Determinism might be a nice theory, but we cannot live that way: Let me begin by noting that if we wanted to go much deeper…
You need to know about this important Christian thinker: OK, I can hear you saying: ‘J who? Never heard of him!’ Sadly, most folks would…
One can oppose abortion while supporting morally licit forms of killing: There are some believers – especially some Catholics – who seek to argue that…
The importance of setting up a home library: I like big libraries and I cannot lie. That should come as no surprise to those who…
Some insightful commentary by an important philosopher of science: I realise that it is not good form to label newish books ‘classics,’ but some recent…
Medicine and science have been massively abused over the past few years: Some of us were quite sceptical of what was being done to us…
Chesterton warned us long ago about the dangers of eugenics: I have written before about the menace of eugenics, statist medicine, Big Brother tyranny, and…
We do NOT want a post-human future: It is often the case that writers of science fiction and various filmmakers can sometimes be much more…
Key reading on the Ten Commandments: At the heart of the law as found in the Old Testament is the Decalogue. The famous ten words…
Great biblical wisdom on offer here from Packer: The issue of suffering is a core part of Christian teaching. After all, we worship a Suffering…
Christians can be good dual citizens: Believers are citizens of two different worlds: our own, and the heavenly. The Christian of course loves and longs…
The pros seem to be outweighed by the cons in the welfare state: Because we live in a fallen world, we will always have major…
Some incisive reflections on this very important book by Lewis: Those who lived through the rule of both Communism and Nazism – even if from…
80 years ago Lewis clearly sounded the alarm, but we paid no heed: He told us so. He tried to warn us. He sounded the…
Some choice quotes from this important book by Lewis: In February of 1943 C. S. Lewis gave three lectures which set out to do several…
Memorable quotes from Chesterton’s memorable book: OK, I confess. I have a copy of G. K. Chesterton’s 1908 classic Orthodoxy in my hands once again.…
Yes the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering: The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get…
On the conversion of C. S. Lewis: Anyone who has read the account of Lewis’ conversion in Surprised By Joy (HBJ, 1955) will know that…
Here are five moving stories of those who renounced their disdain of Christianity: The Roman leaders, the Jewish leaders, and Satan himself all thought that…