One of the most famous speeches ever given was by Winston Churchill. On October 29, 1941, Prime Minister Churchill visited Harrow School which he had…
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…
As we commemorate the tragedy of the Islamic assault on America seven years ago, there is still much fuzzy thinking about religion and terror. A…
In less than a week the Games of the XXIX Olympiad will begin. While the world’s attention will be on the athletes, the competitions, and…
In the old days things were much simpler, and much more direct. In the early days of the Christian faith, pagan rulers could say, ‘Hey,…
There were two recent news items which had to do with Islam. The first seemed to indicate that Islam is in the ascendency, while the…
This famous phrase, made even more famous by Handel in his Messiah, comes from Psalm 2. The whole Psalm is about the nations, and their…
Last month a number of leading Muslims issued the document “A Common Word Between Us and You.” The letter, delivered to world Christian leaders, was…
America is usually regarded as the home of the biggest and the best. Well, the biggest, at any rate. So it should come as no…
Regnery, 2007. There are three worrying trends which make this book necessary. The first is the hatchet job on the term fundamentalism, which had quite…
We live in a pluralistic world, with a plurality of ideas, philosophies, beliefs and religions. How are we to treat these various belief systems and…
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…
It is a strange fact of life that those groups who most go on and on about love, acceptance, tolerance and peace can often be…
If you are a follower of Jesus today, there is a very real chance – at least in many parts of the globe – that…
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…
In these secular times, religion regularly gets a bad rap. And anti-Christian bigotry especially accelerates, with most of the world’s ills, from burnt toast to…
Freedom of speech has never been absolute. Crying ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre, we are rightly told, is just not on. So there is often…
SPCK, 2006. The standing joke about Tom Wright goes like this: An inquiring student gives Dr Wright a call. His secretary says,” Sorry, but he…
“All religions are basically the same.” That mantra is often heard from the secular media and our ruling elites. For those who know little about…
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…