In the old days things were much simpler, and much more direct. In the early days of the Christian faith, pagan rulers could say, ‘Hey,…
Fear-mongering about the environment is not new. And using our classrooms to terrorise our kids about supposed environmental catastrophes is not new either. The people…
A case can be made that there is some sort of connection between the Judeo-Christian worldview, and basic Western goods, such as freedom of speech.…
There are all sorts of reasons why I should not be writing this article. First, I will not only flummox most non-believers looking at this…
Abortion is never far from the headlines. In Victoria the VLRC released its report recommending open slather on baby-killing. And the Rudd government is considering…
A newspaper item today tells of two schoolboys, both aged 14, who have been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Brisbane. This is shocking…
Jesus mentioned the stones speaking out when the Pharisees told his disciples to keep quiet (Luke 19:40). Someone, or something, must testify to the truth,…
It is to GK Chesterton that we attribute the line, “When a man ceases to believe in God, he does not believe in nothing. He…
Abortion law in Victoria is set to be changed. The Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) has just released its report on ways to proceed. The…
The Rudd Government speaks incessantly about working families. The recent Federal Budget was all about working families. Government policy is aimed at working families. So…
Eerdmans, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong books) David Wells has trained his incisive intellect on the big issues of theology, the life of the…
Modern man is in a bad way. Everywhere we see people in the modern Western world in crisis and chaos. The signs of disintegration and…
It is both an amazing and a humbling truth that God has for some reason decided that his work in this world would largely be…
We live in a world that has turned common sense on its head, and has inverted long-held moral values. What we used to regard as…
Penn Jillette is one half of the magic and comedy act, Penn and Teller. The pair is famous – or infamous – for, among other…
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…