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,…
Crossway, 2007. (Available in Australia from Koorong Books) In September 1980 Charles Malik gave a powerful talk on the need for evangelicals to reclaim the…
Fundamentalists can be a sensitive lot. When their faith-based worldview is challenged, they can become quite ornery and defensive. When it is pointed out that…
It is very risky business indeed to seek to cross the atheist/materialist/Darwinist camp. If anyone dares to question the conventional wisdom here, the inquisition immediately…
The broad issue of the relationship between science and faith, and the more particular issue of the debate over creation and evolution are of course…
With all the zeal and energy of a religious crusade, the new atheists have come out in force, rattling their secular sabres. They are on…
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…
Regnery, 2007. Christianity has come under a heavy battering recently from the new misotheists. But it has also developed some significant defenders as well. The…
In numerous posts here I have argued for the religious nature of secular humanism. Of course to do so unleashes the ire and venom of…
From around the time of the Enlightenment, science began usurping the role of religion. Prior to then, most people had a high regard for Christianity,…
SPCK, 2007. The God Delusion by veteran theophobe Richard Dawkins has caused no small stir since being released late last year. It was a wild…
I recall when I was quite young my older brother reading a book called Flatland. It was not until many years later that I finally…
InterVarsity Press, 2006. We are told that religion and politics don’t mix. But it is often the irreligious who make such claims. Secularists do not…
A person’s worldview is often much more than just some theoretical knowledge. Often it translates into action. And dangerous worldviews will lead to dangerous practices.…
Bantam Press, 2006. As mentioned in part one, a book this size really deserves a book-length response. Thus I can here only highlight some of…
If it takes faith to be a person of faith, it also seems to take a lot of faith to be a person of no…
Crossway Books, 2005. Having lectured in systematic theology, and being an eager follower of the free will/sovereignty debate, when I spotted this book I snatched…
There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…