I was absolutely gobsmacked to read this headline: “Child’s life is the best Mother’s Day gift.” And I was further bowled over to read the…
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…
InterVarsity Press, 2002. “Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
Peter Singer is considered by many to be Australia’s leading ethicist. He is well known as an animal rights crusader. However, he holds some very…
The ugly anti-Semitism we are now witnessing is utterly appalling: Some of the most shocking and demonic anti-Semitism we have seen perhaps since nearly a…
Key reading on the Ten Commandments: At the heart of the law as found in the Old Testament is the Decalogue. The famous ten words…
Worldviews matter when it comes to purpose and meaning: There are various versions of what is found in my title. Other formulations would include ‘Nothing…
Culture, creativity, growth and learning will take place in the next life: Culture matters. It did when God created the world, it matters now, and…
How might we think about resistance to evil rulers? (Author’s necessary preface: This is one of those pieces where I must say something up front…
Recommended reading on war, peace and international relations: The issues of war, peace, geopolitics and international relations are all part and parcel of the world…
Are miracles proof that someone is a true spokesman of God? Most of the passages found in this series are either difficult and problematic to…
What to read on these hugely important topics: One advantage of having a large library is that putting together bibliographies can become somewhat easy. That…
Some important new documentation on Covid, medicine and politics: While some have sought to make the case that there is complete unanimity as to both…
This should be of some help to you as you read and study the book of Philippians: The short book of Philippians (only four chapters)…
It is too easy to let mere utilitarian concerns determine how people get medical treatment in a time of crisis: We live in a finite…
Christians should be interested in philosophy. Here are 22 books that make that case: I realise that by using the ‘P’ word I may have…
There can be no more obvious example of a monumental David v Goliath battle than that of Christian rugby player Israel Folau v the rainbow…
Having already written 14 full or partial articles in the past 14 months about Christian Rugby star Israel Folau, I really did not think I…
We live in such strange times. Everyone is so keen to protect children, to look after the wellbeing of children, and to ensure that they…