For all the talk about “safeguards”, there really can be no really effective safeguards in legalised euthanasia. Countries which have legalised euthanasia speak much about…
Ideas have consequences and bad ideas have bad consequences. Unfortunately in the secular West, the rejection of God – which was meant to bring freedom…
The new Prime Minister has made clear her lack of religious faith. In one sense that is OK: it is better than pretending to be…
Life is complex, but it becomes even more complex when God is thrown into the mix. At the best of times, the old theological conundrum…
Plenty of people have become quite cynical about politics in general and the Labor Party in particular after a small cabal of political assassins deposed…
There has been a lot of discussion about religion and politics in the media during the past several days. Much of the material centres on…
As things continue to decline spiritually, morally, culturally, politically and ideologically, we need more than ever men and women willing to stand up, go against…
Christians hold two passports. We are citizens of this world, but also of the next. Thus there is always tension in this life. Indeed, there…
The Rudd Government has established a panel to conduct an inquiry into whether Australia should have a Bill of Rights. The panel will be chaired…
Actually this is mostly the tale of one important man. But since I have discovered many parallels with his life and my own, I will…
The incursion into two Georgian provinces by Russia has been interesting for several reasons. One, it highlights how America is no longer the global policeman…
It is early days yet for the new Rudd government, but already we have been given some pretty good indications as to where and how…
On Wednesday the Rudd Government will offer a formal apology to the so-called Stolen Generation. The Prime Minister said this official “sorry” will come from…
There have been some complaints about the new Australian citizenship tests. Evidently around 20 per cent of those taking the test for the first time…
There is no perfect politician, and there is no perfect political party. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, good points and bad points. And…
Not too long ago the West was involved in a life and death struggle against totalitarian communism. The battles were being fought across the globe,…
Baker, 2006. The role of evangelical Christianity in the public arena is a contentious and hotly debated topic. How should evangelicals engage with politics, culture…
The embryo stem cell (ESC) hype continues to bubble along, with a seeming avalanche of support from the media and many of our ruling elites.…
There is a lot of clouded thinking on the issue of stem cell research. A good case in point is an editorial in today’s Australian…
George Orwell once remarked, “There are some ideas so preposterous that only an intellectual could believe them”. The move to redefine the nature of marriage…