When is it right to resist unjust rulers? In this irregular series on resistance theory, I now turn to the French/Swiss reformer John Calvin (1509-1564). Resistance theory has to do with political, ...
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place ...
Appealing to Acts 5:29 he taught that we must obey God rather than man when tyrannous rulers violate God’s laws. But his insistence that we resist such magistrates was to be understood as more of a ...
Ultimately, Allah transforms disobedient Jews into apes and pigs (2:63–66, 5:59–60, 7:166). While the Qur’an says that ...
To sum up: God loves Himself infinitely. He has to! His own glory is the principal focus of all His energy and efforts. It ...
Just this week we learned of the death of one famous atheist: Daniel Dennett (1942-2024). The 82-year-old passed away last ...
The iron grip of endless entertainment impacts everything, even the churches: As we all should know by now, the best way a ...
The alternative media exists because the mainstream media is overwhelmingly liberal, woke, PC, left of centre, and ...
God is still at work in the West: My title might be misleading. There is a sense in which all moments are Christian moments. That is, the power of the gospel to transform lives, and even entire ...
We must counter the rising tide of ugly antisemitism: That anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment is now reaching fever pitch is clear. It is becoming less and less safe for Jews to live normal lives ...
Our highest good is in the enjoyment of God. God’s highest good is in being enjoyed. Thus, for God to work for your enjoyment ...
On actually reading and listening to your opponents: It is quite easy to be an armchair critic. It is quite easy to attack something that you actually know little about. It is quite easy to criticise ...