We expect non-believers not to be too worried about the ongoing persecution of Christians around the world. Indeed, some of them may in fact take…
This won’t be the first time I draw your attention to some really intellectually-challenged pro-abortion remarks, and it won’t be the last. The pro-abortion position…
Restating basic truths in a time of moral decline and mental fatigue becomes a high priority. As the ancient Hebrews well knew, people perish for…
Three articles on adoption in today’s press caught my attention. There are not usually that many articles on adoption in the press, so to have…
Some recent high-profile cases of abused children have once again highlighted the very real problem of child abuse. Any time a child is abused it…
With Australia’s greatest fire tragedy still unfolding, (not to mention terrible flooding in the north of the country), all sorts of questions arise. Attempting to…
This year we have an important double anniversary of Charles Darwin: the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the 150th anniversary of his classic work,…
Two events in the past 24 hours have once again got me thinking about our social and moral schizophrenia. We rightly exhibit moral outrage at…
War sucks. But in a fallen world, war is often necessary for the preserving of both peace and justice. While some might argue that talk…
One of the most common arguments for the legalisation of abortion is the issue of the so-called hard cases. Invariably when a discussion of legal…
Abortion is one of the most controversial social issues of our day. Heat rather than light often characterises the abortion debate. There are a number…
The recent case of pedophile Dennis Ferguson raises important questions about the rights of criminals, and the rights of the rest of society. In this…
It seems the more controversial an issue is, the more sloppy the thinking and the more immoral the evaluation. Abortion is a good case in…
That there are plenty of secularists who are happy to push the homosexual agenda is not so surprising. What is surprising, and sad, is when…
The unfortunate remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury recently were fairly widely condemned, and rightly so. However, there were some individuals who sought to…
Well, the speeches have been made, the protests have been held, the emotions have poured forth and the rhetoric has been sprayed over wide areas.…
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007. ‘Social Darwinism’ is a term which refers to the social and political ramifications of biological Darwinism and the materialism which it…
It seems every day there is another shocking example of judges letting criminals off the hook. Soft sentences for a whole array of offences seem…
Prime Minister John Howard’s decision to clamp down on porn and alcohol in aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory to combat high rates of child…
Medicine, like science, is one of those things that we expect to be above partisan politics. We hope that they will remain neutral and independent,…