In 1956 Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin wrote The American Sex Revolution. In it he said, “This sex revolution is as important as the most dramatic…
The Evangelical Alliance has recently released a paper entitled “Same-Sex Relationships and the Law”. The nine page document also has a five-page “Statement on Marriage…
Broadman & Holman, 2004. The debate about same-sex marriage, notes Staver, is really a debate about marriage itself. The debate seeks to overturn millennia of…
Eerdmans, 2000. Bio-ethics is a new and burgeoning field, affecting all of us. Issues like human cloning, genetic engineering, assisted reproductive technologies, genetically modified foods,…
The Victorian Government and the Port Phillip Council have abandoned their plans for tolerance zones for St Kilda’s sex workers. The decision comes after local…
By Thomas Schmidt. IVP, 1995. The debate about homosexuality revolves around a number of crucial and controversial subjects: human sexuality and emotions, politics, religion, the…
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…
Further thoughts on the terror attack of earlier this week: The good news is, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is in good condition after the Islamic…
We no longer believe in sin, so we no longer believe in a saviour: In the old days, most people knew they were sinful beings…
The Samson saga is bizarre but encouraging: Yesterday I wrote about the Samson narratives. He was one of the judges, or deliverers, that God raised…
Important reading on a crucial topic: As I speak of what to read on Israel, I am here only referring to the modern state of…
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,…
Can we really remain neutral in these crucial areas? Can and should the Christian be neutral? Well, it depends on what we are talking about.…
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 must be aware of Harari’s brave new world: One does not need to be a “conspiracy theorist” to know that there are some pretty…
Should believers bury their dead only? While many believers may never have given this a passing thought, some others might think quite a lot about…
When Christian ministries shift from their original calling: We all know of groups, organisations, parachurch groups, and even churches that started out explicitly and unashamedly…
We can all learn much from this film: I just did something I very seldom do of late: I saw a film. It was about…
The need for informed and discerning love: We all know about how the world thinks of love: it is often lust, or sappy sentimentalism, or…
God is still at work: It is easy to despair at the state of the world. So often it seems like God has simply abandoned…