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These books all argue that modern Israel has a right to exist, it has a right to defend itself, and it is the only real democracy in the entire Middle East. Given the global hatred and hostility to Israel, we need to be aware of books like these.

Calling Australia Day “Invasion Day” ignores the harsh realities before 1788 and paints a one-sided view of history. Abolishing Australia Day would undermine the unity our forebears worked so hard to create, based upon a view of our history which is simply not true. 

Almost everyone has heard of Charles Spurgeon, but few know of Spurgeon's pseudonymous alter ego John Ploughman, whose writings are just as relevant today as the time they were written.

While the Overton Window concept is valuable and appealing, the man behind it deserves to be remembered every bit as much.

Discover the dark alliance between Marie Stopes and Margaret Sanger — pioneers of contraception whose obsessions with eugenics and sexuality sparked rivalries, scandals, and an enduring global legacy.

For believers today, the story of Hanukkah carries a powerful message of standing firm in the face of persecution.

There are some special events to honour William Cooper this 6 December. At the Israel and German embassies in Canberra, a plaque honouring him will be erected on the adjoining fence of the embassies, an amazing gesture of solidarity.

Information Warfare is an integral – and largely misunderstood – part of conflict. The use of terms like “misinformation” by politicians and pundits does nothing to help dispel this misunderstanding.

How did attitudes about the British Empire change so quickly? Is the legacy of the British Empire good or bad? Was it built on slavery or cooperation? Did it expand through violence or trade? And was the British Empire essentially racist?

Take away the history of a people or a culture or a nation, and you effectively take away the people, the culture, and the nation. We are today what has gone before in our past. Being unmoored from our own past makes us quite vulnerable.

Basically, all cultures throughout human history have been involved in slavery. Yet Westerners today tend to think it ONLY happened in Western countries and was perpetrated by whites on non-whites. Slavery is wrong, but telling lies about it is wrong as well.

It is easy to forget that Winston Churchill was widely distrusted prior to becoming Prime Minister. Churchill’s story is echoed elsewhere. Australia’s two longest-serving Prime Ministers, Robert Menzies and John Howard, succeeded after having been dismissed as yesterday’s men.

Johann Sebastian Bach is arguably the greatest composer of all time. But what motivated him to write the music that he did?

We’ve all heard the rhetorical attacks on Western Civilisation — often centred on Christianity, capitalism, or colonialism, and often on all three. It’s worth examining the data to determine whether they deserve to be so despised.

JS Bach is known for his technical complexity, mathematical genius and emotional depth. But is he really the greatest composer of all time?

The good news is that God will always raise up prophets, especially in dark times. The bad news is that these prophets usually are rejected, and their warnings go unheeded. One such prophetic voice to the West last century was the noted Soviet dissident and writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

How does a man like Stangl take his briefcase to work, oversee the extermination of several thousand of his fellow human beings before lunch, do the necessary paperwork in the afternoon, then take his briefcase home and settle into the evenings? Is there something to learn from this?

Even a casual observer of history cannot help but notice the astounding relationship that has developed between Jews and Christians over the last 80 years. None of this would have happened without the birth of the modern State of Israel in 1948.

Stanisława Leszczyńska's heroic legacy at Auschwitz is a testament to faith, courage and humanity in the face of unimaginable horrors.

ANZAC Day is a solemn remembrance of the fallen. But due to its rich spiritual heritage, it is so much more. The ANZAC spirit is truly sacred.