Eerdmans, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) The book of Philippians has been well served by evangelical and/or conservative commentaries over the past several…
Most cultures and religious traditions have as part of their beliefs and overall worldview the idea that the current world will in one fashion or…
It is not just in the futurist, dystopian novels such as Brave New World and 1984 that the totalist state seeks to punish thoughts as…
HarperOne, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) The subject of this book seems rather strange today. That is because the concept of heresy only…
In something straight out of a George Orwell novel, the Victorian government has recently appointed an MP to become ‘Minister for Respect’. With all due…
In any important debate, what is supposed to happen is each side presents its best arguments, offers the relevant data and facts to back up…
The punch-ups over climate change continue to bubble along, and it seems each new week brings further damning indictments of the gloom and doom crowd.…
The mainstream media is quite good at using its powers of influence to push agendas. The image-heavy MSM can create news and affect public opinion…
It is perfectly predictable: have a politician from the conservative side of politics make a quite sensible remark about family issues, and the secular left…
Multiculturalism, like so many modern nostrums, was always better in theory than in practice. Indeed, it can work when it is simply allowed to happen,…
The Netherlands is a nation long known for its emphasis on tolerance and liberal thinking. However those qualities are being put to the test at…
Barack Obama has been in office for just one year, but already it is beginning to look like he may be a one-term wonder. He…
It seems there is not a day that goes by lately in which some headline informs us of yet another case of children and young…
While Christian paganism may seem to be a contradiction in terms, it sadly is not. Indeed, there are growing segments of the church which may…
In 1975 the band America had a Top Ten hit, “Lonely People,” the first line of which being, “This is for all the lonely people”.…
When the great earthquake of 1755 rocked Lisbon, it raised all sorts of questions about God and faith. The quake, along with a devastating tsunami…
IVP, 2003, 2006, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Now that the third and final volume of John Goldingay’s tremendous work is now available,…
The quote in the last line of the newspaper article said it all: “It’s on the vanguard of social change.” Yep, that’s for sure. This…
We are all aware of the obvious means by which Islamists are extending Islam throughout the world, and how they are attempting to establish a…
In the famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo there is the memorable scene of the creator God extending his finger…