Three recent occurrences are the occasion for this article. The first was a conversation with a good friend and respected colleague, a fellow soldier in…
Simon & Schuster, 1993. A book appeared recently entitled The Loss of Virtue. It made the point that virtue, both public and private, is becoming…
In late February one of Australia’s greatest pro-family and pro-faith warriors went home to be with the Lord. B.A. Santamaria died at the age of…
There has been a lot of confusion both in the world and in the church surrounding the issue of homosexuality in general, and homosexual orientation…
It is hard to imagine, but some Australians have not heard of the Y2K problem. Then again, there are some people who have not yet…
Organisations concerned about over-population seem to have their views presented in the media quite often. They regularly appear in the press expressing fears about over-crowding…
Some statistics on the AIDS crisis, as of November 1998: -In 1998 there was a 10 per cent increase in the number of people with…
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has just released its report, Article 18: Freedom of Religion and Belief. The report is the result of…
Modern music has made some very radical changes in the past few decades. In 1953, the number one song was Patti Page’s How Much Is…
Australia has one of the highest youth suicide rates among the world’s developed nations, with 27.3 out of 100,000 Australian males aged 15 to 24…
A popular teaching has been heard in the church over the last few decades which encourages Christians to believe they should be rich and prosperous.…
One never ceases to be amazed at the things that will turn up in the daily newspapers. A recent newspaper account of a new study…
One never ceases to be amazed at the things that will turn up in the daily newspapers. A recent newspaper account of a new study…
Jesus told the early disciples that following him would not always be easy: “You will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death,…
Even in our biblically illiterate culture there is one verse which non-believers know and know very well: “Judge not, or you too will be judged”…
Robert Nisbet once remarked that environmentalism has become the third great redemptive movement in human history, following Christianity and Marxism. Indeed it already has its…
These are not good days for our children. Most adults can simply compare their own childhoods with those of today’s young people to see that…
Although Australia is in many ways a thoroughly secular nation, it is interesting to note how biblical literacy comes to the fore when issues of…
A new Federal report has been released which puts marriage back on the public policy agenda. The report, To Have and To Hold: Strategies to…
Multnomah Books, 1994. “Two very sacred and fundamental components of our lives are under attack from our culture,” writes Farrar: our faith and our families.…