This week the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) meets in Melbourne. Thousands of delegates from all over the world are expected to attend this…
Among the worst laws to have been recently enacted are religious vilification laws. They are a direct threat to freedom of speech, freedom of religion,…
All around the Western world the freedoms which in so many ways arose out of the Judeo-Christian worldview are slowly being challenged or stripped away.…
Throughout the Western world rights talk is being used to promote the agendas of activist minority groups, and to silence Christians from publically affirming their…
Here’s the scenario (which happens to be a true story): I’m stuck in some slow moving traffic, and the guy in front of me has…
As I mentioned last week, the Victorian Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by two Christian pastors who had been taken through the wringer…
There were some very interesting comments about faith and politics made recently by a Victorian Labor MP. Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said that we all…
There are many problems with vilification legislation, especially when applied to religion. I have documented ten such problems in my paper, The Problem with Vilification…
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place of resistance to wicked rulers…
Theology matters, but so does wisdom and right timing: As I have said a few million times now, anyone who has actually read some of…
What we can learn from this great thinker: We are all impacted by others for good or ill. Some are quite aware of this while…
Even Dawkins can see the cultural value of Christianity: Various Christian commentators have made much of what U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower once said in late…
Just who is used for God’s purposes? Let me cut to the chase here. What are the kind of people that God uses for his…
On the horrific new law in France: The first and greatest human right is the right to life. Without that right, none of the other…
Lewis captures a crucial Christian paradox: Believers know full well how many paradoxes there are in the Christian faith. We know that in order to…
On the falling star of the new atheism: The new atheists were all the rage just a few short decades ago. They now seem to…
Christians need to think straight in many of these areas: A false dilemma is a logical fallacy in which an either/or is being demanded, when…
Widespread biblical and historical illiteracy is on the increase: As the West experiences a rise in secularism, it is also seeing a rise in the…
What he said on revival is vitally important: All true Christians should yearn for revival. We should all be tired of the sad state of…
A great victory against Christophobia and hatred: The timing is interesting: In my morning perusal of Scripture I have again been reading about the amazing…