If you want to know what’s wrong with the West, a good way to begin is simply to watch a bit of so-called Reality TV.…
As I wrote in my previous article, William Wilberforce became a leading abolitionist two centuries ago because of his strong Christian convictions. Without his Biblical-based…
I recall when I was quite young my older brother reading a book called Flatland. It was not until many years later that I finally…
A person’s worldview is often much more than just some theoretical knowledge. Often it translates into action. And dangerous worldviews will lead to dangerous practices.…
The devotees of Dawkins are working overtime to promote their militant anti-theism. The latest full-frontal assault comes from Australian playwright David Williamson. Writing in the…
The new leader of Federal Labor, Kevin Rudd, is seeking to take his party in new directions, while holding on to older core values. Such…
Philosophical fads and intellectual trends come and go. It sometimes seems that each new one is more bizarre and short-lived than the previous one. This…
Eerdmans, 2005. These are difficult days to be a biblical Christian. In affirming the uniqueness of the Christian truth claims, we run up against a…
There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…
We live in an age that is hesitant about, or indifferent to, the use of reason, study, mental discipline and religious education. Truth is under…
Suicide is a major problem in the Western world. This paper has a very limited focus however. It will not look at such issues as…
Indonesia is Australia’s nearest, largest neighbour. It is also the world’s largest Islamic nation. Amongst the 240 million people, around 85 per cent are Muslim.…
Gibson Square, 2006. This is a very important book. It is also a very frightening book. Its thesis is that Britain has largely created a…
Be forewarned. Coulter is conservatism’s pit bull terrier. And as a pit bull, she goes straight for the jugular. No niceties, no tact, no diplomacy,…
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…
David Wells is one of our more perceptive commentators on church and culture. In his newest book he looks at modernism, postmodernism, and the crisis in Evangelicalism. An excellent commentary on church trends.
It seems that the historical revisionists and terrorist appeasers are at it again. A recent Victorian textbook has made a comparison between the Crusades and…
Free Press, 2005. This book is about the thorough sexualisation of our culture and how women especially are affected by it. It is also about…
The battle over marriage has seen its ebbs and flows. And at the moment it looks like the other side is getting a few runs…