Mark Johnston

It may seem more than a little strange to include this issue as one of the major challenges facing the church in the 21st Century, but the sad reality is…

In our first piece in this mini-series on challenges faced by the church in the 21st Century we considered the challenge of getting the gospel out to those who need…

Not long ago I was asked to speak to a group of postgraduate students in Cambridge, England, on the subject of ‘Challenges facing the 21st Century Church’. Some of these…

The season of Advent is once more upon us and the church around the world will soon be celebrating the birth of our Lord. It is a season of the…

This post is the last in what the English satirist, Douglas Adams, would call ‘a trilogy in five parts’! These reflections on what it means for Christians to be ‘aliens…

I was talking recently with a dear friend who has been going through significant housing issues with all the mental, emotional and spiritual turmoil that have come with them, when…

The Babel fiasco in Genesis, which we looked at in the previous instalment of this mini-series, is quickly followed in the timeline of salvation by the account of Abraham (Ge…

For almost as long as I can remember as a Christian I have found myself musing on the question of what makes a good Bible translation. I grew up in…

This article is the sequel to Aliens and Strangers.  As I sit down to write this second instalment of our reflections on the question of where we as human beings…

Making Sense of the Here and Now There is something deep within the human psyche that longs to be ‘home’ – to be settled in a place where we belong.…

Fides sola est quae justificat; fides quae justificat non est sola. Latinisms can have a wonderful way of crystallising issues in theological reflection – so with this one: ‘It is…

When the Banner of Truth Trust published the second volume of his Collected Writings in 1977, John Murray’s views on effectual calling sparked off animated debate in Reformed circles at…