Over five decades of social science research have told us just how bad things are for children when the father is absent. By every social…
My wife recently pointed out an interesting fact to me – as she often does. Two national days are celebrated in Australia within the same…
Back in 1991 I wrote these words: “No matter how caring and loving, a surrogate care-giver can never replace a mother – or father –…
“The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My life as a happy one is ended!…
Mental, emotional and physical well-being From nations as diverse as Finland and South Africa, a number of studies have reported that anywhere from 50 to…
An article in yesterday’s press had this headline: “Boys lack role models”. The piece began with these words: “A decline in the number of male…
Much is made of the tragic problems of child abuse and child neglect. The latter can take many forms, but one of the most important,…
Fatherlessness is a growing problem in the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children…
Thirty years ago American Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report called “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”. In it he wrote these…
Basic Books, 1995. Thirty years ago American Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report called “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”. In it…
Multnomah Press, 1991. In America, as in Australia, we are “creating a cultural climate that wars against mother love”, says Dr Brenda Hunter, author of…
A careful look at some important biblical themes: I must begin by admitting that I rather mildly fudged my own title. I do indeed want…
Baker, 2023. A vitally important defence of men and masculinity: Nancy Pearcey has said that this has been her most controversial book to date. That…
C. S. Lewis, cancer and grief: In many areas of life the ideal is to combine the theoretical with the practical. This is true when…
Memorable quotes from Chesterton’s memorable book: OK, I confess. I have a copy of G. K. Chesterton’s 1908 classic Orthodoxy in my hands once again.…
Just how many things that we warned about have now come to pass? We told you so. We told you so. We told you so.…
Marriage matters, and women and children especially suffer without it: Many decades of social science research have conclusively demonstrated that heterosexual marriage is an invaluable…
Where is God when things hurt so much? There is not a person on the planet who does not suffer in one form or another.…
Can believers have an impact on the timing of Christ’s return? We Christians believe that Christ did not come just once, but is coming again.…
Some thoughts on fallen Christian leaders: I have written numerous articles on dealing with Christian leaders who have fallen. And that for the simple reason…