Paris is in town. Paris Hilton that is. And with her there is a whirlwind circus of the media and adoring fans. I have yet…
For some years now, each new Christmas season is greeted with further outrages and attacks. There are all the usual incidents: banning nativity scenes, refusing…
We are continuously being told by Muslims and their sympathisers that if Islam has its violent aspects, well so too does Christianity. They are very…
First let me go through the mandatory disclaimers: I am a Christian, I am more or less conservative, and Obama was not my choice. Now…
All over the Western world we are witnessing the rise of judicial activism. That is, we find the active political involvement of judges in contentious…
Arch-atheist Richard Dawkins is an evolutionist. But many are now asking whether the dyed-in-the-wool critic of religion may be, well, evolving in his views about…
We live in a world that has turned common sense on its head, and has inverted long-held moral values. What we used to regard as…
Here’s the scenario (which happens to be a true story): I’m stuck in some slow moving traffic, and the guy in front of me has…
It had to come to this. Add one part political correctness, two parts social engineering, and three parts biotechnology, and what do you get? The…
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…
Of the making of books there is no end. So we are rightly told in Ecclesiastes 12:12. Thus any top ten list of books soon…
While many Christians may be apolitical or even look down on political involvement as being somehow not very “spiritual,” the truth remains that we live…
One leading theme of postmodernism is what is known as the rejection of all metanarratives. PoMo argues that there are no grand stories, no overarching…
In a predominantly secular culture, theological distinctions are easily lost. Indeed, they are seen as irrelevant altogether, not only for secularists, but for many believers…
IVP, 2007. This is a thought-provoking book, one which is sure to provoke a bit of controversy. Steven Keillor is an American historian, who also…
Once the greatest nation on earth, Great Britain today is – like much of Europe – heading downhill big time. Back in its heyday it…
A short answer to this question would be ‘yes’. End of article. But as with many historical issues, the proper answer in fact is much more nuanced. ‘Yes…
Most media outlets carried the story over the weekend of the radical Muslim cleric who told his followers that the nation’s drought was caused by Australians’…
Political conservatism and religious conservatism tend to go together. Not always. Not completely. But there does tend to be a connection. It can be said…
The recent anti-war march in Washington saw the resurrection of old Hollywood lefties still trying to maintain the rage. These included the perennial activist, “Hanoi…