2017/05 Stand-up For Jesus Are you willing to stand out and stand up for the Lord? It is not easy, and it will cost. 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It is right and proper that we should mark this historic milestone. But perhaps you might be asking, what impact does an

2017/03 Thinking Right in a Wrong Thinking World Recently I read a strange story, a cross between a fable and science fiction. It told of a man who made magic glasses that would enable one to see other people and events as they really were. They were truth glasses. But it seemed that few people really

2016/01 A Humble Apology We are seeking to win souls, not just arguments! The idea of respect has taken on a very particular flavour in our present culture. It may be described by the cliché ‘Live and let live.’ In essence, we are all supposedly given the freedom to believe what we want, and to

2013/09 Christians and Sport The love of sport is no new phenomenon.  Ancient Greeks were avid sports fans – but this generation has embraced sport like no other.  Since sport takes up so much time, thought and money in the lives of so many, believers must formulate a biblically based approach to it.   Our lives

2014/03 Contemporary Christian Music: Why Not? What is Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)? Wikipedia defines it thus, “Contemporary Christian music (or CCM—and occasionally “inspirational music”) is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. Today, the term is typically used to refer to pop, rock, or praise

2014/03 The Right God Young believers need to know the doctrine of God. I’m aware that this may not sound appealing to many young people today, but we will only please God in proportion to our knowledge of Him.  “…the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”  (Daniel 11:32)  The

2014/03 What Makes a Good Friendship? The concept of friendship in childhood is, of course, undeveloped. Likewise, we all accept that having hundreds of contacts on some networking site is not an accurate way to guage friendships. What makes for a good friendship, then? I take as accepted the premise that believers will forge their

2014/05 Peer Pressure Peer pressure, the feeling of being pressurized to do or be something by those around us, is something we all experience. It is positive when we provoke one another unto love and good works. (Hebrews 10:24) But it can also be negative – peers may pressurize us to enter into a questionable

2014/07 What can I do to help my Minister? In Paul’s epistles he refers to his readers using the following terms: ‘fellowlabours’ (Philippians 4:3), ‘fellowsoldier’ (Philippians 2:25), ‘fellowservant’ (Colossians 1:7), ‘partner’ (Philemon 17), ‘labourers together’ (1 Corinthians 3:9). Such terminology expressed the truth that he, as a minister of the New Testament, did not want

2014/11 Nobody's Perfect It is ironic that the words ‘Nobody’s perfect’ are often used to comfort when they actually condemn. The phrase is often used to excuse some indiscretion in word or deed: ‘Sure, nobody’s perfect!’ And it expresses a solemn truth stated in Scripture: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory