Has religious freedom had its day here in the West? Sure, we still have a large degree of religious freedom. Australia and other Western nations are light years away from North Korea, Cuba, or Iran when it comes to freedom of religion. But let’s face ...read more
There was a time when people in the West held to Christian morality as the default norm. It was seen as ‘self-evident’ and obvious. Whether it was universal human rights, loving others, or caring for the marginalised, such morality was by and large accepted as ...read more
I became a Christian in year 11 of high school. At the time -- the early ’90s -- the typical response from my non-Christian friends was a shrug of the shoulders and a half-sincere ‘good for you’. Sure, I felt some teenage angst about being ...read more
We all hoped 2021 would somehow turn a corner on the insanity of 2020, but recent events at the US Capitol have proved otherwise. The unprecedented storming of the Capitol building by US citizens -- by hardcore Trump supporters -- has shocked not just America, ...read more
‘Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.’ ~ Romans 12:2 This is part 5 of a multipart series exploring the ideas around the secular ideology of Critical Theory in the book ‘Cynical Theories: How Universities Made ...read more
No matter how you look at it, 2020 has been a painful year. For the first time in living memory Australians faced shortages of essential items in supermarkets, endured long periods of lockdown, and then lived through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. ...read more
‘Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.’ ~ Romans 12:2 This is part 4 of a multipart series exploring the ideas around the secular ideology of Critical Theory in the book ‘Cynical Theories: How Universities Made ...read more
Do not be conformed to this world, by be transformed by the renewal of your mind. ~ Romans 12:2 This is part 3 of a multipart series exploring the ideas around the secular ideology of Critical Theory in the book ‘Cynical Theories: How Universities Made ...read more
‘Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings.’ ~ Hebrews 13:9 This is part 2 of a multipart series exploring the ideas around the secular ideology of Critical Theory in the book ‘Cynical Theories: How Universities Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity ...read more
You see it in the growing phenomenon of ‘cancel culture’, where people are ‘cancelled’ for saying things that were once considered common sense. It manifests itself in the school classrooms, when kids are taught that gender is ‘fluid’. It drives the defacing and tearing down ...read more