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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m honoured to be a member at the Metropolitan Tabernacle here in London, where Dr. Peter Masters serves as Minister. This past Wednesday, Dr. Masters taught from 1 Tim 4:13-14 in our midweek Bible study on the subject of Exercising Gifts. Particularly edifying was the defense of cessationism (the Biblical teaching that the sign gifts [...]

What you’re about to read has its genesis in a Forbes.com blog post I read chronicling how in a nation where 60% of the population are below the poverty line, some seem to be bucking the trend and making it big – big enough to own their private jets. Now buying your jet definitely doesn’t [...]

For years, I’ve taken myself too seriously. I’m the oldest of four kids – my three siblings supposedly watching and learning from my every step. Weight like that is hard enough. As if life had been designed to be this difficult, Dad was – and is – a pastor. Oldest son of a preacher, the [...]

I finished the paper yesterday, but had to take care of family business all day today, which impaired me sending it out. I have found this to be providential as the following was sent to me via -email anonymously: The Christian Civil War! The Christian Church is in a Civil War.  Many Christians are unknowingly [...]