I was very impressed by the presenter Vicky Gibbens who interviewed me yesterday on her radio show. I’ve been interviewed on the radio quite a few times and I’ve often come away feeling rather deflated and disappointed. I’m making myself Read more
At a fresh reading, the account of the Magi visiting the Christ child in Matthew’s Gospel seems bizarre. Wise men from a faraway land observe such a significant star that they set out for Jerusalem with gifts for a prince. Read more
Fred Lemon was born in 1914 in the east end of London. He grew up in the world of jellied eels, winkles and cheeky, cockney geezers. His mum and dad taught young Fred “to steal whenever there was an opportunity Read more
Abraham Kuyper was a Dutch politician, journalist, church reformer, theologian, pastor and educator whose influence shaped both Dutch society and Christian thinking about all areas of life and society. He was a founder of a Christian university, the Free University Read more
If you read the passages about wisdom in the Bible as I do, you probably have a sense of a vibrant, intriguing personality whose presence is to be found in all kinds of exciting places. She was there rejoicing at Read more
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Read more
The Bible is very honest about human depravity. In the Old Testament the prophets were profoundly aware of how idolatry can destroy countless lives. In particular they denounced the prophets of Baal who peddled a dark, pagan faith that we Read more
William Tyndale was born in Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire in 1494. He was a gifted linguist and wordsmith who crafted many evocative phrases such as ‘the fat of the land’, the ‘writing is on the wall’ and ‘the powers that be’. Amazingly Read more
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was a famous Dutch rationalist philosopher. He believed that pure unaided reason can tell us everything we need to know. He believed that God is the same as Nature (pantheism). In other words only God exists. He Read more
A guest post by Steve Bishop Twenty-five years after the death of Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck (1854–1921), his compatriot Arie B. W. M. Kok lamented that “Bavinck’s person and work no longer receives the appreciation he deserves from our current Read more