DeYoung, Kevin. Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will. Chicago, IL: Moody, 2009. (Many thanks to my friend and sister Marie for loaning me her copy) The subject of decision-making and knowing the will of God is a contentious one in our day. The rise of hyper-charismatic theology has meant that most [...]

And so the big day came. I remember being in the car with Dad, taking a look at my area ‘one last time’, pretty sure that I wouldn’t see it again. I remember the doctor talking me through the surgery one more time and that is where the story really turned. The first time I [...]

I remember when Grace to You made the decision to make the entire archive of Dr MacArthur’s teaching available. I even blogged about it. I also remember when Truth for Life, the media ministry of Pastor Alistair Begg, made an announcement that all of Pastor Alistair’s teaching would be made available free. I treasure such announcements [...]

Why do women’s ministries – even the Reformed ones – not teach women more theology? I get the need for teaching on Biblical womanhood but seems like there’s more focus on womanhood, rather than the ‘Biblical’ part of the moniker. I was listening to a sermon and heard a rather amazing fact: in the New [...]

(Yes, it’s been almost two years since Part 1 but a lot has happened in the past two years which makes finishing this three-part series more opportune now than it was back in 2010. And so in the twin interests of getting more writing done on the blog and fulfilling my promise to my brother [...]

As many of you will be aware, few men have had as much of an impact on me as Dr John MacArthur, pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church and the voice of popular broadcast ministry Grace to You. Recently, during the 2012 Shepherd’s Conference, Dr MacArthur delivered an address to the pastors present on the subject [...]

Dedicated to my sister Mary aka Poppins – who encouraged me to put pen to paper on this one. Thank you. The summer of 2010 was a very trying period for me. Most of my friends who have known me that long can bear witness to that, although since then, I haven’t really spoken much [...]

Some friends of mine are working through the Westminster Shorter Catechism as part of their Young People’s Fellowship at church and since I’ll be going along (after all, it’s 25 mins from my house), I’ve decided to get studied up for each week’s sessions. I recently purchased an Android tablet (that’s the subject of another [...]

I received an email from a Christian parent with a teenage child who is a believer and suffers from a similar form of depression to what I suffer with. This open letter is what I would say if I had the opportunity to speak to them. Being a Christian is the greatest way to live. [...]

Theology has fallen on bad times. In one sense, it always has. The image of the guy with an insanely long beard, surrounded by books, looking like my guy here… …is just not appealing to us. It’s too cerebral, too based on the brain, too intellectual. “Christianity is not intellectual, it’s faith, the heart, the [...]