Crossway, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Generally speaking the phrase ‘emerging church’ is not usually found in the same sentence containing such words…
Crossway Books, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Suffering is a universal and perennial problem. No one escapes it, and all are left buffeted…
CityHarvest, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) Father Zakaria is a modern day Apostle Paul. Like Paul, he has evangelised extensively around the world…
A mighty prophet has just left us. One of the great figures of the past century has passed away. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, born in Russia in…
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…
The second instalment of the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia is now in the cinemas. And it is very good in many respects.…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) I have offered my general (and positive) assessments of The Shack in part one of this…
Windblown Media, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) The two mega-themes of this novel are the love of God and human suffering. Those are…
Dutton, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Subtitled “Belief in an Age of Skepticism,” this very important book is a welcome antidote to the…
The broad issue of the relationship between science and faith, and the more particular issue of the debate over creation and evolution are of course…
HarperOne, 2007. In 2004 the atheist world was rocked by the news of one of the most important defections from its ranks in recent times.…
Encounter Books, 2007. David Blankenhorn is a world authority on the institution of marriage. One of the biggest debates concerning marriage today is whether we…
The film Amazing Grace, the story of Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery, has opened in cinemas across Australia. The film, despite some shortcomings, is…
There was an interesting news item in today’s Australian (and other media outlets) about a new scientific breakthrough which may add extra years to human…
Presbyterian and Reformed, 1986. (Now published by Christian Scholars Press, 1350 East Flamingo, Suite 97, Las Vegas, NV 88119. Phone: 1-800-41-TRUTH.) This book may be…
Encounter Books, 2004. Abortion, we are often told, is a women’s issue, and men should just butt out. But given that half of all abortion…
Encounter Books, 2004. In 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic and chilling novel, Brave New World. In it he mapped out a future in which…
Encounter Books, 2003. Rapid developments in technology, especially in medicine, genetics and biochemistry, are easily outstripping careful analysis and social and moral reflection on these…
Encounter Books, 2000. In many ways the cultural revolution of the 60s has been as influential and momentous as other great social upheavals, such as…
Encounter Books, 2003. Revel is a bit of a rarity: he is a French intellectual who does not hate America. Unlike many of his elitist…