgrace. To remain silent in the face of sin and destruction is folly and goes against our Christian mission. We must speak out against evil and lies. I recently saw someone’s post on social media lamenting the silence [...]

The Great Reset is real and is the most sinister threat we now face. Glenn Beck has written a mesmerising, well-researched tome on the global machinations eliminating our basic freedoms. Those who have been following the alarming agenda of the Great Reset -- if even [...]

Finally, a win for freedom of conscience and religion in Finland, in the long-drawn-out case of principled politician Päivi Räsänen. Prosecuted for a hate crime after stating Biblical views about marriage on social media, Räsänen has at long last been vindicated in a court of [...]

The plague of moral equivalence is still with us. Is it a tenable position? Or are civilisational fence-sitters dead wrong? For those not in the know, moral equivalence is a political concept that states that two sides of a given conflict are basically more or [...]

Thinking about right, wrong and justice in warfare. Just war theory, as formulated by Christian thinkers down the ages, outlines the principles by which a nation may legitimately enter a war. In a fallen world, war, the use of force, bloodshed, violence and aggression will [...]

Countering some severely misguided ideas about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putinphiles begone! This article has been sitting around for at least a week now. I have been hesitant to post it for the simple reason that I am absolutely fed up with how some [...]

All powers and rulers are but nothing in the presence of the one true King. Despite the evil and suffering around us, we can have faith that Christ our King has come to establish His kingdom in the hearts of men, and is restoring all [...]

The Christian faith called us to be heroes, to lay down our lives for the sake of the Gospel and bring others into the Kingdom of God. When I returned from walking our dogs the other day, my ailing wife said, “You’re a hero”. Little [...]

Do Christians really believe in the spiritual realm? Are we aware of the larger reality around us, beyond this material plane? The other night on television I caught a little bit of a film that quite intrigued me. Sadly, a few days later I could [...]

In the Bible, we find concern for both individuals and groups. Rugged individualism is a hallmark of modern Western culture. It is every man for himself. The social good is seldom considered. The family unit is certainly collapsing, and concepts like the extended family mean [...]

This new book by Augusto Zimmermann and Gabriel Moens is urgently needed. It provides a detailed examination of the legality of our governments' actions during the pandemic. We are still reeling from the effects of not just Covid-19, but of government responses to it. Indeed, [...]

Thoughts on how to respond to great evil and great carnage, in the light of faith. How do we discern God's purposes in such troublous times? And how should we address these disasters in our prayers? I take it that the four items listed in [...]

This great saint knew all about suffering, yet she magnified her Lord exceedingly. Hers may not be a household name, even to most believers, but she was a notable and remarkable Christian indeed. Annie Johnson Flint (1866-1932) is remembered for two main things: her decades [...]

We all suffer in so many ways, with cancer being a major source of suffering. How do we face our trials in the light of faith? Where is God in our pain? Let me begin by saying that this is a somewhat more general discussion [...]

Further reflections on the complex geopolitical factors behind the current war in Ukraine. The situation in Ukraine continues. My first article very briefly looked at some of the political, historical and military aspects. My second piece offered some scriptural reflections that might be of use [...]

What are we to make of the situation in Ukraine? How has it come to this? The incursion by Russia into Ukraine is still underway, and it remains to be seen where all this will end. Military operations are now happening, with even the capital [...]

It has been shocking to see Canada fall into its parlous state under the tyrannical rule of Trudeau. Government overreaction is crushing the common people. Having lived for the past two years in what has become known as the tyrannical paradise of Victoria, Australia, I [...]

A review of "Why Government Can’t Save You", by John MacArthur (Word Publishing, 2000). Are Christians meant to focus solely on the spiritual life and evangelisation, not getting involved with social justice and political enterprises? I enjoy many of the books by John MacArthur. He [...]