Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenberg is married with three sons, and ministers as an apologist and ethicist in Melbourne, Australia. He was one of the main drafters of the Canberra Declaration. Bill has a BA with honours in philosophy (Wheaton College, Chicago), an MA with highest honours in theology (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston) and is currently completing a PhD in theology.
Bill is a prolific author and a much sought-after media commentator. He has been featured on most Australian television and radio current affairs programs. Bill teaches ethics, apologetics and theology at several Melbourne Bible Colleges. He hosts his own blog CultureWatch, which features Christian commentary on the issues of the day.
Articles by Bill Muehlenberg:
7 February 2023
6.6 MINS
What we should know about George MacDonald. The famous Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister has had a huge impact on so many. His numerous works are still widely read today. As C. S. Lewis once said about MacDonald: “I have never concealed the [...]
6 February 2023
7.2 MINS
We can learn a lot from Moses and his concern for God’s glory. If you are like me, you may often worry about what others think of you. What should really concern us, however, is what God thinks of us. After all, the fear of [...]
3 February 2023
5.4 MINS
This new volume offers us plenty of help in dealing with various difficulties found in Scripture. If you are familiar with key contemporary Christian apologists, you would know of Paul Copan. I happen to have 22 of his books, and he has written more than [...]
2 February 2023
7.5 MINS
The cross of Jesus Christ is the central reality of Christianity. Be inspired by these powerful quotes on the profound significance of His sacrifice.
1 February 2023
5.4 MINS
This is the supreme part of the Christian life. I continue offering some fantastic quotes from the book Whatever Happened to Worship? edited and compiled by Gerald B. Smith (Moody, 1985, 2012). With so many inspiring and moving quotations to be found in the book, [...]
31 January 2023
5.5 MINS
These are some of the most important things we can ever dwell upon. The other day I shared this quote from R. C. Sproul: “The point of the exodus was not simply to redeem people from oppression, but to redeem them to something: from slavery [...]
30 January 2023
7 MINS
What we must know about ‘tolerance’. Tolerance used to be understood to mean respectfully disagreeing with others. It implied the fact that two people differed on some matter. But today it has come to mean something quite different. Today it means you must agree with [...]
27 January 2023
6.9 MINS
Everyone must be aware of the dangers of idolatry. As will become quite clear after reading the following quotes, an idol is anything we put in the place of the one true God. It can be your job, your car, your spouse, your hobby, your [...]
26 January 2023
6.3 MINS
How do we understand the role of emotion in the Christian life? We are emotional beings who have very real feelings. But that is not all that we are. We are also intellectual beings who can think, and volitional beings who can make choices. Yet [...]
25 January 2023
4.1 MINS
This brief volume by R. C. Sproul is a little gem of a book, reflecting on the purpose of humanity in the light of our glorious God. The noted American theologian and pastor R. C. Sproul passed away late in December 2017 (aged 78). I [...]
24 January 2023
7.3 MINS
What we do for God must be done in God’s way and with God’s enabling. We all have gifts and abilities which have been given to us by God. And God expects us to use them for His glory. It may not always be clear [...]
20 January 2023
5.7 MINS
Why we should say ‘no’ to the Voice. Australia’s Labor Prime Minister Albanese wants a referendum about including an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution. This is to supposedly counter “racism” and the like. While there are many lefties clamouring for this, how [...]
19 January 2023
4.4 MINS
When you want to defend unspeakable evil, the only way to get away with it is to do a demolition job on truth, logic, reason, and reality. And if you want to pretend to be a Christian while defending the indefensible, then you have to [...]
18 January 2023
5.5 MINS
What General MacArthur managed to do in Japan after the war was nothing short of remarkable. What do you do if you are given the task of turning a feudalistic and militaristic culture that has just been defeated in war into a democratic, stable and [...]
17 January 2023
5.4 MINS
What we need to withstand those who would destroy our culture in futile attempts to remake civilisation according to their impossible ideals. The influential English historian Paul Johnson died earlier this week. His passing did not seem to result in all that much media coverage, [...]
16 January 2023
4.4 MINS
Way to go, Dutch freedom fighters! Dutch farmers have banded together to form a political party and preserve their way of life, refusing to give in to socialist state control of their land. Gotta like the Dutch. I often write about Holland in part because [...]
13 January 2023
6 MINS
Where is God when cancer returns? This is really a two-part piece: a general devotional on God and suffering, followed by an update on our ongoing personal cancer story. Some of you are aware of our journey over the past year, and a new development [...]
12 January 2023
5.6 MINS
Whom or what we choose to serve has serious consequences. When Bob Dylan was in his Christian phase (I am not quite sure where he is at now), he released a few hardcore and full-on Christian albums. The opening track on his 1979 album Slow [...]
11 January 2023
8 MINS
Some wise words about the ever-present threat of statism. ‘The state is my shepherd; I shall not want.’ As worship of the living God shrinks, worship of the state grows. It used to be Communist societies and Muslim-majority ones where we witnessed tyranny on a [...]
10 January 2023
7.7 MINS
What is conservatism all about? These quotes express the values and worldview of various prominent conservatives. As my readers will know, I am a Christian first, and a conservative second. If I wanted to offer some of the best quotes on Christianity, I would need [...]





