31 May, 2018 Liberty to the Captives 3: Building Health and Freedom in a MBB Community
Presentations at the Horizons’ Legacy Conference, May 2018....
09 Apr, 2018 Were the ‘Dark Ages’ Really Dark?
Today just about anything and everything may be objected to as ‘sending us back to the Dark Ages’, including restrictions on subsidies for renewal energies, growth in faith schools, acts of terrorism, destruction of art works, the popularity of right-wing parties in Europe, the rise of superbugs, and denial of global warming. The Dark Ages have become proverbial.
04 Apr, 2018 Calling for Violent Jihad in Australia
For at least four years, a copy of the Noble Qur’an was placed for public use in Canberra Airport's prayer room. This particular edition of the Qur’an, printed in the millions by Saudi Arabia, has very disturbing footnotes, which promote an aggressively radical interpretation of Islam not very different from the doctrines and practice of ISIS. It is disturbing that this particular Qur’an was selected for the prayer room. (After this article was published, the Qur’an was removed.)
24 Mar, 2018 Who Are We?
I read a thought-provoking post this week by Orthodox Jewish savant and author, David Goldman. He was commenting on the death of a pedestrian, run over by an automated Uber self-driving car....
07 Feb, 2018 Theology and Church Viability
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It is a cliché of our times that churches are declining. Dwindling membership is a fact of life for many congregations. But not for all churches. Certainly not outside the West, where Christianity is rising in many nations....
04 Jan, 2018 A Letter from Patricia
Last year I received a hand-written letter from 'Patricia', responding to something I had written on changing Ausralia's marriage laws, in which I argued that society should support the norm of marriage as a couple raising their own biological children. I enjoyed reading Patricia's thoughtful letter, which was clear and well-expressed. Here is her letter and my reply.
22 Dec, 2017 When the Church Loses its Way
In my devotional reading today I was reflecting on the career and fate of the sons of Eli. Hophni and Phinehas were religious leaders who were going very wrong, exploiting their priestly office for material gain and sexual favours. 1 Samuel 2: 25 reports that...
