Tobi Collection

Are some things just too difficult to forgive? Like child abuse at the hands of a trusted family friend? Greta Randle's story shows us that forgive...

Waiting for a baby is a painful reality for many. As long months pass the well-meaning optimism of friends starts to ring hollow. The emphasis on f...

Ever since the first century, Christians have regarded the book of Isaiah as a high point of the Old Testament prophetic literature. Its key themes...

There are many biographies of John Calvin, the theologian - some vilifying him and others extolling his virtues - but few that reveal John Calvin, ...

Despite the themes of doom and destruction, the primary message of Jeremiah is one of the love and grace of a God who never gives up on those he ha...

In the book of Acts, the story of Jesus begun in the Gospel of Luke broadens into the story of the Holy Spirit, guiding the fledgling church to pro...

Interpretations of the book of Revelation abound. One view suggests that the book indirectly describes events in John's own time. Another interpret...

This book sets out in short compass what seems to me to be the permanent essentials of Christianity, viewed as both a belief system and a way of li...

God longs for us to be close to him and yet our pride and desire for independence so often get in the way. How can we develop the attitudes that Go...

You gave it your best shot. You made the best case you knew how, and your friend still wasn't persuaded to follow Christ. Why is it that solid, rat...

The theme of covenant is foundational to the Bible's story. From the beginning of the biblical narrative, God is revealed as the one who enters int...

The cross of Christ is the heartbeat of Christianity. It is a place of pain and horror, wonder and beauty, all at the same time. It is the place wh...

Christians can keep their church and working lives in separate compartments. They may want and even try to live for Christ in the office, factory o...

What do you do when you discover that you're not satisfied in God the way he wants you to be? Joy is more than an afterthought of the Christian lif...

Every Christian needs dependable role models to whom one can look for teaching and example. Many of the greatest role models have departed from thi...

For anyone looking for a practical and authentic approach to discipleship. Do you desire a closer walk with Jesus that impacts your life 24/7 rathe...

The God of classical theism is often referred to as the God of the philosophers. Today, however, the contemporary theological landscape has shifted...

Too often, valuable New Testament scholarship never finds its way to the preacher's or pastor's study because it is presented in a form that is not...

The Christian church world-wide is growing significantly in size and influence. However, John Stott has commented that the greatest problem it face...

Signs and wonders', such as healing and exorcisms, are characteristic emphases associated with the 'Third Wave' of contemporary charismatic renewal...

Who was Peter and what was his true stature in the early church? For Protestants at least, Peter seems caught between two caricatures: the rustic f...

In an age when men can be nurses or stay-at-home dads and women can be pilots or business managers, there are few areas left where gender alone det...

What motivates you to serve Christ? Is it a sense of nagging obligation as you struggle to achieve a host of impossible targets? Or is it a heart f...

Justification is not just one word among many, but a central reality for which Christians are thankful to God. Consequently, a faithful understandi...

John Calvin was born on 10 July 1509. Five hundred years later, the ideas of this French theologian continue to influence churches all around the w...

By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about t...

Globalization, pluralism, urbanization and increased mobility are just some of the challenges of twenty-first-century cross-cultural mission, and M...

Just because you go to church doesn't mean that you are exposed (or exposing others) to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people talk about Jesus, ...

Everything we do, say and think is, in some sense, emotional. We describe ourselves and our experiences in terms of how we feel. In the New Testame...

Does religion cause war? It is often claimed that religion is responsible for more wars, more global conflicts and more deaths than any other facto...

Is 'newer' really 'better'? We often assume so, but if we do treat the past as inferior, we will ignore the legacy of history, and thus will find o...

David Bebbington's 'Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s', published in 1989, offered an intriguing hypothesis r...

Some Christians emphasize doctrine, others experience. Martyn  Lloyd-Jones emphasized both. Marrying a Reformed understanding of biblical  theology...

As Christians, we all know the apostle Paul, don't we? He is our theological master, our pastoral mentor, our spiritual advisor and our missionary ...

I was a happy teenager, content with my home, my academic success, my sporting achievements and my friendships. And I stumbled across the greatest ...

The question of the historicity of Jesus' resurrection has been repeatedly probed, investigated and debated. And the results have varied widely. Pe...

Forty pilot whales lie stranded on Darlington Beach, Tasmania. Marine conservation biologist Andrew Irvine knows he must act fast... The Bible teac...

Our evangelistic attempts can seem quite odd to a watching world. Most people today are not the slightest bit interested in hearing about Jesus. Th...

Most Christians think they know what makes people tick. But do they? If the truth be told, this is often more anecdotal than factual. Are the unchu...

God speaks. By his Spirit. Through the Bible. About his Son. This is one of the most crucial things for any Christian to get to grips with. If we u...

When we become new creations in Christ Jesus, our primary identity is in Christ,' observes Owen Hylton. Born into a black West Indian family, but l...

Since Jesus lived so long ago, we assume that we know little about his life story. In fact, we know more about him than many famous people closer t...

Christmas is the one time in the year when many non-Christians are prepared to go to church, and this presents a great opportunity for preaching th...

As a minister of a local church, I know how easy it is to become isolated. My experience very quickly becomes confined to my own church', writes Pa...

"I will make an everlasting covenant with you ... " (Isaiah 55:3). 'Covenant' is a major theme in the Bible, and many Christian thinkers across the...

Tired? Trapped? Troubled? Long working hours, travel and ever-evolving gadgets connecting us to an always-on world leave many people sapped of ener...

Understanding what the Bible teaches about itself is an issue of central importance. However, correct theologies of the Bible can be expressed in n...

They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha ... And they crucified him ... Some women were watching from a distance' (Mark 15:22, 24, 40). At t...