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16 Sep A Christian Response to the Pandemic

Posted at 11:16h in Changing World, Faith & Worldview Blog, Faith and Culture, Freedom 16 Comments

A friend asked me what my views were about the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinations and lockdowns, and how Christians might respond in the current crisis. In committing my thoughts to writing, I am very aware that these have been become divisive issues among Christians. So I...

11 Jul Loving Your Neighbour in Coronavirus Times (video)

Posted at 10:46h in Changing World, Discipleship, Faith & Worldview Blog, Video 0 Comments

The Bible’s radical call to love others and living it out in a pandemic....

20 Jul Christians in Politics? (Video)

Posted at 16:27h in Changing World, Faith & Worldview Blog, Faith and Culture, Restoring Worldviews, Video 0 Comments

Why should Christians get involved in politics? Is it Christian to be left, or to be right? Progressive or Conservative? What is a biblical worldview for understanding politics? How should faith intersect with political office, or with expressing political views? What attitude should Christians take...

07 Jun The Pentecostals are Coming

Posted at 08:22h in Changing World, Faith & Worldview Blog 6 Comments

Whether we like it or not, Pentecostalism is going to become increasingly influential in Australia in the coming decades. How will the Anglican Church respond?...

01 Apr The Christchurch Killer’s Anti-Humanist Ideology

Posted at 06:27h in Changing World, Faith & Worldview Blog, Faith and Culture, Identity, Restoring Worldviews 12 Comments

In the wake of the horrific Christchurch shootings, we need to engage thoughtfully with the ideology which influenced it. Just before the massacre, the self-confessed killer, Brenton Tarrant, distributed what is being called a manifesto, in which he unashamedly describes what he was about to do as a “terrorist attack”, and gives and account of his ideology. We need to understand this ideology, not to give it a platform, but to learn and to equip ourselves to stand against such hatred.

05 Dec Religion and Anti-Discrimination Laws: What’s It all About?

Posted at 16:52h in Faith & Worldview Blog, Faith and Culture, Freedom 0 Comments

At the present time Federal Parliament is debating whether to remove exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act which allow religious educational bodies to discriminate if they are acting in accordance with their religious beliefs. ...

09 Apr Were the ‘Dark Ages’ Really Dark?

Posted at 10:08h in Faith & Worldview Blog, Religious Literacy, Restoring Worldviews 0 Comments

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.

24 Mar Who Are We?

Posted at 10:18h in Changing World, Faith & Worldview Blog, Identity 0 Comments

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....