Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) Way back in 1952 J.B. Phillips wrote a book called Your God is Too Small.…
When believers put God first, he is quite able to take care of the rest. As C.S. Lewis once said, “Aim at heaven, and you…
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…
The term ‘fundamentalism’ is today taken as a term of derision. It is used in a pejorative sense. It is now used to refer to…
Theologically speaking, apostasy has to do with turning away from the faith, and denying the basic truths thereof. It is a renunciation of the faith,…
In the best-selling diatribe by Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, the evangelist for atheism argues that people who claim to believe in God are deluded.…
A recent report about religion in America found that while most Americans believed in heaven, a lesser amount believed in hell. The Pew Forum on…
Penn Jillette is one half of the magic and comedy act, Penn and Teller. The pair is famous – or infamous – for, among other…
HarperOne, 2007. In 2004 the atheist world was rocked by the news of one of the most important defections from its ranks in recent times.…
There is little doubt that in the Western world there is a growing malaise centred on low self-esteem. Our sense of self-worth and value seems…
Thirty years ago today Elvis Presley died. He influenced a generation, not only with his swivelling hips, but an endless supply of number one hits. His…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…
Atria Books, 2006. OK, I confess. I finally broke down, abandoned all reason, and shelled out a lousy $30 to buy The Secret. Mind you,…
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…
There are plenty of reasons offered as to why people say they reject Christianity. Sometimes it is a bad experience with Christians. Sometimes it is…
In 1994 Mark Noll wrote an important book entitled The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans). In it he argued that the scandal of the…
Spence 2000. Around 10 years ago Paul Johnson wrote an interesting book entitled Intellectuals. In it he looked at the personal lives of some…