In praise of the early church creeds: If one wanted to summarise the basics of the Christian faith, and present some of the main and…
Science as we know it today would not be the same without its Christian roots: To speak of Western civilisation is to speak about Christian…
A little exercise in Christian apologetics: Having an interactive blogsite means you will get plenty of questions thrown your way – by friend and foe.…
Yes a very real crackdown on Christianity is now underway in the West: In many parts of the world over the past two millennia Christians…
Here are 20 new books that you all should be aware of: My title should make it clear that at least three groups of people…
Christians must not succumb to emotive climate catastrophism: C. S. Lewis once warned about “Christianity and…” That is, the dangerous tendency to supplement or add…
The only thing that bothers me more than seeing Muslim women being treated as second class citizens is ignorant Christians being utterly clueless when it…
Things are getting worse by the day for the church in the West. Yes, much good is still happening, and many strong churches still exist.…
There are plenty of objections which have been raised against Christianity over the centuries. One common complaint is that the history of Christian missions is…
Eight hundred years ago the Great Charter was written, and we still are enjoying the benefits of it today. Simply put, this hugely significant document…
HarperOne, 2011. This is another very important and helpful volume by the world-class historian and sociologist of religion. Stark has already penned a number of…
A long time ago, when I converted to Christianity and left my wild hippy ways and counter-culture days, I became very interested in reading biographies…
Apologetics comes from a Greek word meaning reason or defence. It has to do with defending the Christian faith and answering objections to it. Since…
Dhimmitude is the condition of second class citizenship that Christians and other minorities experience when living under countries with Islamic rule. This near slavery-like condition…
There is nothing like a regular supply of half-truths, misinformation and sloppy use of facts in making a case. But that is the regular practice…
A short answer to this question would be ‘yes’. End of article. But as with many historical issues, the proper answer in fact is much more nuanced. ‘Yes…
In the past several years many thousands of books have been published. Hundreds of those are important. Dozens are quite significant, at least from a…
Monarch Books, 2005. There are a number of good books out which critique the many fallacies and inaccuracies in Dan Brown’s best selling novel. The…
Some thoughts on some puzzling texts: I suppose I could add this to my series on “Difficult Bible Passages,” although I will actually be looking…
A century ago this important work appeared: OK, I am a bit off by a few weeks, or a few months, but we can still…