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…
On the Anglican Church split: It is a perennial question: What happens when a Christian church or denomination or school or institution starts to go…
Church leaders must take some responsibility for society’s downward spiral: Hot on the heels of a very worrying federal election result, we need to take…
Where to now for Anglicanism in Australia? The conservative Sydney diocese of the Australian Anglican Church has been dealt a blow by renegade bishops on…
We must resist Big Brother assaults on the church: Tyrants always target churches. These thugs know full well that churches are a competing source of…
Segregation is fully upon us – should it be? The basic answer to the question in my title is this: it depends on what sort…
On Saturday May 18 Australia decided who should run the country: Scott Morrison and the Liberals, or Bill Shorten and Labor. Although there are still…
Anyone who says Jesus was only about preaching a message soaked in happy, uplifting and positive vibes has clearly not read the four gospels. Everywhere…
Reality always triumphs over ideology. When homosexual marriage proponents try to tell you that churches, faith-based institutions, and religious individuals of all stripes will not…
Of the making of many books there is no end, or so the writer of Ecclesiastes said (Ecc. 12:12). I think he was on to…
If God indeed exists and has made us in his image, then it should be not in the least surprising that we have an incurable…
A lot has been happening in Australia the last few days concerning baby killing. Good news in one state was countered by bad news in…
OK, now that I have got your attention, let me explain. I was again having a great conversation with a godly brother about the state…
You can always tell when churches are losing the plot when they start making the headlines – but for all the wrong reasons. When they…
What does one do when a Christian denomination or school or institution starts to go off the rails? By that I mean, when it begins…
Every once in a while calls are made to take away any tax-exempt status for churches or religious groups. There may be many reasons for…
Several recent events surely spell the end of the Australian Democrats. Three in particular come to mind: their electoral decline of the last few years;…
Many people would be aware of a survey the Democrats launched several months ago to look at the role of religion in politics. Of course,…
Allen & Unwin, 2005. One would not be too cynical in suggesting that God Under Howard by Marion Maddox is quite similar to Dan Brown’s…
Do churches need to repent of worshipping youth while ignoring the elderly? There is nothing wrong with young people in our churches, and even young…