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 [...]

As you may gather when you read this blog, I am unashamedly Reformed in my theology. I fully affirm the teaching of the Second London Baptist Confession, commonly called the 1689 Baptist Confession and its five main areas of assent with classic Christian theology (you can listen to Greg Nichols’ fine lecture on this subject, [...]

As a confessing Reformed Baptist, I fully affirm its teaching regarding the three use of the laws. The Reformer Reader explains what the three uses are: When the Reformed and Lutheran scholastics talked about God’s moral law (lex moralis), they taught that there are three basic uses of the law (usus legis).  They are: 1) [...]

If you’re familiar with the reformed blogosphere, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the big discussions that have happened in recent months regarding the relationship between justification and sanctification. As I read the material and hear the discussions, I will admit that I’ve not been at ease with the conclusions reached. Thankfully, I am not [...]

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 [...]

A good few months, back before I got a self-hosted blog, I wrote a three-part series entitled “Rob Bell Speaks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth”. That 3-part series, especially the second part, is probably the most read piece I have ever written in two years of blogging. You can read that series in [...]

Any written document must be interpreted if it is to be understood. The United States of America has nine highly skilled individuals whose daily task is to interpret the Constitution. They comprise the Supreme Court of the land. To interpret the Bible is a far more solemn task than to interpret the U.S. Constitution. It [...]

I like to play basketball – even though at the current time I’m still recovering from an injury and shouldn’t even be thinking of the court right now. One thing I learnt playing basketball against people who could wipe the floor with me was to not hate the player, but to hate the game (I’m [...]