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…
The family is the first and most important institution created by God. It precedes the state and all other divinely ordained institutions. Because of its…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), which was established as part of the Family Law Act 1975, began operations in 1980. It was meant,…
The Melbourne Age’s regular anti-religion writer, Pamela Bone has issued another salvo against faith. Entitled “The most dangerous force in the world,” (Nov. 30), the…
InterVarsity Press, 2002. Peter Kreeft is a respected philosophy professor at Boston College. He has written many influential books, and is in many ways a…
There are some fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity. For example, it could be argued that if a Christian kills a non-Christian in the name…
Tyndale House, 2001. As the days grow darker and it appears that the Christian faith is taking a beating in many parts of the world,…
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…
Strand Publishing 2001. There are two things that can safely be said about Fred Nile. One, most Australians have heard about him. Two, most of…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
Eerdmans, 2001. When one considers that the institutions of marriage and family were the first ordained by God, preceding even the State or the Church,…
Word Publishing, 2000. I enjoy many of the books by John MacArthur. He often writes sensibly and incisively. However in this book I think he…
The Liturgical Press, 2001. In the humanities, the name Augustine stands out. Indeed, be it history, theology or philosophy, Augustine stands as a towering figure.…
The first line of Carl F. H. Henry’s six-volume, 3,000 page work, God, Revelation and Authority says this: “No fact of contemporary Western life is…
Brian Houston Ministries, 1999 In this book the pastor of Hillsong Church in Sydney shares his concerns about money. He believes that Christians have a…
Often when I make an appeal for Christian social involvement, I get some Christians who bring up various objections, most of which boil down to…
A popular teaching has been heard in the church over the last few decades which encourages Christians to believe they should be rich and prosperous.…
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…
The Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee has released its “Inquiry into Sexuality Discrimination” report. This report follows from a number of oral and written…