Truth hurts. That is, it is hurtful to those who want to deny the truth, distort the truth or cover up the truth. The best…
The 2006 National Census data has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a number of interesting details. What is also interesting…
Individuals can have tremendous influence – for good or for evil. Some people live a life of integrity, humility and service for others. Other people…
A number of studies have been conducted over the years demonstrating that those in the mainstream media tend to be very much of the left…
The phrase ‘righteous indignation,’ which has been around for quite some time, is meant to convey the idea of getting a bit agitated, even upset,…
We live in a culture that is biblically illiterate. Most people have no or very little idea of what is actually in the Bible. Unfortunately,…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…
It is a strange fact of life that those groups who most go on and on about love, acceptance, tolerance and peace can often be…
On and on go the atheist wars. They are out in droves, they never sleep and they want your children. Or so it seems from…
American Vision, 2007. The anti-theist blitzkrieg shows no signs of abating, with angry tomes from militant God-haters pouring from the presses. It seems each new…
I really should stop being surprised. But I guess hope springs, and clings, eternal. Every time I see an article in the mainstream media about…
Atria Books, 2006. OK, I confess. I finally broke down, abandoned all reason, and shelled out a lousy $30 to buy The Secret. Mind you,…
Not bad for a get rich quick scheme: peddle some old myths, repackage and cleverly promote them, and get Oprah Winfrey to gush about it,…
In numerous posts here I have argued for the religious nature of secular humanism. Of course to do so unleashes the ire and venom of…
The recent passing of Jerry Falwell, the so-called founder of the Religious Right in America, raises a few issues that need to be addressed. Having…
There was an interesting news item in today’s Australian (and other media outlets) about a new scientific breakthrough which may add extra years to human…
As has already happened in Western Europe and Canada, and some American states, the US as a nation is now on the verge of passing “hate-crime”…
If you are a follower of Jesus today, there is a very real chance – at least in many parts of the globe – that…
Kingsway, 2007. This is the second book-length response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. Like the other volume by Alister McGrath, this one is also…
All worldviews have to wrestle with the problem of evil. New Agers, secularists, atheists and theists all must come up with some sort of account…