Holy Love: Virtue or Vice?

Holy Love: Virtue or Vice?

In a world deeply confused about the nature of love, Romans 12:9–21 serves as a clarion call to believers in Jesus Christ to understand and live out truly Christian love. These verses contain a series of imperatives, each of which is a manifestation of the supreme...
Love: The Queen of Virtues

Love: The Queen of Virtues

There is perhaps no book of the Bible that is more loved that Paul’s letter to Rome. Read carefully, its rich theology leaves one profoundly impacted by the glory of the gospel—as, indeed, it left Paul when he wrote it (Romans 11:33–36). Bible readers are familiar...
Kamikaze Christianity

Kamikaze Christianity

In my early high school years, a friend travelled to the United States for a sporting event. He returned with many wonderful tales of the Land of Liberty, among which was reports of a product called Crystal Pepsi. At the time, PepsiCo had pulled its products from the...
Threatened by Tribalism

Threatened by Tribalism

On Maundy Thursday in 1994, Rwandan Christians gathered in church buildings to worship God. Together, they sang songs of praise, prayed as one, listened to the word preached, and communed around the Lord’s Table. They worshipped in the true spirit of the day. The word...
Olympic outrage

Olympic outrage

This past Friday night, the world witnessed another elaborate opening ceremony of a major sporting event. Third-time Olympic host city, Paris, went out of its way to create an extravagant and, at times, perplexing display, which had little to do with sport. It has...
More precious than gold

More precious than gold

The 2024 Olympic Games will be held from 24 July to 11 August in Paris, France. Paris’s third turn hosting the Games marks a few significant milestones. First, this year’s Games have been heralded as a landmark in Olympic history for female athletes. Women first...