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Now the radicals are demanding that Christian imagery and monuments come down as well: The radical secular left’s assault on the West is now in full swing, and it is clear that this is an all-out war. It is a war not only on Western [...]

We need the bigger picture on the current round of rage and rioting: Yes, an ambitious title, but we live in ambitious times. At least for the radical secular left, their ambitions never cease as they seek to endlessly engage in cultural warfare, intersectionality, and [...]

Destroying statues, books and art: today’s left is the new Taliban: Remember how the world was outraged when the Taliban blew up and destroyed two large 1500-year-old Buddha statues in Afghanistan in 2001? ‘What barbarians’ everyone thought. ‘This great cultural, artistic and historical artefact has [...]

Here are a few things I learned from him: We all can glean much from the life and work of the late Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias. So many of us have been touched by his life in so many ways, and the tributes and testimonials [...]

We must not lose sight of the throne of God: Throughout Scripture we read about God’s throne. It of course speaks to the rule and reign of God. It tells us about God’s sovereignty, His majesty, His dignity, His holiness, His justice, and His transcendence. [...]

250 years ago on April 29, this monumental achievement occurred: Many folks will not know this – including plenty of Australians – but exactly 250 years ago on April 29, the British explorer James Cook landed at Botany Bay, resulting in the birth of modern [...]

Here are 15 new important books you should be aware of: In a time of forced lockdown, what better way to spend your time than to get through a substantial pile of important books? Yes I realise that my articles on books and theology and [...]

Good citizenship should not turn into blind support for the state: In my discussions about the trade-off between virus containment and lockdown measures, I keep getting folks who seem to think that the state can do no wrong. They have this rather naïve belief that [...]

The experts and their predictions must be carefully assessed – and questioned if need be: Much of modern life involves relying on various experts. And much of modern life has to do with making predictions about things, offering projections, making guesstimates, extrapolating from the known [...]

Sounding the alarm and asking questions during a time of crisis is crucial: Before proceeding, for the umpteenth time, let me share a few basic truths. Yes, the coronavirus is real and dangerous. But statist overreactions, overzealous policing, mass lockdowns and shutdowns, and the destruction [...]

In a sense we Christians carry on as normal, even in a time of crisis: The other day I wrote a piece about no more business as usual. In it I mainly had in mind two broad concerns: One, that non-Christians cannot keep living selfish, [...]

We were clearly warned about this brave new world: In the 1930s and 1940s two parallel movements were arising: cultural Marxism, and those warning about tyrannical statism. As to the latter, we had dystopian novels penned by Aldous Huxley (Brave New World – 1932) and [...]

Full-blown apostasy is among us, with homosexuality leading the way: Here are three things that you should have heard repeatedly: One, the Bible often warns about the dangers of apostasy, of falling away. Two, Scripture and church history both attest to the fact that the [...]

Thousands of child sex abuse cases in the Scouts. Should we be surprised? Over a century ago Englishman Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts, and with his sister, the Girl Guides. These groups were set up to instill in young people strong religious and moral [...]

The new film about Mr Rogers is part biography, part Hollywood humanism: Given that the 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has to do with a well-known American television personality whom most Australians may never have heard of, I guess that explains why [...]

As the West continues to decline, what will it take to turn things around? As the days grow ever darker in the West, the battles are intensifying. And they are being fought on every level: the political, the cultural, the social, the legislative, the ideological, [...]

If you are a Christian or a conservative, your days are numbered: It is no longer business as usual. Gone are the days when Christians and conservatives who publicly affirm their beliefs and values are left alone, or tolerated. Now they are being hunted down. [...]

Our culture is being poisoned by all this: The three items found in my title pretty much sum up where Western culture is now largely at. Indeed, we are awash in such things. But if you are unsure as to what exactly these three isms [...]

Time to get real about Morrison Derangement Syndrome: Let’s get real here: the media-led war against the Australian Prime Minister has nothing to do with bushfires, and everything to do with the left and its long-running war against Christians and conservatives. And before some folks [...]

How are we to think about the horrific fires in Australia? The attention of much of the world is now on the deadly firestorms ravaging so many parts of Australia. I was not planning on writing about this, and that for two reasons: plenty of [...]