Since I am rereading Leviticus at the moment, it is not surprising that several articles have been generated concerning this book. Let me do one…
It is often said that a new Christian should not start reading the Old Testament, because they will likely get bogged down and frustrated by…
A common tactic of critics of Christianity (be they atheists or Muslims or whoever) is to drag up various episodes from the past and claim…
So Tony Abbott has dumped plans to change the Racial Discrimination Act, particularly section 18C. His pre-election pledge to strengthen freedom of speech by altering…
The High Court ruling against federal funding of school chaplains raises a number of issues, and should give us all pause as to how we…
The prosperity gospel is notorious for bad theology, shocking exegesis (or lack thereof), loopy logic, and dodgy hermeneutics. This is certainly the case with their…
Who says theology is unimportant? There are plenty of times in which a little theology can go a long way in not only helping us…
January 5 is Hobby Lobby Day. If you have no clue what that means, you probably did not know about the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day of…
We have in our society today entire groups of people who have decided that they exist to take offence at things. Not only that, but…
American pastor John Piper once wrote: “Relativism is a revolt against the objective reality of God. The sheer existence of God creates the possibility of…
One major mistake of some believers in general, and the prosperity gospel in particular, is to equate a person’s economic and material standing with his…
OK, I have not seen the film yet, and I am not sure if I will. I keep getting mixed signals on the new film…
All over the Western world sexual crimes are sky-rocketing, and all over the Western world we live in a sex-soaked society. Is there a connection?…
The fate of a nation’s survival and the state of a nation’s morality are closely intertwined. Mess with a nation’s morals and you will soon…
As I have said so often before, Christians who do not read the Old Testament are robbing themselves. They are also robbing God, since a…
One principle that runs throughout all of Scripture is that found in Isaiah 42:8: “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not…
The principles that I mentioned in Part One of this article were rather general. They may not always fully help us with a particular issue,…
Although now long dead, Ayn Rand (1905 –1982) lives on through her best-selling novels and her philosophy of Objectivism. The Russian born writer and thinker…
Today is the 95th Anzac Day commemoration. The motto of this remembrance of what the Diggers did is “Lest We Forget”. The phrase comes from…