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…
In 1994 Mark Noll wrote an important book entitled The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans). In it he argued that the scandal of the…
The Age is not usually known as a journal of theological opinion. Thus one is curious as to why it featured Nicholas Kristof’s piece on…
Encounter Books, 2002. As the Western world grows increasingly secular, the attacks on religion in general and Christianity in particular become ever more shrill and…
Eerdmans, 2002. I was in a Protestant Christian bookshop recently and was talking about this book with the store’s manager. When he learned of the…
Eerdmans, 2001. There have been a number of helpful New Testament introductions written for the Evangelical community, including the older volume by Guthrie and the…
Baker Books, 1993, 2002. Norman Geisler is one of America’s leading Christian apologists. He is also one of the most prolific, with well over sixty…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
While in Canberra recently, I had time to stroll into the local ABC Shop. Much of the content of these shops, of course, can be…
Jesus told the early disciples that following him would not always be easy: “You will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death,…
A radical thought came to me recently. It happened as I was reading a biography of Charles Wesley, and was blessed by the exciting accounts…
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…
Pere Marquette Press, 1993. Several years ago when my then 5-year-old was attending first grade at a local state school, he came home with a…
In a few days around 40,000 delegates will arrive in China to attend the World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing. The conference,…
Crossway Books, 1992. Several good critiques of religious feminism have appeared lately, including two from Ignatius Press: Ungodly Rage, by Donna Steichen, and What Will…