There are all sorts of reasons why people get involved in interfaith dialogue. Some are better than others. Some Christians, for example, may think in…
IVP, 2008. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books.) It goes without saying that in the secular, pluralistic West, values such as inclusion, tolerance and acceptance…
Last month a number of leading Muslims issued the document “A Common Word Between Us and You.” The letter, delivered to world Christian leaders, was…
Zondervan, 2005. It is an unfortunate but oft-repeated habit that trends and fads in the world tend to be slavishly picked up and replicated by…
Regina Orthodox Press, 2002. (Available from Crossroad Books in Melbourne – crossroadbooks.com.au) There has been a flood of books on Islam penned in the past…
Spence 2000. Around 10 years ago Paul Johnson wrote an interesting book entitled Intellectuals. In it he looked at the personal lives of some…
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place of resistance to wicked rulers…
Key works on specialised philosophy of religion topics: As my title would indicate the topic of the intersection of theology and philosophy is what is…
Even in the West God is still at work: Europe is still likely the most secular continent on earth – at least in terms of…
Does God know future events? The questions in my title and sub-title might seem to most Christians to be rather silly questions. ‘Well of course…
We need to learn from the Samson saga: You all know the story of Samson. He was the reluctant deliverer that God used, despite his…
On the horrific new law in France: The first and greatest human right is the right to life. Without that right, none of the other…
2023 The story of this champion needs to be heard far and wide: Monica Smit was one of Australia’s champion resistance fighters during the Covid…
A very brief intro to a major topic: Like most issues in theology and philosophy, this can be a quite complex topic. I do not…
So who am I reading a lot of? Five years ago I posted an article listing all the authors I happen to have ten or…
On mountain removalists: In a recent piece, also a part of this series on difficult Bible passages, I mentioned that not everything Jesus said was…
On the falling star of the new atheism: The new atheists were all the rage just a few short decades ago. They now seem to…
When radical leftists make a massive U-turn, we better stand up and take notice: When people come to see that they were living a lie…
Deror Books, 2023. The Australian churches and sexual ethics: Australian pastor, social commentator, and Islam expert Rev. Dr. Mark Durie has a new book out…