Like so many institutions around the West, the Australian Army has become a hotbed of political correctness and anti-Christian bigotry. It will side with every…
We all know that babies, toddlers and very small children are pretty helpless and hopeless at looking after themselves. They need all sorts of help,…
There are all sorts of good reasons why Christians should gravitate toward the more conservative side of politics, economics, and social thought. The case for…
I read this interesting bit of news recently: evidently there are 150 revivals taking place in the world right now, but almost none of them…
“A Christian leader in central Iowa has abducted an Imam’s daughter and forced her to convert to Christianity with the backing of a Christian court,…
One of the hallmarks of the spread of biblical Christianity is its life and society transforming powers. Everything changes when a vibrant Christian faith is…
Anyone who has actually studied both Islam and Christianity knows how radically different they are to each other. It has rightly been argued that Islam…
Ignatius, 2012. This is a very important book indeed. It is not just about the threat of expansionistic Islam, but about Western naivety and gullibility.…
HarperOne, 2011. This is another very important and helpful volume by the world-class historian and sociologist of religion. Stark has already penned a number of…
Plenty of Christians think it is unspiritual or unscriptural to get involved in politics. I disagree. I think the entire biblical revelation gives a clear…
The great thing about a democracy is that various groups can make their competing truth claims in public, and no one need lose their head…
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…
Living the Christian life in a non-Christian world is always tricky business. We must navigate our way through life, avoiding various extremes. We are called…
This week the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) meets in Melbourne. Thousands of delegates from all over the world are expected to attend this…
Christianity is far more than just pie in the sky in the sweet bye and bye. Wherever Christian missionaries and workers have gone, there has…
There were two recent news items which had to do with Islam. The first seemed to indicate that Islam is in the ascendency, while the…
Not a day goes by when the Christian faith is not being bashed, pilloried, mocked, attacked and dragged in the mud. It has become a…
Despite the superficial and uninformed criticisms of the secularists and the I-hate-God crowd, much of religion has been a force for good in the world.…
“All religions are basically the same.” That mantra is often heard from the secular media and our ruling elites. For those who know little about…
Encounter Books, 2002. As the Western world grows increasingly secular, the attacks on religion in general and Christianity in particular become ever more shrill and…