The Australian Christian Freedom Index
The Australian Christian Freedom IndexA significant event occurred in the parliament in Canberra today (Thursday 28th May). It was not broadcast live on the ABC. I doubt that you will […]
The Ab-Smash Debate
Introduction to the Introduction “The Ab-Smash debate”, to clarify, has nothing to do with crunches or six-packs. It’s just my idiosyncratic way of referring, in five syllables, to something which […]
Federal Report Finds Anti-Christian Bias in US
Pursuant to Executive Order 14202, a report titled “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias with the Federal Government”, was released on the 30th of April, 2026. The 200-page report contains no less than […]
SEX SELECTION ABORTION
On 22 October 2025 the Libertarian Member of the NSW Legislative Council, John Ruddick, introduced a private members bill which is designed to outlaw sex-selective abortion, and even punish it […]
Only the Gospel Can Deal with Human Evil
Say “Yeah . . . Nah” to drink driving. Drink drivers are full of it. These are slogans of recent anti-drink-driving campaigns. Dozens of similar ads campaign against all manner […]
Pastors, Pulpits and Politics
There are many ways to lose friends. We live in days when everybody is an expert, with or without expertise. There is much that is decidedly unhealthy about the zeitgeist. […]
ISLAM IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
ISLAM IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE I have been engaging publicly with Islam for over 30 years and have a noticed a recent change in the way it is discussed in […]
Taking Grandma To Be Put Down
Taking Grandma To Be Put Down How Euthanasia Opened the Door to Massive Assisted Suicides in Canada In 2016, Canada legalized what it calls Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)—physician-assisted death […]
Liberty, But At What Cost?
Liberty, but at what Cost? We owe a great debt to Bishop John Hooper (1495-1555), even if this is the first time you have heard his name. He gave us […]
The Birth Rate Crisis
The Birth Rate Crisis How many young families do you know of with 3 or more children? The practice of marrying and bearing children is becoming so rare that most […]
Movie Review: ‘Wicked: For Good’
Movie Review of WICKED: For Good This Part 2 Movie (and its Part 1 predecessor) is based on the 1995 dark fantasy novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the […]
Anti-Semitism and the Bondi Massacre
On a quiet Sunday night, 14 December 2025, at Bondi Beach, Australia suddenly became witness to something of the horrors of the human heart, as a Muslim father and son […]
What Lies at the Heart of the Bondi Massacre
Australian flags fly at half mast and we grieve. Yesterday a father and son took hunting rifles and shotguns, stood on a raised bridge, and opened fire upon Jewish families […]
Hard Times as a Cause for Hope
Hard Times as a Cause for Hope Often we are confronted with a sad state of affairs in this world. Is it all too far gone for there to be […]
No Safe Spaces?
As Christians, we need to pray for the LGBTQ+ community. Recent events around the world have reminded us that the LGBTQ+ community is no safe space—as promised—but rather a space […]
The Church of England’s Slide into Irrelevancy
It would be difficult to exaggerate the mistake the Church of England has just made in appointing Dame Sarah Mullally to be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. At a time […]