In the past several years many thousands of books have been published. Hundreds of those are important. Dozens are quite significant, at least from a…
With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 44 languages, and a blockbuster film due out in mid-May, The Da Vinci Code has made…
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2004. For two decades this book has well served the evangelical community as a basic textbook in ethics. First published in…
Baker, 2003. This book provides a helpful introduction to the themes of marriage and family as found in the Scriptures. Seven experts deal with seven…
InterVarsity Press, 2003. In this very informative volume six Protestant biblical scholars provide us with almost everything you’ve wanted to know about the institutions of…
Since Joseph Wakim of the Australian Arabic Council has given us a public lecture on what Christianity is meant to be about, perhaps I can…
The Age is not usually known as a journal of theological opinion. Thus one is curious as to why it featured Nicholas Kristof’s piece on…
There are many problems with vilification legislation, especially when applied to religion. I have documented ten such problems in my paper, The Problem with Vilification…
Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 2004. Quiz time. When was the last time you read a book on the ten commandments? Indeed, when was the last…
Two years ago on this day the Herald Sun featured an opinion piece by Andrew Bolt entitled, “Even heathens can learn from a man who…
It has often been noted that the most liked people in the Old Testament were the false prophets. How come? Simply because the false prophets…
Paraclete Press, 1999. It is the stuff of every parent’s nightmare: the shrill scream, the loud screeching brakes, the heart pounding as you run out…
How does one think about war in Iraq? It is a complicated issue with many facets. There are international and geopolitical issues. There are moral…
Three guesses as to who said the following: “Even in purely nonreligious terms, homosexuality represents a misuse of the sexual faculty and, in the words…
When I was a new Christian, reading through the New Testament for the first time, I was quite fascinated with – and frightened by – …
An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the…
Baker Books, 1993, 2002. Norman Geisler is one of America’s leading Christian apologists. He is also one of the most prolific, with well over sixty…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
There are many ways to think about the recent American tragedy. One can discuss international relations and global politics. One can dissect end time prophecies.…
The ink had just dried on a piece I wrote critical of a new book on homosexuality and the church by the Anglican Church doctrine…