
Basileia Ministries
Declaring the Kingdom of God

The Theology of Socialism
There is a segment within evangelical Christianity that views socialism as compassionate and capitalism as soulless. This view is...

A Perspective on the Nature of Socialism and Totalitarianism
In the current political cycle, a word which at one time was an anathema to most Americans has become acceptable, maybe even respectable....

Head, Heart, and Hand
“’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...

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

The 10th Generation: God’s Law and God’s Promise
In Genesis 49:10 we find one of the most significant Biblical promises, where it is declared: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah,...

Do You Believe in the First Coming?
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...

The Mind Justifies What the Heart Has Chosen
When it comes to understanding and embracing truth one of the things the Bible shows is that wrong conclusions are a result of wrong...

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

Truth and Obedience
“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)...

The Prodigal and the Elder Brother
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...

The Legacy of C.S. Lewis
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...

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

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

What is Love?
There are probably fewer words in the modern English language that have been more distorted, misused, abused, and overused than the word...

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

Don't Say "No" to Temptation - Say "Yes" to Jesus
The title of my blog today might shock you. But the message it seeks to convey is, I believe, central to the New Testament. What the Law...

A Tribute to Ern Baxter
I never had the opportunity to know Ern Baxter, though I did speak with him once very briefly. But his influence on my life has been...

The Law in the New Testament
One Scottish divine long ago observed: "He who can bring together the real connection between the law and the gospel, will be a good...

Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
The question as to whether, or not, Islam is "religion of peace" has time and time again asked by the media. Often with the response...














