US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away yesterday at age 79. The conservative and intellectual heavyweight was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986…
There is no question that we are designed to love, and to receive love. We were created for community, and we all have a basic…
A common tactic of critics of Christianity (be they atheists or Muslims or whoever) is to drag up various episodes from the past and claim…
“We are NOT a Christian nation. The Constitution IS NOT based on the bible. It IS a secular document.” This comment – so very typical…
A common claim made by the prosperity gospellers is that Jesus and his followers were actually quite well off. I have heard myself how one…
Christians are suffering more persecution around the world than those from any other religion. In very broad brush terms it can be stated that in…
The greater any gift is, the greater it can be perverted and distorted. This is especially true of the gift of human sexuality. Its abuse…
Believe it or not, I do appreciate some agnostics and atheists. Often there can be broad areas of common ground, and I will therefore recommend…
OK, I need to make two confessions here at the outset. First, this title is not mine; it comes from A.W. Tozer. Second, I will…
The Word of God is a gift to God’s people, but mastering its content does not always come automatically. While the Spirit of God is…
Very few people would realise it, but there is a very real and vital connection between freedom, religion and morality; between liberty, faith and virtue.…
It is quite common for homosexual activists to blame suicide in their ranks on ‘homophobia’. ‘If we would just be more tolerant and accepting of…
It is not just Paul of course who speaks about suffering so often. The rest of the New Testament also has much to say about…
This is another in an irregular series on new books worth noting – this time just on theology and biblical studies. Of course hundreds of…
There is a very important biblical text concerning how Paul shared the Gospel with a non-Jewish (Greek) audience. It is of course the very well-known…
Every once in a while I am asked about what I am currently reading. For those interested in such things, I occasionally put out an…
Prime Minister John Howard’s decision to clamp down on porn and alcohol in aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory to combat high rates of child…
Christianity has always been a persecuted religion. But recently this has become even more serious, especially at the hands of Muslims throughout the world. That…
By Thomas Schmidt. IVP, 1995. The debate about homosexuality revolves around a number of crucial and controversial subjects: human sexuality and emotions, politics, religion, the…
The Australian Education Union has just proposed that AIDS and sex education classes become compulsory from the earliest years of primary school. It wants homosexuality…