Several years ago R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, made a profound observation: “Christians are sleeping through history as new medical…
About a week ago a group of American Evangelicals released a 20-page document called “An Evangelical Manifesto”. Subtitled “A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public…
It is clear that the Old Testament has ordained the death penalty as part of criminal justice in a fallen world. Human life is so…
The film Amazing Grace, the story of Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery, has opened in cinemas across Australia. The film, despite some shortcomings, is…
A recent comment on this website raised a number of related issues about God’s fairness and justice concerning those who have not heard the gospel,…
The Christian faith gets some pretty bad press nowadays. Certainly much of this is deserved. But for all its faults, the Christian religion is responsible…
Baker, 2004. This book rightly argues for the primacy of love and our need to more closely reflect Jesus. Yet in a number of respects…
As the Federal Government still debates the issue of human cloning, the impression remains that on the one side of the debate are scientists, and…
When Muslim leaders speak about freedom, they have a very different concept in mind than does the Western world. Freedom for a Muslim is complete…
It is to be expected that followers of Jesus will encounter persecution, abuse and vilification. Jesus had to endure it, and he told us that…
Regina Orthodox Press, 2002. (Available from Crossroad Books in Melbourne – crossroadbooks.com.au) There has been a flood of books on Islam penned in the past…
In the busyness of fighting the many skirmishes in the culture wars, be it the stem cell debate, the battle over marriage and family, the…
On Tuesday November 18 another scene from the culture wars was played out. The top court in the US state of Massachusetts declared that a…
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,…
Basic Books, 1995. Thirty years ago American Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report called “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”. In it…
The Australian Medical Association has recently come out in favour of a Victorian proposal to require people to report child sexual abuse. The proposal, made…