This is my first full piece on Donald Trump, but it more than likely will not be my last. The front-runner for the Republicans for…
Where in the world did we ever get the idea that to be a good Christian means to check our brains in at the doorstep…
One of the most tragic realities of contemporary Western Christianity is the fact that so many Christians simply do not read their Bibles. Certainly many…
We all know that babies, toddlers and very small children are pretty helpless and hopeless at looking after themselves. They need all sorts of help,…
One major mistake of some believers in general, and the prosperity gospel in particular, is to equate a person’s economic and material standing with his…
One of the greatest sources of Christian theology and spirituality is the old hymns. In marked contrast to most of the worship choruses found in…
Leave it to the secular militants at the Melbourne Age to feature not one but two opinion pieces at Christmas time by atheists telling us…
I was interested to read an editorial in the latest New Life. Bob Thomas argues for “A Need For Christian Inreach”. He refers of course…
In the famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo there is the memorable scene of the creator God extending his finger…
Baker, 2009. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) A. W. Tozer once rightly said, “Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aid to the life…
I caught myself the other day saying this: “This is taking absolutely forever!” And what was I referring to? The few seconds it was taking…
This pastor, apologist and writer had a profound impact on evangelicalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and his impact is still very…
The acronym ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) could as easily stand for the Atheist Broadcasting Corporation. Or perhaps Anti-Biblical Christianity. It is an incredibly secular, leftist…
Jossey-Bass, 2007. Available from Koorong Books in Australia. Dick Staub does not like what he sees. Nor should we. Much of the Western world is…
Not a day goes by when the Christian faith is not being bashed, pilloried, mocked, attacked and dragged in the mud. It has become a…
I have argued elsewhere that Christianity was instrumental in the rise of the West. Progress in law, economics, science and society have largely been based…
Martin Niemoller was a decorated submarine commander in WW I, an ardent nationalist and a pastor in Germany. At first he welcomed the rise to…
Locke Press, 2024. Must reading for all Australians: Sixty years ago The Lucky Country appeared by Donald Horne. How do things fare in Australia today?…
Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…
We must be aware of Harari’s brave new world: One does not need to be a “conspiracy theorist” to know that there are some pretty…