My headline is admittedly slightly exaggerated, but only just. In another appalling case of judicial activism, anti-Christian bigotry, and ruthless social engineering, two English high…
The broad issue of God and his providential rule over his creation is a major theological topic. And with yet another national disaster occurring –…
It took me less than five seconds to decide whether or not to keep a flyer I found in my mailbox. The 12-pager came from…
Megastar Oprah Winfrey is coming down under this month. This will be good news for all the Americans who get a free trip out of…
With ongoing controversy surrounding Islam on a number of fronts, it is good to remind ourselves about a few realities, a few truths. While people…
Simply defined, co-belligerency is working with someone who you would normally not associate with, or might even be at war with, as the term implies.…
Living the Christian life in a non-Christian world is always tricky business. We must navigate our way through life, avoiding various extremes. We are called…
I was flabbergasted last night when a television show about Easter appeared – one which had absolutely nothing to do with Easter. Indeed, the most…
A core feature of the Enlightenment project was the twin concepts of optimism and progress. Modernism’s infatuation with science led to the idea that human…
Most cultures and religious traditions have as part of their beliefs and overall worldview the idea that the current world will in one fashion or…
While Christian paganism may seem to be a contradiction in terms, it sadly is not. Indeed, there are growing segments of the church which may…
I was recently speaking and teaching interstate at some churches and Christian groups. A number of these groups, I was informed, had actually broken away…
I have been thinking a lot lately about the soon to be held Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR). And moments ago my eyes noted…
Very soon the Parliament of the World’s Religions will meet here in Melbourne. The week-long event (Dec. 3-9) will be attended by many thousands of…
Chrislam, as the name suggests, is a growing movement wherein some Christians are seeking to find common ground with Muslims. Indeed, it actually seeks to…
The Christian religion places a tremendous premium on truth. If Christianity is not true, then it is not worth following. Indeed, that is the ultimate…
Eerdmans/Apollos, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Surprisingly, there have been very few substantial and recent commentaries on Colossians from a conservative/evangelical perspective. Somewhat…
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…
In 1973 American psychiatrist Karl Menninger penned a book with the intriguing title, Whatever Became of Sin? Good question. But we now know in part…
We are now familiar with the culture wars raging in the Western world. Battles over such things as abortion, or the institution of marriage, are…