One keeps coming back to the dictum attributed to GK Chesterton: “When a man ceases to believe in God, he does not believe in nothing.…
Indonesia is this week free of three murderous thugs – and Australia does not like it. Australia is intent on lecturing Indonesia and the world…
In the West the culture of death continues to grow. And there is a connection between the culture of death and the death of Christianity.…
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…
About a week ago a group of American Evangelicals released a 20-page document called “An Evangelical Manifesto”. Subtitled “A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public…
Those opposed to euthanasia have long warned about the slippery slope involved in its legalisation. Today the hard cases of the terminally ill; tomorrow, anyone…
Suicide is a major problem in the Western world. This paper has a very limited focus however. It will not look at such issues as…
What does it mean to be pro-life? There is some confusion as to what the term implies. If a person is opposed to abortion, must…
When American Terri Schiavo was allowed to die a slow and painful death by starvation under court order, it marked a turning point in the…
Spinifex Press, 2006. Melinda Tankard Reist is at it again. In 2000 she performed an invaluable service with her book, Giving Sorrow Words. In it…
This article was originally posted on Jan. 5, 2005 at http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0501/05/A01-50709.htm but has since been deleted, and is reproduced here for archival purposes. Law won’t allow…
That we live in a culture of death is now apparent to even the most casual social observers. Whether the issue is abortion, euthanasia, infanticide,…
The family is the first and most important institution created by God. It precedes the state and all other divinely ordained institutions. Because of its…
InterVarsity Press, 2002. “Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great…
There is a need for some righteous indignation: A defining feature of the modern West is a total lack of concern for what is happening,…
Important new developments in assisted reproductive technologies: Two recent media stories about IVF have made headlines around the world. Both stories raise important issues that…
God is no fan of religious syncretism and idolatry: Most modern westerners want nothing to do with religion, but if they must have it, they…
We need an external moral guidance system: As we know, most folks in the world, and far too many Christians, seem to think the best…
Yes children can be a handful, but… This piece is as much about having children as not having them. And I need to begin by…
On the vital importance of truth: One of the truest statements you will come across is this: Truth is vitally important. We either live by…