Now that Israel has entered Gaza, the response from much of the world’s press has been totally predictable. Israel is called a nation of terrorists…
A great way to turn most parents into criminals overnight would be to ban all corporal punishment in the home. Make smacking illegal, and most…
The mainstream media is up to its usual tricks: for three years now some 3,500 missiles have been fired by Hamas into Israeli territory. I…
Paris is in town. Paris Hilton that is. And with her there is a whirlwind circus of the media and adoring fans. I have yet…
Another Christmas has come and gone, and for many people, at least in the West, there was not even the slightest connection made between the…
The Rudd Government has established a panel to conduct an inquiry into whether Australia should have a Bill of Rights. The panel will be chaired…
It was recently announced that Barack Obama has asked megachurch pastor Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration. Warren has accepted the invitation to deliver…
For some years now, each new Christmas season is greeted with further outrages and attacks. There are all the usual incidents: banning nativity scenes, refusing…
As has been my occasional habit, I offer another list of recommended reading. The books mentioned here simply happen to be some of the volumes…
There is a very important biblical text concerning how Paul shared the Gospel with a non-Jewish (Greek) audience. It is of course the very well-known…
Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) Way back in 1952 J.B. Phillips wrote a book called Your God is Too Small.…
There are two related tendencies in the West which are as puzzling as they are troubling. One is the habit of claiming victim status. Ben…
The Judeo-Christian worldview was essential for the rise of the West. Without it the world would be a radically different place today. Most of the…
That filmmakers take a bit of artistic license with their products is nothing new. It happens quite often. Indeed, films purporting to deal with historical…
CityHarvest, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) Father Zakaria is a modern day Apostle Paul. Like Paul, he has evangelised extensively around the world…
In 1973 American psychiatrist Karl Menninger penned a book with the intriguing title, Whatever Became of Sin? Good question. But we now know in part…
The US election is now history, but there is still plenty of discussion about the election of Barack Hussein Obama. His supporters and detractors are…
Some Christians think that they can help Muslims by affirming them in their faith, and encouraging them to be good Muslims. That is more or…
Sometimes the steady stream of craziness becomes so full on that one can only list the various episodes along with the briefest of commentary. The…
By now most of you would have heard of another example of madness in our public (taxpayer-funded) schools. An education kit in Queensland is encouraging…