Every once in a while I seem to need to restate the case for Christian social and political involvement. Mind you, I have made it…
This famous phrase, made even more famous by Handel in his Messiah, comes from Psalm 2. The whole Psalm is about the nations, and their…
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.…
Heroes are in short supply nowadays. We don’t seem to have a need for them. Or we find them off-putting. Indeed, if anything, we seem…
What is the responsibility of believers to social need? Should churches be involved in various works of social service? Is the government alone to be…
I was asked recently for my thoughts on a Melbourne Age article about homosexuals in the church. It had to do with the Anglican Church…
Death is a subject that most people really don’t want to discuss or even think about. And fair enough: if the materialist worldview is correct,…
It is clear that the Old Testament has ordained the death penalty as part of criminal justice in a fallen world. Human life is so…
The recent squabble within Labor Party ranks as to whether the Bali bombers should be executed raises the old issue of capital punishment, and the…
In many secular endeavours, success is often measured in terms of numerical growth: more, bigger and better are usually indications of doing something right. But…
America is usually regarded as the home of the biggest and the best. Well, the biggest, at any rate. So it should come as no…
Eerdmans, 1985. Available in Australia at Koorong Books. This is a gem of a book. First published in 1985, it has been reissued several times…
When the Apostle Paul was at Ephesus, he told the leaders of the church in his farewell message that he did not refrain from declaring…
In a predominantly secular culture, theological distinctions are easily lost. Indeed, they are seen as irrelevant altogether, not only for secularists, but for many believers…
Thirty years ago today Elvis Presley died. He influenced a generation, not only with his swivelling hips, but an endless supply of number one hits. His…
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…
One criticism often levelled against Christianity in particular and the Bible in general is that both have appeared to tolerate slavery. This objection is used…
These are not good days for prophets, Then again, I guess they never were. Jesus could complain about this 2000 years ago: “A prophet is…
IVP, 2007. This is a thought-provoking book, one which is sure to provoke a bit of controversy. Steven Keillor is an American historian, who also…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…