A commentator recently said he found the “poem Desiderata to be very beautiful. Its advice is not incompatible with the teachings of Christ, in my…
Whenever a major disaster or national tragedy breaks forth, a heated debate tends to arise within Christian circles. Opinions tend to be polarised, with two…
Anyone with a passion for Christ and his work will be less than thrilled with how his church is going about its affairs. While many…
Tolerance is all the rage today, and perhaps no other value is so trumpeted in modern Western culture than this one. It is the ultimate…
You can always tell when the Christian faith starts going downhill big time: it starts going to the dogs – literally. A recent headline to…
Is the world as we know it going to end sometime? Yes. When? Who knows. For millennia Christians have sought to set dates and predict…
When one’s sickness is severe, and one’s condition is terminal, then the need for radical measures is clearly called for. Any doctor knows that: the…
After around 17 days, we finally have a new government in Australia. The three Independents at last made their decision. Bob Katter wisely stayed true…
The secular left certainly dislikes religion, but it actually dislikes some religious groupings a lot more than others. The real target of the secular humanists…
There is hardly a more frightening and sobering passage in all of Scripture than Romans 1:18-32. Yet, sadly, it may be one of the more…
Here we go again. Another wolf in sheep’s clothing. Another political leader who claims to be a Christian who violates the very clearest of biblical…
I was mortified recently to read a book which actually had an entire chapter dealing with mortification (pun intended). When is the last time you…
Many believers know the truth of Scripture which tells us, “God is love”. But many people – believer and non-believer alike – seem to think…
We live in an age in which everything has become trivialised and demeaned. We do not take things very seriously anymore, except perhaps ourselves. Sadly…
There are plenty of thankless and miserable jobs one can get into. One would imagine that being a full-time septic tank cleaner would not be…
Those who dislike God and religion are stuck with the fact that the overwhelming majority of the world’s population has been, and is, religious. So…
Without question there is no more beautiful, loving and wonderful person to have walked the earth than Jesus Christ. He is known even by his…
In the famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo there is the memorable scene of the creator God extending his finger…
Paternoster, 2007. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Christianity is Christ, and what he did for us in his life, death and resurrection. Thus the…