Spiritual discernment is a precious gift from God. It is "the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:10, NLT). This gift is especially useful when we are responding to questions or objections regarding the Christian Faith. Spiritual discernment helps to guide one's response in such instances. Sometimes that ...

Is God really God? You say, "what kind of question is that? What does that mean?" In Isa.40:18 the LORD asked, "To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?" Let me ask another question : what do you mean when you say, "God is God"? The Biblical answer is that God is the Sovereign God. That means God is the absolutely, infinitely, completely...

There is an ongoing discussion in the popular journals and magazines regarding the social impact of the present Covid-19 pandemic. Some analysts have looked at developments in Western society and Western culture after the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and are predicting a repeat of the Roaring Twenties when the Covid-19 pandemic eventually fizzles out. The Economist points to ...

Many people have a skewed characterisation of God based on His perceived temperament in the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament God is the fire and brimstone God, while the New Testament God is the love and forgiveness God. These are stereotypes we can apply to divide and mischaracterise God, but in the one divine Being there is justice and wrath as well as grace and...

In Acts 1 Luke tell us that after Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples several times over a period of forty days. Luke said Jesus "presented Himself alive by many convincing proofs." (vs.3). After His resurrection Jesus was not a spirit being but a real "flesh and bones" person. This is clearly seen in Lk.24:36-43 where we are told Jesus ate a piece of f...

This year marks the centenary of the birth of the English theologian and writer, John Stott (1921 2011). Stott is best known for his book, Basic Christianity, which was rated by Christianity Today as one of the 100 best books of the twentieth century. I consider that book to be recommended reading for any new convert to the Christian Faith. Stott also wrote his apologia, ...

Alister Begg wrote "You can come up with a biblically-diluted concoction of music, drama, self-help principles, and marketing strategies that will be able to grow a large congregation without anybody ever really knowing what God has to say in the Bible." Aptly, this quote summarizes for us a major reason for the spiritual and doctrinal disintegration in many Evangelical c...

I know you have seen him, the man in the public square or on the street corner with a Bible in one hand and a microphone in the other. I am also sure that if you ever came across him, you would have heard him shouting almost with all his might "repent!" As you pass by, trying your best not to look, you make every effort to avoid his glance lest he calls you to repent in pu...

To the zealous theologians who may have been drawn to the topic of this article, I need to state immediately that it has nothing to do with our beloved Reformed theologian, John Calvin. And yet, it has everything to do with what John Calvin described as, "this skillful ordering of the universe [that] is for us a sort of mirror in which we can contemplate God, who is otherw...

1Samuel 15 : 22 23, "Samuel said, "Has theLordas much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of theLord? Behold,to obey is better than sacrifice, Andto heed than the fat of rams. 23"For rebellion is as the sin ofdivination, And insubordination is asiniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of theLord, He has also rejected you fr...