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…
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…
Popular culture and biblical truth: I should begin by stating that I do not have the television on all the time – although some of…
Roger Scruton on regaining his religion: I am sometimes known for offering somewhat strange titles to my articles, and today’s piece is no exception it…
Who will stand up for men and boys? In the increasingly toxic West, where its enemies are working overtime to deconstruct and delegitimise everything, we…
Can we really remain neutral in these crucial areas? Can and should the Christian be neutral? Well, it depends on what we are talking about.…
Miracles will not always lead to faith: I just recently wrote a piece on signs and wonders. In it I asked whether the miraculous normally…
On mountain removalists: In a recent piece, also a part of this series on difficult Bible passages, I mentioned that not everything Jesus said was…
The need for informed and discerning love: We all know about how the world thinks of love: it is often lust, or sappy sentimentalism, or…
Dumbed-down college kids are clueless: I was once a brainless student. By that I mean I was heavily involved in all the radical left nostrums…
Amazing stories of revival in Wales: The Welsh Revival of 1859 is something still talked about today. It is still being written about today. And…
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…
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…
We need to see ourselves as we really are: It is commonplace today to hear that the best thing we can do for our self…
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…
Clear thinking on law and morality: As I have often said, I am not a libertarian, although two years of Covid lockdown madness and health…
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.…
Yes the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering: The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get…
More useful cultural and biblical analysis from this noted Christian philosopher: There are many ways to describe and discuss sin. Perhaps one definition of major…