We must avoid both being hyper-critical of everything, and being accepting and undiscerning about everything. As I have said so many times over the years,…
When people stop believing in God, they do not become irreligious – they simply find new gods to worship. Everyone is religious. Christians are religious.…
In this series I have been looking at the biblical truths about God’s presence with his people as they suffer. Part One looked at the…
The Bible speaks about apostasy. Church history provides us with many cases of apostasy. But just what might it look like today? What kind of…
This is the conclusion to an article which looks at the issue of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites and various moral and religious…
We rightly celebrate Easter this time of year as we think of the wonderful exchange that took place at Calvary: our sins and impurity for…
There is never a dull moment when you wake up each day and check out the morning news. When I looked at my news feed…
If you are reading this article – or this website – you are doing well. I really do not believe both will be around a…
In an age where truth matters little, where image trumps substance, and where widespread ignorance in so many areas reigns supreme, it is not surprising…
Plenty of ink has already been spilled on the government response to the recently-released Ruddock report on religious freedom, but let me present a few…
Great thinkers and writers often think and write about many great things – and a great many things. The noted Christian apologist and academic C.…
The Christian claim that Christ is Lord always puts it at odds with the state and other power structures. Demand of absolute loyalty to God…
At the very heart of Christian theology is the notion of the triune God, and the idea of the deity of Christ. Both these doctrines…
We have only two choices: we either worship the one true and living God, or we worship one of our own devising. There are no…
There is a lot of confusion about issues of sexuality and ethics. Plenty of atheists and secularists seek to argue that things like chastity, abstinence,…
The uniqueness of Jesus Christ is what sets Christianity apart from all other religions. His origins, his birth, his actions, his teachings, his death and…
Hmm, a contradiction here? An oxymoron? We know that the word ‘secular’ is synonymous with terms like non-religious, non-spiritual, non-church, temporal, worldly, etc. Secular is…
A really lousy piece that appeared in today’s Herald Sun entitled “Yoga classes banned for ridiculous reason” deserves some attention. The reporter must have had…
I have known of folks who were once adherents of Christianity but who have since turned their backs on the faith, renouncing it altogether. This…
Those who think there is far too much to read in the world – including on this site – would be greatly relieved if I…