It is obligatory to be a feminist these days, but this has led to some bizarre situations. Recently, Yassmin Abdel-Magied declared on ABC television (where else?) that Islam ranks as ‘the most feminist religion’, while Sariya Contractor has an oft-cited website article on ‘The Prophet Muhammad’s respect and love for …
There is a strong element of disguise and deception in the spiritual battles that we face. In Paul’s day there were false apostles who disguised themselves as apostles of Christ, following Satan who does great evil while appearing to be an angel of light (see 2 Cor.11:13-15). The covenant people …
The Christian faith must ever fill us with a sense of wonder that it is true. One of the many sad passages in the autobiography of Charles Darwin concerns his growing lack of interest for things like poetry and music. He wrote: ‘The loss of these tastes is a loss …
The great French scientist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, was a devoted believer in Jesus the Messiah. He set about writing a work on Christian apologetics to refute the sceptics of his day, but never finished it, as he died of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 39. …
It has long been observed that the eye sees all else but not itself. As a preacher, I am sometimes called upon to use a translator. Issues like accents and mannerisms are raised, and my default position is that I have none. It is everybody else who has an accent …
On reading the book of Joshua recently, I was struck by the number of times that God ordered His people to set up reminders of what He had done for them. I tend to write reminders on bits of paper, but others will use their smartphones or their computers. In …
In seeking to be attractive, shrewd and relevant in the public sphere, Christians face many difficulties. Nowhere is this more clearly illustrated than in present contentions over the issue of same-sex marriages, with the possibility of a plebiscite looming. A free-for-all is a danger, but so is too timid a …
By Shane Gooch
In a few months from now we will head to the polls once more and one of the most pressing issues that will be on voters’ minds is the debate over the legalisation of same sex marriage. The Labor Party has promised to legalise same sex marriage …
One of the most obvious temptations we all face concerns making decision which are right in God’s eyes. It is all too easy for us to rationalise whatever pathway we choose to take. We can even do this after going through the appearance of agonising over what we ought to …
C.S. Lewis once commented that there are some things that are so obvious that we often do not see them. That is probably something that every ageing male can relate to, but Lewis was referring to things like windows or grammar. True enough, for looking out of the window on …
