Polyamory has gone big time. There are magazines and journals devoted to it, societies founded to further it, conferences held around the world to discuss…
Jesus mentioned the stones speaking out when the Pharisees told his disciples to keep quiet (Luke 19:40). Someone, or something, must testify to the truth,…
After our recent gathering of experts in Canberra for the 2020 Summit, I did not recall seeing any reports about one very pressing social problem…
When believers seek to apply biblical principles to issues of public policy, it is admittedly a complex and difficult task. We are often best advised…
It is early days yet for the new Rudd government, but already we have been given some pretty good indications as to where and how…
There are plenty of theological differences between Islam and Christianity. But there are also some profound differences in terms of political and social life under…
The uproar over the remarks on sharia law by Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams has been quite overwhelming. He seems to be receiving almost universal condemnation…
It seems every day there is another shocking example of judges letting criminals off the hook. Soft sentences for a whole array of offences seem…
When Chamberlain visited Hitler, he was full of good intentions, even though he was being pretty naive. He came back from his meeting proclaiming “Peace…
Why am I not surprised? The Victorian government has just announced that it will grant IVF access to homosexual couples. Minutes ago it declared that…
Sophia Institute Press, 2007. This book seeks to do two things: affirm the traditional understanding of heterosexual marriage, and challenge the homosexual offensive. Of course…
Transaction Publishers, 2007. A number of important books have appeared recently defending the institution of marriage. This new volume by family expert Allan Carlson adds…
It seems that the more desperate an infertile couple is to have children, the more willing they may be to take risks, and the more…
There is nothing like a regular supply of half-truths, misinformation and sloppy use of facts in making a case. But that is the regular practice…
Is the mainstream media (MSM) biased? Well, I suppose it all depends on who you ask. If you are secular, leftwing, and into the various…
The recent surrogate birth to Federal Labor MP Stephen Conroy and partner has reignited a long-standing debate about the ethics of surrogacy. As with all…
Touchy, touchy. That is the immediate reaction one gets to the latest comments by Family Court Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson. Speaking in Brisbane on Wednesday, Justice Nicholson…
Baker, 2004. I begin by reiterating what I said in part 1: much of the message of this book needs to be heard. But because…
Mark Tooley, writing in the latest American Spectator (August 15, 2006) notes that it is not just marriage that homosexual activists want, but the entire…
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…