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December 2012

December 19, 2012

The best of the blog: 2012

Most years, at around this time I like to review the highlights of my blogging...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Repudiating entitlement

Entitlement is really another word for pride. It simply means "I deserve better." There is...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

US Presidential Elections: A nation divided

I was asked this week what issues in the American Elections concern my constituency of...

October 18, 2012

Interfaith Dialogue: For Liberals Only?

I am sure at least some of you have worried that me moving to Patheos...

October 16, 2012

Evangelicals should support a Mormon’s right to be President

Be careful what you wish for. Many American Evangelicals are no doubt approaching the forthcoming...

October 15, 2012

Entering the marketplace of ideas

This post is a slightly long-winded way of explaining why I am taking my blog...

October 05, 2012

Why loving Muslims need not lead you to compromise your Evangelical faith

It is of great encouragement to me that an idea that is both in many...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Did Germany just ban being a Jew or Muslim?

A German court has taken aggressive secularism and it's attempts to establish an atheocracy a...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Six Things Christians and Muslims disagree about over Jesus

Jesus Christ is an important figure in Islam and Christianity. Today we see the areas...

May 29, 2012

Eleven Things Muslims agree with Christians about concerning Jesus

Following my post yesterday, Did God have sex with Mary?, we have been having a...

May 28, 2012

Did God have sex with Mary?

It wasn't the question my Turkish taxi driver had asked me just yesterday, but I...

February 2012

February 04, 2012

Is writing "God can heal today" on this website now illegal in the UK?

This week, the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint against a Christian group who's leaflet...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Muslims support Cameron's idea of the UK as a Christian nation

The British Prime Minister's recent obvious statement that Britain is at root a Christian nation...

October 2011

October 18, 2011

"Muslims and Jews in America: The Most American of All?"

An issue that every Christian should be aware of is the need for our society...

October 01, 2011

Tweets from 2011-10-01

@edstetzer let me guess..you think Paul wanted Timothy to rub wine on his stomach,yes ?...

September 2011

September 11, 2011

9/11 ten years on

For several years now on September 11th, I have re-posted this article with minimal edits....

August 2011

August 26, 2011

Guest post by Jude St. John: Roasting Coffee and Reviewing Books

When The Deity of Christ, a book sent by Crossway for me to review, was...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

Tweets from 2011-07-15

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Seize it and make...

July 11, 2011

Mixed emotions as I get ready for the last TOAM in Brighton

I am excited as I look forward to this week with my friends gathering for...

May 2011

May 06, 2011

What about babies, those who dont know and other hard cases

To speak first about Babies, Bell acknowledges the common evangelical understanding (often seen among Baptists)...

April 2011

April 17, 2011

Tweets from 2011-04-17

RT @TopeKoleoso: Just finished teaching 10 Pastors- all from Black Majority Churches. Exposing them to...

April 09, 2011

Attend the first Unbelievable? Conference.

A while back I was privileged to be on Justin Brierley's radio show Unbelievable?, debating...

March 2011

March 10, 2011

15 principles to live by as a Christian in an increasingly hostile world

Last Friday, I posted about a recent court case that really centered on the perceived...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

Tweets from 2011-02-25

RT @JohnPiper: Our most serious misunderstandings are not intellectual. "They did not understand, but their...

February 21, 2011

What kind of revolution will this turn out to be? Will it make a difference to men like Said Musa?

There is no doubt that we live in extraordinary days. The Middle East is full...

February 18, 2011

Tweets from 2011-02-18

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to...

February 05, 2011

Update from Egyptian Bible Society

Many of you have probably seen this already as it is a couple of days...

September 2010

September 11, 2010

911 Nine years on

This is now the third time I have posted this article. In many ways, nothing...

May 2010

May 11, 2010

Wayne Grudem on the Atonement, unity, Rick Warren, and John Piper

This second installment of my interview with Wayne was quite far reaching. We spoke about...

April 2010

April 16, 2010

NWA10 – Hugh Palmer on 1 Thessalonians part two

One of the features of New Word Alive is the series of Bible readings which,...