It is very risky business indeed to seek to cross the atheist/materialist/Darwinist camp. If anyone dares to question the conventional wisdom here, the inquisition immediately…
Three recent Labor Government activities and announcements have shown that the interests of the family are really pretty low on the priority list. Sure, plenty…
Every once in a while I seem to need to restate the case for Christian social and political involvement. Mind you, I have made it…
It is a strange fact of life that those groups who most go on and on about love, acceptance, tolerance and peace can often be…
In numerous posts here I have argued for the religious nature of secular humanism. Of course to do so unleashes the ire and venom of…
The recent passing of Jerry Falwell, the so-called founder of the Religious Right in America, raises a few issues that need to be addressed. Having…
In the recent film, The Children of Men (based on the 1992 P.D. James novel), illegal immigrants in a futuristic UK are rounded up and…
I read a brief news item recently about a school which would no longer give low marks to students, such as a fail, because it…
Up until around 175 years ago, most people were educated at home, or by the church. As such, public education is a relatively new phenomenon.…
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…
Regnery, 2003. How can someone possibly manage to fill a 400-page book with example after example of Christians being persecuted in the United States? Only…
CultureWatch is many things, but it is certainly about engaging in the culture wars we find ourselves in. Not everyone is convinced this is a…
Christianity has always been a persecuted religion. But recently this has become even more serious, especially at the hands of Muslims throughout the world. That…
A lot of thought has gone into human mortality, and how we can prolong life. Less thought has gone into the question of why nations…
Zondervan, 2004. (Formerly entitled, Under the Influence, 2001). It is common today for the church to be on the receiving end of much criticism. The…
Broadman and Holman, 2003. Democracy is about balancing the needs and interests of the majority with those of the minority (or minorities). It is a…
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,…
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,…
Christians both within and without the Australian Christian Churches are excited and encouraged about the formation of the ACC. As one who writes from outside…