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March 2017

March 03, 2017

Four lessons from John Wesley on how NOT to be married

John Wesley's marriage shows us how not to be married. By that I mean that...

March 01, 2017

The three Lenten disciplines

Today is Ash Wednesday, when Christians around the world have ashes put on their foreheads...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Scot McKnight on Famous Stutterers

I am very grateful to my friend and fellow Anglican Scot McKnight (who, BTW, is...

February 20, 2017

God’s fingerprints in all reality

I hope to see some of you this weekend when I give a series of...

February 19, 2017

Bearing fruit in old age

The Psalmist wrote that the righteous "still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full...

February 14, 2017

Truth download on Israel

There are more truths per column inch in this article about Israel than you will...

February 12, 2017

More dissent among climate scientists

We often hear that climate scientists are all agreed that we are facing a...

February 10, 2017

Revivals and history

Scripture suggests that the course of human history is both directed and fragile. By fragile I mean that...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Jesus in the gospels is the best cure for doubt

Every believer is beset by doubts from time to time. There is plenty of evidence...

January 30, 2017

Trump, Churchill, and God’s Laughter

There wasn’t much laughing at Trump’s inauguration, but then presidential inaugurations are solemn affairs. After...

January 29, 2017

Six of the best-kept secrets about abortion

Yesterday was the annual March for Life in Washington DC. It's a good time to...

January 27, 2017

Progressives advocated eugenics and race science

Thomas C. Leonard’s new book, Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, & American Economics in the Progressive Era details...

January 25, 2017

God’s beautiful pluralism vs. boring equality

Most theologians presume that all national and Jewish-gentile distinctions were eliminated by Jesus and the...

January 19, 2017

UN resolution + Kerry speech = terror attack

I have written here and at Christianity Today that Palestinian journalist Khaled Abu Toameh predicted that the...

January 17, 2017

Listen to three New Christian Zionists

. . . as they discuss their book with Timothy George: !/swx/pp/media_archives/99668/episode/65987

January 13, 2017

Churchill’s humor

In dark and uncertain times like these, we need to laugh. Winston Churchill was the...

January 13, 2017

New article at CT on Kerry, Israel, and Trump

My thoughts in Christianity Today on why there is more chance for peace in Israel with...

January 08, 2017

No moral equivalence in Israel-Palestine conflict

The Elor Azoria trial proves it. Israel convicted one of its own soldiers of manslaughter...

January 07, 2017

Christian Post says The New Christian Zionism is “prescient resource”

Here is the full review:

December 2016

December 30, 2016

You can help free an American missionary from prison

His name is Andrew Brunson. He has been a missionary to Turkey for more than...

December 29, 2016

A South African activist comes to Israel

He toured Israel and the West Bank, talking to Jews and Arabs. This changed his...

December 29, 2016

Stop being afraid

Doug Mainwaring tried to be a woman and is now a married man with children,...

December 29, 2016

Betrayal and shame

The journal Providence is running my article today on last week's American betrayal of Israel at the United...

December 23, 2016

Shame on the United States

For the first time in the history of the United States, we have failed to...

December 22, 2016

Jesus and the Shema

Did you know that Jesus said the Shema was the most important part of the...

December 21, 2016

The Constitution of the Old Testament – Part 6 & Conclusion

וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ ס9 And write them on the doorposts of your house and...

December 16, 2016

The Constitution of the Old Testament – Part 5

וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃8 You should bind them as a sign on...

December 15, 2016

Deep pain

You may have noticed that I have not posted for a week. That's because we...

December 15, 2016

The Constitution of the Old Testament – Part 4

וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣7 בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃ and you should inculcate them...

December 06, 2016

The Constitution of the Old Testament – Part 3

This is the third in a series on The Shema (Deut 6.4-9) וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֙ר...