Basileia Ministries

The term “Christus Victor” (Latin meaning Christ the Victor) has historically been used to convey Christ’s triumph over the Devil at the Cross. For the first...

I want to discuss what I might call “the elephant in the room.” This “elephant” is not only being ignored by the secularized world we live in, but by most of...

The following was originally written in March 2003. In light of the current crisis in the U.S. and the rest of the world I am posting it. I am not necessaril...

“It is Augustine who gave us the Reformation." Benjamin B. Warfield Warfield's remark was based on the fact that the Reformation witnessed the ultimate trium...

Socialism has always sought to claim the moral “high ground” by asserting that it is the economic-political system that is compassionate, selfless, and calli...

There is a segment within evangelical Christianity that views socialism as compassionate and capitalism as soulless. This view is represented by Sojourners m...

In the current political cycle, a word which at one time was an anathema to most Americans has become acceptable, maybe even respectable. That word is “socia...

“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind’. This is the great and foremost commandment. The seco...

To most Westerners, Islam is the most misunderstood of the so-called three great religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. But of these three, Islam is t...

In Genesis 49:10 we find one of the most significant Biblical promises, where it is declared: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff...

in a literal return of the Lord at the end of the age, I find that in some circles there is a serious imbalance on this issue. The biblical record of the apo...

When it comes to understanding and embracing truth one of the things the Bible shows is that wrong conclusions are a result of wrong presuppositions. If I be...

I have been engaged in prison ministry for almost 12 years. Prior to this I had been involved in pastoring, radio ministry, teaching in conferences, Bible co...

“If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak for myself.” (John 7:17) Biblically, obedience to...

One of the best known of Jesus’ parables is the story of the prodigal son. In Luke 15, Jesus tells the story of how the younger of a father’s two sons secure...

When I think of the true giants of the Christian faith over the past 100 years, several names come to mind. Billy Graham and Mother Teresa would be near the ...

Twenty years ago, while my wife and I were involved in homeschooling our children, I came across a book entitled, "Icons of Evolution." This book is of parti...

I recently came across a statement by H. Richard Niebuhr in his book, The Kingdom of God in America, originally published in 1937. He described theological l...

There are probably fewer words in the modern English language that have been more distorted, misused, abused, and overused than the word “love.” We have a te...

Matthew tells us that Jesus saw the multitudes of people and "felt compassion" for them (Matt. 9:36). The Greek language indicates He was moved intenally, me...