As Christians go back and forth on various political debates, especially concerning the current round of Republican candidates, the old debates about the nature and…
Thomas Nelson, 2011. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) The broad-brush thesis of this book is this: without the Judeo-Christian worldview, there would be no…
“The crust of the earth is soaked with the tears of suffering.” That is how philosopher Eleonore Stump once described the problem of evil and…
Admittedly my writings may not always be everyone’s cup of tea. Here I almost guarantee to reduce my audience quite substantially. Indeed, I may be…
In my ongoing, irregular series of shorter book reviews, I offer another batch of volumes I happen to be reading at the moment and wish…
Apologetics is concerned with demonstrating the reasonableness of Christianity’s truth claims, and answering objections to them. With over 230 articles on the topic, this website…
With Australia’s greatest fire tragedy still unfolding, (not to mention terrible flooding in the north of the country), all sorts of questions arise. Attempting to…
There is a very important biblical text concerning how Paul shared the Gospel with a non-Jewish (Greek) audience. It is of course the very well-known…
Arch-atheist Richard Dawkins is an evolutionist. But many are now asking whether the dyed-in-the-wool critic of religion may be, well, evolving in his views about…
War sucks. But in a fallen world, war is often necessary for the preserving of both peace and justice. While some might argue that talk…
There are many top-notch Christian apologists on the scene today. They are doing a superb job of demonstrating the reasonableness of the Christian faith, and…
IVP, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) There are many hundreds of excellent books on Christian apologetics, and J.P. Moreland has authored a number…
Lion, 2007. Available in Australia from Koorong Books. This book combines two main areas: philosophy of religion, and historical theology. It examines the big questions…
We live in a pluralistic world, with a plurality of ideas, philosophies, beliefs and religions. How are we to treat these various belief systems and…
Zondervan, 2006. Available in Australia from Koorong Books. “Faith and Jesus” is the first of a four-part DVD set meant to help answer some of the…
It was very thoughtful of Jill Singer to pick Christmas day to launch her atheist jihad in her Herald Sun column. In doing so she…
Agnostic and religion-basher Pamela Bone makes many claims in her opinion piece (Australian, 15 August 2006), a few of them right, most of them wrong…
A lot of thought has gone into human mortality, and how we can prolong life. Less thought has gone into the question of why nations…
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2002. Roger Scruton is one of England’s best conservative writers and philosophers. He is the author of several important volumes, and for…
Harper, 2005. This is a very important book. That is because this is a very important subject tackled by an important author. Indeed, Guinness is…