"That's just...my interpretation!"

I had a great chat yesterday with a man who was very friendly and willing to talk about the gospel and the evidence for it.

Good news about the bad news

The gospel doesn't cater to our feel-good factor, massage our ego or cater to our pride. It tells us we are guilty, hell-deserving and helpless to do anything about it. This is one reason why the message of the gospel is hated and rejected by so many. But this teaching about our sinfulness is actually good news. Here's why:

The Perfect Gift

This is the text of a Christmas leaflet I was asked to write:

The Trinity and the reality of love

I was speaking to a ‘Jehovah’s Witness’ and he told me that from eternity past God had been entirely on His own and was completely happy and content. Now, please think carefully about this. 

Stand to Reason on hell

Hell is a subject I have done a lot of thinking about and writing on. This article from Stand to Reason masterfully and succinctly deals with the attempts of annihilationists to put out the flames of what the Lord Jesus called eternal fire. Please have a read.

Why does God need a sacrifice?

Richard Dawkins has asked the question, “If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them without having Himself tortured and executed in payment...?” Now Richard Dawkins was voted one of the top three intellectuals in the world, and although I am not one of the other two I think the answer is fairly simple and can be stated in three words, “God is righteous.”

Focus on the Atonement

This is a brief article I was asked to write on this subject.

The Bible was written by men! Exactly!

A couple of friends and I were speaking to a lady today who took great exception to the notion of hell. When we told her that the Bible clearly declared it and Christ graphically described it she said, "But the Bible was written by men!"

Inspired or conspired?

A couple of months ago an old sceptic said to a colleague and me that the Bible "appears to be united" but when you examine it it falls apart. My experience is precisely the opposite. On a surface reading it appears there are stories disconnected from the overall story, random things thrown in, but when you examine them closely and carefully you see how they all link together in an amazing way that defies human ingenuity. All the stories tell one great story.

Salvation

Here is an article I was asked to write on the subject of salvation.