If aliens came to earth and surveyed the scene in the contemporary Western world, they would have to ask themselves, “Why is the West so…
Chosen, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) There has been no shortage of criticism of the charismatic and Pentecostal movement over the years. And…
You expect secular activists to mangle and abuse Scripture. That is bad enough, but it is much worse when people who call themselves Christians misuse…
How often do we hear people say, when discussing various behaviours, that they find their actions natural, or they just seem right, or they feel…
In 1985 American media critic Neil Postman wrote an important book entitled Amusing Ourselves to Death. In it he argued that Americans were being dumbed…
Every once in a while an idea comes along that is so silly and so preposterous, that one does not know whether to laugh or…
Holland is part of what is known as the Low Countries (because of being near or under sea level). But Holland is not just low…
Truth hurts. That is, it is hurtful to those who want to deny the truth, distort the truth or cover up the truth. The best…
Baker, 2004. I begin by reiterating what I said in part 1: much of the message of this book needs to be heard. But because…
Pantheon, 2003. “Hell is other people,” existentialist Jean Paul Sartre once said. That about summarises the philosophy of Laura Kipnis. Her book offers a very…