Thoughts on the attack on Bishop Emmanuel: OK, a mouthful of a title, but you know where I am heading with this. Just two days…
Homosexuality is condemned in all three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While there are some similarities found on this issue in all three, there…
The ongoing saga of the hijab-wearing Wheaton College professor is not likely to go away anytime soon. Indeed, it seems to be escalating, with various…
There are certain home truths which need to be repeated over and over again. Here are three of them: -If imperialistic communism was the great…
Anyone who has actually studied both Islam and Christianity knows how radically different they are to each other. It has rightly been argued that Islam…
Those who argue that Islam and Christianity are quite similar really know very little about either religion. While there are some common features, the differences…
In his new book Christianophobia, Rupert Shortt says that “Christians are afflicted on a great scale and in many places”. In some 300 pages he…
Ignatius, 2012. This is a very important book indeed. It is not just about the threat of expansionistic Islam, but about Western naivety and gullibility.…
The great thing about a democracy is that various groups can make their competing truth claims in public, and no one need lose their head…
Living the Christian life in a non-Christian world is always tricky business. We must navigate our way through life, avoiding various extremes. We are called…
Tolerance is one of the most abused words in the English language today. It always used to mean putting up with someone you disagreed with.…
There were two recent news items which had to do with Islam. The first seemed to indicate that Islam is in the ascendency, while the…
Theology matters, but so does wisdom and right timing: As I have said a few million times now, anyone who has actually read some of…
Even Dawkins can see the cultural value of Christianity: Various Christian commentators have made much of what U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower once said in late…
Should believers bury their dead only? While many believers may never have given this a passing thought, some others might think quite a lot about…
We are seeing history repeat itself here: I was just reminded online that Kristallnacht was on November 9, 1938 – exactly 85 years ago. This…
Islamist propaganda seems to be working: I have lost count of the number of people who have claimed that the Hamas terror attacks on Israel…
Determinism might be a nice theory, but we cannot live that way: Let me begin by noting that if we wanted to go much deeper…
Mental and moral clarity on truth versus opinion: We can get into real trouble when we fail to make basic distinctions. Consider the issue of…
An unchanging gospel in a changing world: Some things change in life. Some things do not change. Knowing which is which is vital. As to…