The week-long Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) has just finished. The thousand-plus Anglicans met in Jerusalem as a protest to the July Lambeth Conference in…
It is to GK Chesterton that we attribute the line, “When a man ceases to believe in God, he does not believe in nothing. He…
A few days ago there were press reports about Anglican and Catholic churches hosting Muslims during the Easter celebrations. Sponsored by the Australian Intercultural Society,…
Here’s the scenario (which happens to be a true story): I’m stuck in some slow moving traffic, and the guy in front of me has…
There are plenty of theological differences between Islam and Christianity. But there are also some profound differences in terms of political and social life under…
The recent Make it Count forum put on by the Australian Christian Lobby in Canberra has created a predictable stir amongst our intelligentsia and Christophobes.…
As I wrote in my previous article, William Wilberforce became a leading abolitionist two centuries ago because of his strong Christian convictions. Without his Biblical-based…
March 25, 2007 marks a very important anniversary. Two hundred years ago the British Parliament voted to abolish slavery, and on that date the Abolition…
The new leader of Federal Labor, Kevin Rudd, is seeking to take his party in new directions, while holding on to older core values. Such…
In these secular times, religion regularly gets a bad rap. And anti-Christian bigotry especially accelerates, with most of the world’s ills, from burnt toast to…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
Gibson Square, 2006. This is a very important book. It is also a very frightening book. Its thesis is that Britain has largely created a…
There are many hundreds of good books that describe the challenge which Islam poses to the free West. The books listed here primarily focus on…
It is a tricky thing to hold two passports. There are always questions of divided loyalties with dual citizenship. As someone in this position, I…
It goes without saying that there are plenty of people who dislike the work I am involved in. Strong criticism comes from all the usual…
Three items on Islam. One. Peter Costello made some timely remarks on Islam and deserves support. All the papers are reporting the story, so please…
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…
Ignatius Press, 1994. This book is a treat. One of the great Christian apologists, writers and thinkers of the last century is discussed by one…
Tyndale House, 2001. As the days grow darker and it appears that the Christian faith is taking a beating in many parts of the world,…
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…