We live in an age in which rights are being pushed on all fronts. Individuals and groups are clamoring for rights that until recently didn’t…
Lion 2000. While there are many good books on bioethics, not all are of equal value. Many quite good books on the subject are written…
The National Crime Authority has recently re-ignited the heroin debate by saying that we are losing the war against drugs. The NCA says that too…
Oxford University Press, 2000. There are many important issues that arise when discussion about women in the workplace takes place. Many questions come to mind,…
Eerdmans, 2000. This book looks at the institutions of marriage and the family from a combination of perspectives: the social sciences, theology and ethics. The…
Basic Books, 2000. This book has a simple theme: Political Correctness has entered the medical profession. The politicisation and radicalisation of health professionals and workers…
The battle over motherhood continues unabated, with a recent controversy re-igniting a long standing debate. In the one corner are those who feel that government…
In any number of social causes, extremism often enters the debate, with the result that truth and common sense get trampled on along the way.…
Much of the Christian life involves getting the right balance. Heresies in the church usually arise when we over-emphasise a certain doctrine or teaching, resulting…
The Infertility Treatment Authority recently put on a one-day public seminar in Melbourne entitled “The Welfare and Interests of Persons Born as a Result of…
There has been a lot of debate lately about the issue of heroin injecting rooms. Voices from all sides are being heard on the issue,…
Christians both within and without the Australian Christian Churches are excited and encouraged about the formation of the ACC. As one who writes from outside…
Commonsense seems to count for little these days. Instead, an army of “experts” are telling us how to best run our lives. Consider the following:…
Pro-family forces have long warned about declining fertility rates and the erosion of parenthood. When a woman who is known more for her commitment to…
It has been the habit of skeptics in general and devotees of higher criticism in particular to undermine the authority of the Bible by arguing,…
There exists an awful lot of conceptual confusion and definitional inexactitude concerning Christianity in general and fundamentalism in particular. Mind you, I’m speaking about the…
Robert Nisbet once remarked that environmentalism has become the third great redemptive movement in human history, following Christianity and Marxism. Indeed it already has its…
Although Australia is in many ways a thoroughly secular nation, it is interesting to note how biblical literacy comes to the fore when issues of…
With over $1.5 billion a year spent on child care by Australian Governments, child care is big business. And with over 600,000 children involved, it…
One if the missing ingredients of modern Christian life is that of church discipline. We have all but lost the New Testament understanding of discipline…