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It’s All About Me: Another Christian Celeb Bites the Dust

Jun 3, 2016

One simple way to differentiate Christianity from every other religion is this: In the Christian faith it is all about Christ; in human religions it is all about me, me, me. Christ is supreme in Christianity, while self is supreme

Ruminating on the Death of a Nation

May 1, 2016

America is quickly coming to an end. If this is true – and I certainly think it is – then how should we think about all this? As an American this greatly concerns me. It bothers me no end to

Wartime, Hollywood and the Gospel

Apr 4, 2016

We have had a lot of wars, and we have had a lot of war films. Often great gospel truths can be found in times of great upheaval and suffering, and wartime certainly brings this out. One of the primary

A Political and Hypocritical AFL

Apr 2, 2016

OK, this will be a very brief article. I have written often now about the Australian Football League and its lousy politicisation of a once enjoyable game. We used to be able to go to the footy and forget about

Olympic Trans-Sanity and Trans-Reality

Feb 7, 2016

It is now official. Diabolical madness and PC lunacy rule at the highest levels of Western culture. We all suffer as a result, and it all seems to just get worse each new day. Examples are unending of the sexual

David Bowie, Fame, and Eternity

Jan 11, 2016

As an ex-hippy, and an old guy to boot, I could not but help take keen interest in tonight’s news item: ‘David Bowie dead at 69’. I was heavily into the rock scene from the mid-60s until my conversion to

Today’s Churches: Entertainment Heavy, Holiness Light

Dec 18, 2015

That so many churches today are absolutely addicted to entertainment, razzamatazz productions, and keeping the masses amused and happy is fairly obvious. I have spoken to this often before. So many folks seem to think that entertainment is the missing

Apologetics and Modelling

Sep 28, 2015

OK, my title is likely to be something resulting in relatively few google search result hits. In fact, I just tried it, and this is what I got: “No results found for ‘Apologetics and Modelling’.” Of course it is not

Tolkien, Gimli, Rhys-Davies and the Battle against Evil

Aug 14, 2015

It took JRR Tolkien well over a decade to write his classic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, which was released in 1954-1955. It was a follow-up to his 1937 work, The Hobbit. The three volumes soon enjoyed

Fake Christians, Fake Marriage

May 23, 2015

One good way to spot a phony Christian is when some crucial moral or social issue comes up. When they declare their hand, that usually tells us all we need to know about a person’s supposed Christian credentials. For example,

Why Culture Matters

Mar 19, 2015

God is the author of culture, so it matters – end of story. But since folks expect a bit more from my articles, let me elaborate. I have been thinking the past few days about the many achievements of human

Homosexual Truth Tellers

Mar 17, 2015

Yes, there are some homosexuals who are willing to go against the grain – even against their own militant lobby – and speak truth about homosexuality. And when they do speak truth, all hell breaks loose. It seems there is

The Appalling GayFL Social Engineers

Mar 5, 2015

Once upon a time people got together to play sport and have a bit of fun. Love of the game was the main thing. Not too long ago it was not professional, it was not dominated by big bucks, and

Sin, Sleaze and Hyper Grace

Feb 15, 2015

One of the biggest problems in the Christian church in the West today is that of antinomianism. The Greek word for law is nomos, and most folks know what the prefix anti means, so this term basically means “against

Fifty Shades of Sleaze

Feb 10, 2015

Disclaimer: I have not read the lousy books and I do not plan to see the lousy movies – so shoot me already. But I don’t need to eat strychnine or drink poison to warn others about it. Moreover, when

Katy Perry: God Told You What?

Feb 10, 2015

I would like to begin this piece by informing you that God spoke to me. Yes he did, and this is what he told me: “Bill I want you to know that adultery is just peachy.” And this is not

Making Cheap Excuses for Rebellion

Jan 24, 2015

There are all sorts of lousy excuses atheists and unbelievers make about not coming to faith in Christ. And there are plenty of cheap excuses made by those who leave the Christian faith as well. I have heard plenty of

On Being a Castaway

Jan 7, 2015

Fifteen years ago I took my wife to the movies to see Cast Away. The film, starring Tom Hanks, is a modern take on the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I thought it was a good film

Tolkien, Hobbits, Warfare and Realism

Dec 30, 2014

And so it ends. The adventure is over. At least the adventure that started four books ago and/or six films ago. Presumably this is all we will see from Peter Jackson concerning the film adaptation of the works of Tolkien.

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It’s All About Me: Another Christian Celeb Bites the Dust

Ruminating on the Death of a Nation

Wartime, Hollywood and the Gospel

A Political and Hypocritical AFL

Olympic Trans-Sanity and Trans-Reality

David Bowie, Fame, and Eternity

Today’s Churches: Entertainment Heavy, Holiness Light

Apologetics and Modelling

Tolkien, Gimli, Rhys-Davies and the Battle against Evil

Why Culture Matters

Homosexual Truth Tellers

The Appalling GayFL Social Engineers

Sin, Sleaze and Hyper Grace

Fifty Shades of Sleaze

Katy Perry: God Told You What?

Making Cheap Excuses for Rebellion

On Being a Castaway

Tolkien, Hobbits, Warfare and Realism

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