According to new census data religion is about to become extinct – at least in the Western world. Looking at figures from nine Western countries,…
The physical world and the spiritual world often run along parallel lines. What is true in the one is often true in the other. In…
Two new studies provide some worrying statistics on the spread of Islam around the world. One focuses on the global reach of Islam while the…
If one reads the lists of vices that are the mark of an unbelieving, God-rejecting culture (as in Romans 1:29-31) or are a sign of…
This piece is as much about the Moravian church as it is about Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, its founder. Both have secured a place…
With a major atheist revival meeting currently being held in Melbourne, all the true unbelievers have come out in force, emboldened to proclaim their faith.…
When a politician today talks about the importance of the Bible, you can expect there to be a swift and stern reaction. Federal Opposition leader…
I was recently at yet another annual National Prayer Breakfast in Canberra. It has been going on for over two decades now, and I have…
There have been plenty of critics of Western foreign aid, and quite often, rightly so. They have pointed out the waste, inefficiencies and counter-productive nature…
HarperOne, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Very few people have much good to say about the Crusades nowadays. Most think it was a…
There are plenty of ways one can assess the health or otherwise of a nation, or people, or continent. There are numerous measures: economic, social,…
This week’s arrest of a number of men who were alleged to have been plotting terrorist attacks against an Australian military base has reminded us…
One of the saddest and most shattering passages in the whole of the Bible is Psalm 137:1-4: “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and…
If I were paid for every case of lunacy I document on this site, I would have enough moolah by now to purchase a small…
It always amazes me how God is able to get his message across. When God’s people are unable or unwilling to be accurate spokespersons for…
For some years now, each new Christmas season is greeted with further outrages and attacks. There are all the usual incidents: banning nativity scenes, refusing…
Very few people are unaware of our global financial crisis. Yet many would be unaware that this financial meltdown may well be a symptom of…
It always amazes me how those activist groups who most go on and on about tolerance and acceptance and peace and love are often the…
First let me go through the mandatory disclaimers: I am a Christian, I am more or less conservative, and Obama was not my choice. Now…
As we commemorate the tragedy of the Islamic assault on America seven years ago, there is still much fuzzy thinking about religion and terror. A…