OK, so it is an odd thing to be writing articles on one’s birthday, but there is some sanity to all this. My wife is…
Where does one begin in writing up such a remarkable Christian? His impact has been monumental, and he has left an indelible legacy for generations…
You may not have known it, but tomorrow is World Religion Day. The aim seems to be for everyone to get along in one big…
On the outside wall of the Ministry of Truth building are the three slogans of ‘The Party’: “WAR IS PEACE,” “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,” “IGNORANCE IS…
OK, call me a glutton for punishment. Not only is this a really quite large topic, but when all the relevant auxiliary concerns are addressed,…
It has almost become a truism nowadays that whatever the secular world thinks is really neat is probably the opposite to what biblical Christianity is…
Once again it is Christmas; once again a leading newspaper asks Christian leaders to tell us about the meaning of Christmas; and once again they…
A common complaint made by critics of Christianity is that polygamy seems to be allowed in the Bible, and/or many Biblical characters seemed to have…
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…
Renowned writer and atheist Christopher Hitchens has just died at age 62 of cancer-related pneumonia. The writer, controversialist and polemicist had a distinguished career in…
As we all know Christianity has had its periods of reformation, including The Reformation at the end of the Middle Ages. When a Christian speaks…
OK, it is not quite Christmas yet, but you do need to get presents – for yourself or others. And there is nothing better than…
The fate of a nation’s survival and the state of a nation’s morality are closely intertwined. Mess with a nation’s morals and you will soon…
If a warning is given about some impending tragedy, disaster or conflict, and those warnings go unheeded, there is a double evil: the evil which…
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…
We live in such idiotic and PC times, that the very notion of truth is now seen as a dirty word. Indeed, as I have…
During the middle of the Second World War, C.S. Lewis wrote a short essay for the Spectator on “Equality”. In it he said, “Mankind is…
Thomas Nelson, 2011. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) The broad-brush thesis of this book is this: without the Judeo-Christian worldview, there would be no…
It is quite common when any disaster or tragedy strikes for both believers and non-believers to ask, ‘Where was God?’ Or, ‘Why didn’t he do…
The problem of evil is perhaps the most significant and universal moral and philosophical puzzle there is. The world’s great minds and the world’s great…