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Don't Live As Though Your Aren't Going to Die
None of us can put off death forever. To quote the opening line from Markus Zusak’s Book Thief, “You are going to die”; or Indiana...
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It Is Such a Secret Place, the Land of Tears
“I did not know how to reach him, where to catch up with him. It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”
A Miscellany of Bad Advice Offered by Christians
A few weeks back, Tim Challies put together what became a very popular article: 40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life. His rationale...
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We Must Anticipate the Real Dangers of Assisted Suicide
Earlier this week a friend shared an article with me titled We Can’t Afford a Taboo on Assisted Dying. What gave rise to its publication is the Scottish parliament’s present...
Good Friday with Fred: The Cross of Jesus
Friedrich Nietzsche wasn’t coy about his loathing for Christians and the Church; read this, for example. Thus it might come as a surprise to readers that he largely esteemed Jesus...
Fridays with Fred: Like Friendships in the Night
Last year had an opportunity to speak on a topic close to my heart: friendship. It wasn’t recorded but you can listen to a discussion of it, here;you can also...
You'll Never Live a Life Worthy of the Gospel
In Philippians 1:27 Paul exhorts Christians to live in a manner worthy of the gospel. Following that he fills out the picture of such a life. It is marked by...
Is Your Theology Pastoral or Pilpul?
When you walk through the front door of our home you’ll be confronted by my theological library. There you’ll find—if I do say so myself—some outstanding works: Herman Bavinck’s Reformed...
How Knowing Greek Guards Against Prejudice and Partiality
Starting last year—off the back of beginning to lecture at a theological college—I wrote a series of articles exploring the value of studying New Testament Greek. In them I argued...
Doodle: Was J. R. R. Tolkien an Anti-Semite?
Towards the close of The Watchmen, a newspaper editor suggests to his senior that they should run a story about Ronald Reagan running for president in ‘88. The senior replies,...
A Word from Jesus on T. B. Joshua
I woke up this morning to a handful of messages from various people, all about the same person: T. B. Joshua. If you know the name, then you might be...
