Atlantic Books, 2002. Throughout much of the Western world, women are putting marriage and family on hold, while seeking to establish a career. A mate…
The forces of PC are ever at work, ensuring that all of us – young and old – keep on the straight and narrow of…
There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of…
Eerdmans, 2002. What are the social, legal, medical and psychological implications of the fact that marriage is good for you? This collection of essays seeks…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
Strand Publishing 2001. There are two things that can safely be said about Fred Nile. One, most Australians have heard about him. Two, most of…
One can always count on the ABC to put its politically correct two-cents worth in to its many broadcasts. This has certainly been the case…
The Christian Institute, 2002. The demands of the homosexual lobby never seem to diminish, and their determined war of attrition is paying off handsomely. One…
Fatherlessness is a growing problem in the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
A raft of new legislation is being passed throughout the Western world. These laws are called by various names, such as vilification or tolerance or…
Spence 2000. Around 10 years ago Paul Johnson wrote an interesting book entitled Intellectuals. In it he looked at the personal lives of some…
Doubleday, 2001. This new book by the former Education Secretary under President Reagan is an examination of how the family is unraveling in Western society.…
An extremely revealing and disturbing television documentary was aired on America’s Public Broadcasting System in February of last year. Entitled The Merchants of Cool, the…
Euthanasia is not about making sick and dying people as pain free and comfortable as possible. That is what is known as palliative care, and…
Eerdmans, 2001. In the past few decades the advances in bio-technology and genetics have been astounding. The scientific and technical breakthroughs have far out-stripped our…
Eerdmans, 2001. When one considers that the institutions of marriage and family were the first ordained by God, preceding even the State or the Church,…
Very early this year the Federal Government announced a proposal to spend $39 million on job training skills for stay-at home parents – mostly middle-aged…
Lime Grove House Publishing, 2001. This volume is about the Harry Potter phenomenon and how concerned parents should respond. With four volumes in the series…
InterVarsity Press, 2001. This book has a sobering and timely message: most churches have stopped growing. Sure, many are getting bigger, but that is only…