The 2006 National Census data has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with a number of interesting details. What is also interesting…
I really should stop being surprised. But I guess hope springs, and clings, eternal. Every time I see an article in the mainstream media about…
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…
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…
We live in an age that is hesitant about, or indifferent to, the use of reason, study, mental discipline and religious education. Truth is under…
There is a place for religious dialogue. There is a limited place for interfaith discussion. All religionists should be treated with respect, and religious freedom…
Centre for Independent Studies, 2004. This is the fourth edition of a helpful reference work that comes from the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney.…
Eerdmans, 2003. How have the forces of modernization and globalization impacted on the institutions of marriage and family? Is the decline of marriage in the…
Eerdmans, 2002. I was in a Protestant Christian bookshop recently and was talking about this book with the store’s manager. When he learned of the…
Much of the Christian life involves getting the right balance. Heresies in the church usually arise when we over-emphasise a certain doctrine or teaching, resulting…
The first line of Carl F. H. Henry’s six-volume, 3,000 page work, God, Revelation and Authority says this: “No fact of contemporary Western life is…
Christians both within and without the Australian Christian Churches are excited and encouraged about the formation of the ACC. As one who writes from outside…
There exists an awful lot of conceptual confusion and definitional inexactitude concerning Christianity in general and fundamentalism in particular. Mind you, I’m speaking about the…