When radical social experiments are undertaken, it takes a while for the dust to settle and for clear assessments to be made as to how…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
Welcome to the future. If you want to know where Australia is heading, just look at countries that are a few steps ahead. Consider Holland…
It is hard to know what is really going on in Iraq. Much of the media gives us a fairly slanted view, highlighting the carnage…
The debate about climate change is far from over. The issues are varied and complex, and there is no clear scientific unanimity on the subject.…
Crossway Books, 2005. Having lectured in systematic theology, and being an eager follower of the free will/sovereignty debate, when I spotted this book I snatched…
Several recent events surely spell the end of the Australian Democrats. Three in particular come to mind: their electoral decline of the last few years;…
Without doubt abortion is a hugely divisive issue. But why is that? People disagree about the best flavour of ice cream, but it is not…
Much has been made of a recent report in the Lancet which sought to estimate the number of civilian casualties due to the war in…
There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…
Zondervan, 2005. It is no secret that there has been a strong tendency in Pentecostal/Charismatic circles to downplay the use of the mind, the intellect,…
The recent declaration by Labor MP and aspiring leader/PM Kevin Rudd that the left side of politics needs to capture the Christian vote, and that…
Social Justice Concerns A bit more needs to be said about the left’s insistence that they alone are the real champions of social justice. Rudd…
Freedom of speech has never been absolute. Crying ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre, we are rightly told, is just not on. So there is often…
Touchy, touchy. That is the immediate reaction one gets to the latest comments by Family Court Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson. Speaking in Brisbane on Wednesday, Justice Nicholson…
Baker, 2004. This book rightly argues for the primacy of love and our need to more closely reflect Jesus. Yet in a number of respects…
Baker, 2004. I begin by reiterating what I said in part 1: much of the message of this book needs to be heard. But because…
Theodore Dalrymple is an important thinker and writer who has just released an important new book. The book is about the growing problem of drug…
Regnery, 2004. Like many ideas, the desire to set up a structure such as the UN was probably well-motivated and a legitimate concept at the…
It is always problematic when you have a megalomaniac who is nasty, belligerent, and a bully. It’s even worse if the same person has nuclear…