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Big Business, Radical Agendas, and People Power

May 26, 2017

As we like to say in the West, “It’s a free country”. That means businesses can do what they like, and consumers can also do what they like. Thus if a company or corporation wants to push radical left-wing political

Should Christians Tithe?

Jan 28, 2017

I get asked this question every so often, so it may be time to do an article on this. I have hesitated up until now for the simple reason that this is another one of those issues which, unfortunately, some

Cuba, Castro, and Socialism’s “Useful Idiots”

Nov 28, 2016

It was Lenin who talked about “useful idiots” in the West who did all the dirty work for the Communists: they sang the praises of Marxism while tearing down the free West that they lived in. The Communists sat back

Rich Christians in an Age of Spiritual Hunger

Sep 4, 2016

Many folks would be aware of the 1977 book by Ronald Sider called Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger. It was an impassioned call for Western Christians to make a difference in reducing world hunger. It was marred

Godless Corporations, Rampant Discrimination, and the Blackmailing of Christians

Apr 27, 2016

Two weeks ago one of the more frightening things you will hear from a powerful activist was uttered. It was notable both for its audacity and its contempt of most Australians. I refer to a really sinister remark by homosexual

Dismantling the Trump Myths, Part Two

Mar 31, 2016

Part One of this article looked at various issues of concern to conservatives. It should be clear from all that, that Trump is no conservative. But there is so much more foolishness being pushed by the Trumpites about his money,

On Getting the Government We Deserve

Feb 23, 2016

The saying, “Every nation gets the government it deserves” has been tossed around quite a bit of late. On some social media sites you see it attributed to John Calvin. It seems however that it actually came some two hundred

The Church, Riches and Responsibility

Nov 20, 2015

That the Bible speaks about riches and wealth, often in the form of a warning, is of course perfectly clear. We cannot escape the fact that riches can have a corrupting impact on so many people, and it can become

Liberation Theology and Marxism

May 5, 2015

We do not hear all that much about liberation theology nowadays. But it certainly was a major issue in the 70s and 80s, and I wrote extensively about it at the time. Although primarily a phenomena of Latin America, and

Children, Families and Social Policy

Apr 23, 2015

In a discussion with some politicians yesterday about the well-being of children and various political policies, I mentioned that it can sometimes be difficult to get the right mix. We discussed the recent policy on vaccinations, and the cutback of

Defending Halal – and Jeopardising the West

Apr 13, 2015

Imagine Western politicians in the 1930s and 40s saying we should ease up on criticising the Nazis, and not make things hard on our economy by not doing business with them. Imagine them saying that if we cut off trade

Markets and Morality

Apr 6, 2015

This is one of those topics where the amount of sloppy thinking or just plain wrong thinking tends to abound. And sadly plenty of Christians can get things wrong here big time. There is a knee-jerk reaction against the free

Band Aid Baloney

Nov 20, 2014

OK, another crisis, another token gesture by the West’s super rich elites. But hey, at least it makes ’em feel good. While it might assuage their guilt feeling about living like kings while so much of the world is in

The Soaring Costs of Divorce

Jul 6, 2014

The sexual revolution of the 60s gave us a lot of harmful and destructive things, and no-fault, easy divorce was certainly one of them. By making the marriage contract hardly worth the piece of paper it was signed on, marriage

Warnings About Riches: Old Testament

Jun 10, 2014

Let me say at the outset, in order to avoid any misunderstandings, that I am a firm believer in wealth creation and the free market. Time and time again it has lifted the masses out of poverty like no other

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CultureWatch

Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day...

Should Christians Tithe?

Cuba, Castro, and Socialism’s “Useful Idiots”

Rich Christians in an Age of Spiritual Hunger

Godless Corporations, Rampant Discrimination, and the Blackmailing of Christians

Dismantling the Trump Myths, Part Two

On Getting the Government We Deserve

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The Church, Riches and Responsibility

Liberation Theology and Marxism

Defending Halal – and Jeopardising the West

Band Aid Baloney

Warnings About Riches: Old Testament

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