Barrack Obama knew that in order to win the US Presidential election, he had to win over a large voting bloc: evangelical born-again Christians. So…
This is hopefully the first in an irregular series on difficult Biblical passages. I do this for several reasons. There are admittedly some passages in…
Yet another amazing episode of the gaystapo in action in Not So Great Britain. This time an English grandmother is hunted down by the police…
Generally speaking, those with liberal theological views tend to also have liberal political views. Conversely, those with conservative theological views tend to have conservative political…
I have been thinking a lot lately about the soon to be held Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR). And moments ago my eyes noted…
Very soon the Parliament of the World’s Religions will meet here in Melbourne. The week-long event (Dec. 3-9) will be attended by many thousands of…
I caught myself the other day saying this: “This is taking absolutely forever!” And what was I referring to? The few seconds it was taking…
Today I was reading the very familiar parable of the sower which Jesus gave (Matthew 13:1-23 = Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:5-15). Of course as many…
This pastor, apologist and writer had a profound impact on evangelicalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and his impact is still very…
HarperOne, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Very few people have much good to say about the Crusades nowadays. Most think it was a…
OK, yes I know: prayer is also a noun. But the point is, it is one of those terms that should involve us in actual…
Two thousand years ago in a far away land, a man lived who had an impact greater than that of any other human. According to…
There are 66 books in the Bible, but they all tell one simple story – and it happens to be a love story. It is…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
Two and a half millennia ago the prophet Isaiah uttered these powerful words: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put…
For the secular left, social activism is all about “two steps forward, one step back”. That is, they know they can never foist their radical…
C.S. Lewis once warned about the danger of appending the words “and…” to “Jesus”. That is, phrases like ‘Jesus and socialism’, ‘Jesus and liberalism’, etc,…
Here is the scenario: a politician seeks to woo the Christian community to get elected. Once elected, he engages in various actions which are far…
Among the worst laws to have been recently enacted are religious vilification laws. They are a direct threat to freedom of speech, freedom of religion,…
Christians hold two passports. We are citizens of this world, but also of the next. Thus there is always tension in this life. Indeed, there…