One of the great achievements of the West is the university, where the free exchange of ideas takes place, and various points of view can…
Democracy is always a precarious thing at the best of times, and the increasing rise in judicial activism is not helping matters much. Throughout the…
One does not wish to speak ill of the dead, and it is not my intention here to do so. But it is my intent…
Passion Conferences, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books.) This DVD is one of a number of messages recently recorded by Louie Giglio. The American…
About a week ago a group of American Evangelicals released a 20-page document called “An Evangelical Manifesto”. Subtitled “A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public…
For those with a theological bent, the title of this piece may have sparked interest. Questions of eternal security, assurance, election, and so on, surround…
That there are plenty of secularists who are happy to push the homosexual agenda is not so surprising. What is surprising, and sad, is when…
Every once in a while an idea comes along that is so silly and so preposterous, that one does not know whether to laugh or…
Today we see a steady erosion of freedom, especially freedom of speech, in much of the West. This is most often seen in the assault…
People are involved in all sorts of relationships and personal associations. They always have been, and always will be. But the question arises as to…
After our recent gathering of experts in Canberra for the 2020 Summit, I did not recall seeing any reports about one very pressing social problem…
Moody, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) These two young guys are sceptical about megachurches, how-to-sermons, legalism, the effects of modernity, marketing gimmicks, and…
Last week at a Melbourne university I found myself in the middle of something called Sex It Up 08. I could have been forgiven for…
It is very risky business indeed to seek to cross the atheist/materialist/Darwinist camp. If anyone dares to question the conventional wisdom here, the inquisition immediately…
Three recent Labor Government activities and announcements have shown that the interests of the family are really pretty low on the priority list. Sure, plenty…
Many non-Americans are perplexed by the political scene in America. It can indeed be a bewildering and complex situation. I wish here to throw a…
The issue of Muslims living in Australia is part of a bigger, broader debate about such things as multiculturalism, immigration, Australian values, the war on…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) I have offered my general (and positive) assessments of The Shack in part one of this…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) The two mega-themes of this novel are the love of God and human suffering. Those are…
Good intentions are seldom sufficient in and of themselves. Often a person can mean well, but still end up doing a lot of mischief. Consider…