There are two anniversaries coming up which I am very much aware of. Tomorrow is my 30th wedding anniversary, which is something to always remember…
A number of scholarly works have now noted the connection between religion and demographics. Faith and fertility it seems are closely linked. Consider for example…
One does not need to go very far to find examples of rather confused thinking about abortion. Indeed, both intellectual and moral confusion typically abound…
There is never a shortage of those who are so obsessed with saving the environment that they are quite happy to implement quite anti-human policies…
Sadly, secular humanists seem to know what most believers don’t know: we are in a war, and the long-term outcome must always be kept in…
Those who seek to defend the indefensible have to resort to increasingly bizarre argumentation and twisted thinking to make their case. A prime example of…
As soon as I saw the headline my mind went to Table 34. Sure, they are not identical, but they are both in the same…
It was 50 years ago this month that the contraceptive pill was launched. It sparked a worldwide revolution which we are still feeling the effects…
In 1956 Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin wrote The American Sex Revolution. In it he said, “This sex revolution is as important as the most dramatic…
For those couples who have genuine biological infertility problems, various assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as IVF can seem like a real godsend. The desire…
Planet earth is doomed. That is the clear message coming from the population control zealots. These anti-natalists are certain that if we do not immediately…
Those who are biblically-literate will know that an Egyptian Pharaoh of 3,500 years ago and a Jewish King of 2000 years ago share at least…
Historian Arnold Toynbee once said “Civilizations die from suicide, not murder”. I don’t think there is much debate about that. There might be some debate…
One of the most common arguments for the legalisation of abortion is the issue of the so-called hard cases. Invariably when a discussion of legal…
Abortion is one of the most controversial social issues of our day. Heat rather than light often characterises the abortion debate. There are a number…
In just over a week the Pope will arrive in Sydney for the World Youth Day. Being neither a youth nor a Catholic, I will…
The abortion drug RU486 has caused quite a stir lately. With so much debate on the issue, the Federal Government recently held a public inquiry…
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2004. For two decades this book has well served the evangelical community as a basic textbook in ethics. First published in…
InterVarsity Press, 2003. In this very informative volume six Protestant biblical scholars provide us with almost everything you’ve wanted to know about the institutions of…
Ivan R. Dee, 2004. World depopulation has become the most important, and alarming, new demographic trend to emerge in the past few decades. While the…