Since its beginning, the Christian church has had to tackle heretical gospels. Today, as much as ever before, it is important to beware of counterfeits. Spiritual counterfeits need to be recognised and resisted: Did you ever buy something that you thought was pretty special – ...read more
In modern western Christianity, the rise of progressive Christianity has coincided with the rise of the Social Justice movement within the Church. Is this movement Biblical? Muehlenberg provides twenty helpful recent resources critiquing the Social Justice movement according to Scripture. When theological liberalism was wreaking ...read more
Reflections on the Man and his Book [Tony McLellan was an ex-pat businessman who returned to Australia from the US and became an influential chair of the Australian Christian Lobby. He has served on the boards of public companies, including several in the resources sector, ...read more
The Daily Declaration recently interviewed Greg Sheridan about his new book, and the opportunities and challenges Christians face as we present Jesus to a rapidly changing world. Recently I wrote a book review of Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World by well-known ...read more
Some rational thinking on diseases and death: Taxes and death are certainties, as we are always told. They are an inescapable part of life. Every day people all around the world die for a host of reasons. Thankfully over the centuries, we have helped people ...read more
The West seems intent on following the tyrannical path of Communist China: Back in 1983, French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel wrote a very crucial book called How Democracies Perish. It was written during the height of the Cold War and was a prophetic call to the ...read more
Statists love to ramp up fear and panic to control the masses: We live in an age in which most governments are simply running with one crisis to the next, and are resorting to rule by fear. What better way to control the masses and ...read more
Replying to those who claim Christianity does not work: In order to properly answer a question such as found in my title, one needs to ask a few other questions. And they can be asked of other things as well -- not just faith matters. ...read more
The Western world has shifted dramatically in its view of gay marriage. Until early 2012, Barack Obama held to traditional marriage. This was also the position of the Australian Labor party until around that time.[1] Of course, support for gay marriage has grown enormously since ...read more
In a fascinating conversation, John Anderson interviews professor and author Carl Trueman about the ‘modern self’ and how we can reclaim contentment from the jaws of modern despair. Perhaps there is no greater irony in the modern world: the more we have prioritised our happiness, ...read more