How does Christianity differ from all the other world religions? Although wildly ambitious and seemingly foolish to write on such a massive topic, with billions…
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…
How are Christians to understand their relationship to the world? Should Christians have utterly nothing to do with the world, renounce the world, and despise…
On a regular basis, sadly, I find myself in debates with fellow believers who seem woefully clueless as to the biblical worldview. They seem to…
Those who think there is far too much to read in the world – including on this site – would be greatly relieved if I…
Exactly 75 years ago today Dutch citizens woke to the sounds of airplanes overhead, gunfire, and Nazi paratroopers landing in Amsterdam. This was the beginning…
Without the Judeo-Christian worldview, the West as we know it would not exist. So many of the social goods of the West which we enjoy…
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…
There is an urgent need in the church today for Christians to think biblically – about all things. We need to form a solid and…
You may not have known it, but tomorrow is World Religion Day. The aim seems to be for everyone to get along in one big…
H.G. Wells could write about The War of the Worlds, in which Martians and earthlings battled for supremacy. But the real battles today really come…
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…
In terms of amazing techniques, stunning visual imagery, and incredible special effects, Avatar is certainly a winner. While the blockbuster film may be breaking box…
In just over a week the Pope will arrive in Sydney for the World Youth Day. Being neither a youth nor a Catholic, I will…
The report this week that scientists have now cloned embryos from adult monkeys takes us ever closer to the possibility of human cloning. Overcoming this…
We live in a pluralistic world, with a plurality of ideas, philosophies, beliefs and religions. How are we to treat these various belief systems and…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…
Most media outlets carried the story over the weekend of the radical Muslim cleric who told his followers that the nation’s drought was caused by Australians’…
Mental and moral clarity on truth versus opinion: We can get into real trouble when we fail to make basic distinctions. Consider the issue of…
The despicable hypocrisy of the secular left is never-ending: It is a truth that we hear all the time, but it must be repeated nonetheless:…