By now most of you would have seen the ads for L’Oréal cosmetics with its slogan, “Because I’m worth it”. Other versions of the slogan…
This piece is as much about the Moravian church as it is about Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, its founder. Both have secured a place…
I get plenty of emails pouring into my inbox every day. They can be sorted into at least three categories: the good, the bad, and…
Today is the 95th Anzac Day commemoration. The motto of this remembrance of what the Diggers did is “Lest We Forget”. The phrase comes from…
Jesus is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” according to Heb 1:3. Or as Paul said in Col 1:15:…
In 2007 Diana West wrote an interesting book entitled The Death of the Grown-Up. In it she bewailed the fact that adults just don’t want…
Most of the people who come to this site are – like me – evangelical Christians. As the word suggests, we put a very high…
The proclamation of the gospel can never take place apart from the surrounding culture. Indeed, it is done in some sort of culture all the…
SaltRiver, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Are you looking for a riveting action thriller? An inspiring autobiography? An insider’s account of the Middle…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
Let me tell you in advance something you will need to know. If in the near future you notice that no new articles are being…
In today’s postmodern climate, truth means nothing, and personal preferences mean everything. OK, we expect that from the secular world. But what happens when the…
There are plenty of forces arrayed against Christianity, many of them working overtime to see its demise. There are never-ending challenges and threats to the…
Richard Dawkins and fellow God-hater Christopher Hitchens say they will prosecute the Pope for crimes against humanity. They say his handling of sexual abuse in…
Crossway, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) When is the last time you read a book on church discipline? Worse yet, when is the…
By now most people would have heard about how police in Geelong broke up a Christian display of the crucifixion over Easter. While most people…
Freedom of speech is under threat. Freedom of religion is under threat. Freedom of conscience is under threat. And much of the threat comes from…
Baker, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) Yes and no is how I respond to this book. Yes, we all have failed to properly…
Why do people reject Christianity? It is a good question and there would be many answers one could give to it. What has become quite…
I was flabbergasted last night when a television show about Easter appeared – one which had absolutely nothing to do with Easter. Indeed, the most…