Back in 1948 TS Eliot wrote about “the common tradition of Christianity which has made Europe what it is”. In the essay, Notes Towards the…
There comes a time in the life of any Christian leader when he has to decide just who he will serve. Will he go the…
A long time ago, when I converted to Christianity and left my wild hippy ways and counter-culture days, I became very interested in reading biographies…
Now that the radicals have wrapped up one agenda item, they can easily and quickly move on to the next items. With the homosexual agenda…
Those familiar with their Old Testament, or with the biblical use of rhetoric, will readily recognise what my title is referring to. It is one…
Because radical environmentalism has now become a pseudo-religion, it has plenty of zealots who will crusade for their grandiose schemes. And because it is a…
According to new census data religion is about to become extinct – at least in the Western world. Looking at figures from nine Western countries,…
If one reads the lists of vices that are the mark of an unbelieving, God-rejecting culture (as in Romans 1:29-31) or are a sign of…
Today in Canberra an important document is being launched. It is a national declaration about the Judeo-Christian foundations which have made the West and Australia…
Most of the people who come to this site are – like me – evangelical Christians. As the word suggests, we put a very high…
Once when George Whitefield was visiting New England he said, “The reason why congregations have been so dead is because dead men preach to them.”…
This is a brief bibliography on some notable books on the broad area of the environment, with subsections on climate change and population matters. What…
Very soon the Parliament of the World’s Religions will meet here in Melbourne. The week-long event (Dec. 3-9) will be attended by many thousands of…
(This is hopefully the first in an irregular series of articles about Christians of note – at least Christians who I have a lot of…
There are plenty of ways one can assess the health or otherwise of a nation, or people, or continent. There are numerous measures: economic, social,…
An ad in a church bulletin recently caught my attention. It was advertising an upcoming ‘Self-Esteem Seminar’. Nothing unusual about that. There must be zillions…
Missional Press, 2009. (Available in Australia from www.movements.net and Koorong Books) There are lots of books which discuss church history. There are also plenty of…
Acorn Press, 2009. The nineteen essays contained in this book deal with a number of aspects of Islam, and how politicians and policy makers should…
It has often been said of the more liberal Christian denominations that in their attempt to become trendy and relevant – at the expense of…