The Day the British Press Lost its Mind
On the front page of nearly every paper in the UK were headlines like this one: ‘Suicide bomber was a Christian convert.’ The impression every paper wanted to give the public was obvious: it’s not only the Muslims who blow up people. The Christians are at it too. The only …
When does being free necessarily mean rejecting governmental authority?
At face value, the plain teaching of Scripture is that we should obey those in authority over us. For example, the Apostle Paul wrote this to the Christians who lived in Rome, the most powerful empire the world had ever known: “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for …
Who is God and can I know Him?
If religion is about anything, it is about providing a coherent, evidence-based answer to this question, an answer that ordinary people can grasp and act upon. Both the Jewish rabbis and Christian scholars of scripture and church history rely on the Bible: The Hebrew scripture, also known as the Old …
The lives of holy ones were found in her
As I have written before, the United States of America and other Western nations are behaving more and more like the description of the prophetic Babylon the Great in the Book of Revelation, chapters 17 and 18. The recent surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban has yet again revealed the …
Iraqi Wrestles to Accept Existence of a Loving God
“We had information that there was two car bombs in the city, and they could go off anytime.” As an Iraqi serving with the US military, Abbas Hameed was used to navigating tense situations. He was nineteen when he began serving as an interpreter and then a sniper. “When you …
Human Rights And The Bible
Summary: Where in history do we first hear of “human rights”? Some will tell you: in the Enlightenment (the 17th and 18th Centuries). In fact, the idea is much older than that. The concept of rights that belong to all people is already present in the Scriptures. A righteous man knows the …
Smash heteronormativity – A call for mass destruction
The intense campaign to ‘smash heteronormativity’ in western societies and replace it with a confused mishmash of sexual desires for anything with a pulse has a simple goal: to make everyone capable of breeding to completely fail at the one thing sustaining the human race humanity necessitates of them: ‘to …
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Three thousand years ago, King David wrote a Psalm. Within it we find these inspired words, words that God has spoken to the world: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For …
Bible overview for today
By: Dr Anton Garrett INTRODUCTION What is the most important information you could have? More important than how to cure cancer, or deeper knowledge of the scientific laws of nature, or the future of the financial system, or whether your country will lose or win its next war? We are …
What the three principal enemies of the Gospel really want
The Good News of Jesus Christ is not received warmly, for it implies that believers limit their power of action by self-regulation in order to do what is right and avoid what is wrong, or unjust. This moral self-regulation is purposeful, in order that love between human beings may not …
