Suffering and Sanctification: How God Purifies Us Through Our Trials Trials are difficult to bear. But when we believe we are supposed to be immune to them, they become even…
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World-Affirming and World-Denying: The Paradox of the Christian Life Why is it that Christians can heartily sing, “This is my father’s world”[1] and “Is this vile world a friend to…
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Delighting in the Law of God The modern world was founded on freedom. From the French revolution to the American revolution, the secularisation of the west, the decolonisation of the…
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“He went about doing good:” The Call to Good Works As short as it, Paul’s letter to Titus contains one of the most comprehensive descriptions of the Christian life. In…
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Why Sound Doctrine Matters While it is true that one can study theology and be devoid of sanctifying grace in the heart, it is wrong to denigrate theology and reduce…
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How God’s Judgments Manifest His Goodness So many parts of the church still struggle to come to terms with the fact that the Bible describes God both as saviour and…
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What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive? In today’s globalised world, there is so much talk about the self-made man or woman. We celebrate people in various endeavours…
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The New Creation Has Dawned The expectation of the second coming of Christ is a unifying factor in Christianity. Though individuals and denominations may disagree about the specifics surrounding that…
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A World Without Window: Christians and the Disenchanting of the Universe In our modern, scientific world, there is always the temptation to believe that the world is purely material. Many…
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The Church as a Witness to God’s Reconciling Power While there are many themes that one can focus on when reading Paul’s epistles, one that has often not received comparable…
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