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The State, Mandatory Health Care, and Eugenics

May 8, 2020

Some thoughts on government power, the public good, and mandatory policies:

Australian leader Scott Morrison recently said that those in some sports codes should not be allowed to play unless they are vaccinated. As one report put it: “Prime Minister

Christianity, the State, and Blind Obedience

May 5, 2020

It is frightening how Christians can twist the biblical teaching on the role of the state:

The biblical Christian knows at least two things about the state: one, God created government to bring about order and a modicum of justice

On Corona Tracking Apps

Apr 27, 2020

What could go wrong with a government app?

As expected, there is already a massive debate over the merits or otherwise of the new government COVID-19 tracking app that folks can download onto their phones. A major part of the

Essential Christian Reading During the Corona Lockdown

Apr 23, 2020

Here are 15 new important books you should be aware of:

In a time of forced lockdown, what better way to spend your time than to get through a substantial pile of important books? Yes I realise that my articles

Corona: My Government Right or Wrong?

Apr 22, 2020

Good citizenship should not turn into blind support for the state:

In my discussions about the trade-off between virus containment and lockdown measures, I keep getting folks who seem to think that the state can do no wrong. They have

A Pro-life Take on the Corona Crisis

Apr 21, 2020

There are more than just medical issues to consider in the corona debate:

Sadly, I have already had my fair share of those who somehow think I do not care about human life because I dare to ask questions about

Crisis, Corona and Christophobia

Mar 28, 2020

Christophobia is alive and well in times of crisis:

It never takes much for the Christophobes to come out of the woodwork. Any excuse will do actually. And it is not just today’s progressives who carefully follow the maxim, ‘Never

Corona, Crisis, and Health Care

Mar 26, 2020

It is too easy to let mere utilitarian concerns determine how people get medical treatment in a time of crisis:

We live in a finite world with finite resources, so often there may need to be some rationing or prioritising

Authors You Should Know About: Richard Weikart

Mar 7, 2020

Here are four very important books that you all should be aware of:

Richard Weikart is an American professor of history and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, a public policy think tank in Seattle. He has penned

Big Brother Is Certainly Here Now

Mar 5, 2020

We were clearly warned about this brave new world:

In the 1930s and 1940s two parallel movements were arising: cultural Marxism, and those warning about tyrannical statism. As to the latter, we had dystopian novels penned by Aldous Huxley (

Now That’s the Christianity I’m Talking About

Mar 3, 2020

This is what REAL Christianity looks like:

OK, so I am getting old. And that means I am getting rather tired of all the anaemic, gutless, and wishy-washy Christianity that I see all around me. I want the real deal,

The Church, Apostasy and Homosexuality

Feb 24, 2020

Full-blown apostasy is among us, with homosexuality leading the way:

Here are three things that you should have heard repeatedly: One, the Bible often warns about the dangers of apostasy, of falling away. Two, Scripture and church history both attest

Culture Wars and Christian Litmus Tests

Feb 20, 2020

Are you a secular leftist or a biblical Christian?

There are certain issues that pretty well define where a person is at, what he believes, and what he values. There are of course various core theological beliefs that one must

The Sad, Swift Road To Destruction

Feb 10, 2020

Another celeb thinks she is a theologian and wants to ‘correct’ our views:

It was Jesus who made this very sombre statement, as found in Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad

Yes, Non-Christians Are Morally Accountable

Feb 7, 2020

What are we to make of the claim, ‘You can’t expect non-believers to act like believers’?

How often have you heard some Christian saying something like the following: ‘Well, we can’t point out the sins of non-believers because they are

The Lunatic Left On Full Display

Feb 2, 2020

The loony left can’t get any worse – can it?

Sometimes you just gotta ask: have secular leftists gone completely mad, or are they just plain evil? Sadly, it seems that far too many of them are both. How else

The Apostle Paul Apologises For Insensitive Remarks On Sexuality

Feb 1, 2020

Yet more church leaders telling God to drop dead:

Press Release, Rome, 30 January 62 AD, from the Apostle Paul and his colleagues

We as the disciples of Christ, alongside the apostles in Jerusalem, apologise and take responsibility for releasing

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

Christianity, the State, and Blind Obedience

It is frightening how Christians can twist the biblical teaching on the role of the state:

Essential Christian Reading During the Corona Lockdown

Here are 15 new important books you should be aware of:

Authors You Should Know About: Richard Weikart

Here are four very important books that you all should be aware of:

Big Brother Is Certainly Here Now

We were clearly warned about this brave new world:

Now That’s the Christianity I’m Talking About

This is what REAL Christianity looks like:

The Church, Apostasy and Homosexuality

Full-blown apostasy is among us, with homosexuality leading the way:

Culture Wars and Christian Litmus Tests

Are you a secular leftist or a biblical Christian?

The Sad, Swift Road To Destruction

Another celeb thinks she is a theologian and wants to ‘correct’ our views:

Yes, Non-Christians Are Morally Accountable

What are we to make of the claim, ‘You can’t expect non-believers to act like believers’?

The Lunatic Left On Full Display

The loony left can’t get any worse – can it?

The Apostle Paul Apologises For Insensitive Remarks On Sexuality

Yet more church leaders telling God to drop dead:

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Some thoughts on government power, the public good, and mandatory policies:

It is frightening how Christians can twist the biblical teaching on the role of the state:

It is time for the meddling moralisers to chill out:

What could go wrong with a government app?

Here are 15 new important books you should be aware of:

Good citizenship should not turn into blind support for the state:

There are more than just medical issues to consider in the corona debate:

Christophobia is alive and well in times of crisis:

It is too easy to let mere utilitarian concerns determine how people get medical treatment in a time of crisis:

Here are four very important books that you all should be aware of:

We were clearly warned about this brave new world:

This is what REAL Christianity looks like:

Full-blown apostasy is among us, with homosexuality leading the way:

Are you a secular leftist or a biblical Christian?

Thousands of child sex abuse cases in the Scouts. Should we be surprised?

Another celeb thinks she is a theologian and wants to ‘correct’ our views:

What are we to make of the claim, ‘You can’t expect non-believers to act like believers’?

Trump’s State of the Union address was a very important speech indeed:

The loony left can’t get any worse – can it?

Yet more church leaders telling God to drop dead:

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