Category: Culture

Nikki Gemmell’s article, “Losing their Religion” (Australian Magazine, 5-6th November, 2022) exemplifies the zeitgeistof our time and gives a good insight into the thinking of atheists today. As such, it deserves attention.  To be fair, Gemmell […]

The Christian church is a paradox.  It is simultaneously a community of people who are (or should be) infused with the presence of God’s Holy Spirit who empowers their ministry and grows the character […]

Australia’s latest census data has just been released with headlines in the press proclaiming that there are now fewer Christians than non-Christians in the nation.   I had a rueful smile at this.   Jesus once told […]

Western democracy is in trouble. America, the world’s democratic flag-bearer, is increasingly confusing democracy with “freedom-without-responsibility,” and our Western civilisation is under siege. Dark forces are causing it to rot on the inside, […]

“Critical theory” will have been knocking on your door fairly hard in the last decade, even though you may not have recognised it. So, what is it, and how does it affect you? […]

I was listening to David Suchet (who famously played Agatha Christie’s crime solving sleuth, Poirot) read the Bible – and he does it very well. As he did, I reflected on the fact […]