As always, Chesterton offers us sage advice: No, I don’t mean we should seek to sit on the fence where G. K. Chesterton used to…
We have so much to learn from the amazing life of Elisabeth Elliot: I recently revisited a 2020 volume by Ellen Vaughn. It is the…
You might be interested in some of my current reading: Those who know even a little bit about me will understand that this may be…
Such wise words from the great GKC: One can never get enough of G. K. Chesterton and one can never get enough of solid defences…
More choice quotes from Chesterton: As I mentioned in Part 1 of this article, the key 1920 work by G. K. Chesterton – The Superstition…
This is another great man of God we should know about: The famous British preacher, evangelist, author and teacher had a huge impact on both…
We must read – or re-read – these three crucial volumes: Yes I know, calling a recent book – or a recent anything – classic…
A great saint with a great mind and a great heart has just passed: I was not going to pen a piece on this great…
There is no getting around it – Christians are fools for Christ: The Kingdom of God is an upside-down kingdom. Those things that God values,…
Salem Books, 2022. This new book is a much-needed challenge to our complacent Christianity: I and many others have long been saying that the church…
These two are hugely influential – but only one leaves an everlasting legacy: If you asked 1000 people in Melbourne or Chicago or London who…
Chesterton’s words about the birth of Christ are memorable and magnificent: If G. K. Chesterton’s classic 1908 volume Orthodoxy has long been my all-time favourite…
More incisive and startling gems from Chesterton: It was Francis Bacon who once said: “Some books are to be tested, others to be swallowed, and…
We must be aware of this Chesterton classic: There are some authors you just cannot get enough of – and some books too. I recently…
You need to be aware of this key Christian thinker: The important and incisive Catholic writer and social commentator Anthony Esolen is well worth being…
We all have a long way to go in our Christian journey: Christians know what my title refers to – it comes from 2 Corinthians…
We all should be aware of this important Christian thinker: Many believers may first have become aware of the Irish/American apologist, social commentator and public…
The genuine Christian will be seen as a radical: Back in my wild youth I was a revolutionary, as were many of my contemporaries. Steeped…
These five authors are always eminently quotable: OK, I confess, I tend to like books and I tend to do a bit of reading. But…
Thank you Bernie Finn, MP: There are plenty of important issues out there that politicians – and everyone else for that matter – should be…