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On May 10th 1940 Hitler launched his blitzkrieg (a violent surprise offensive) against the Low Countries and France. By the second week of May the French defences had been broken. Rommel and his 7th ...
They vowed to stay together "for better" and "for worse" and they certainly had their fair share of "worse", but 30 years on Joni Eareckson Tada and her husband Ken want to share with others the ...
This is the second article of a three-part series in looking at tolerance and Christianity. Christian truths, values, teachings and practices have often been criticised as intolerant by both ...
I remember very vividly, some years ago, that the question which perplexed me as a younger Christian (and some of my friends as well) was this: what is God's purpose for His people? Granted that we ...
Recently I was asked to convey five great theological themes presented squarely in the Scriptures and to explain and display them in such a way that an ordinary person might exclaim, "hey, I ...
Pope Francis has met with survivors of clerical sexual abuse in his Casa Santa Marta residence Monday. In a move being labelled as an 'important symbolic gesture', the Pope met with three men and ...
The latest Office for National Statistics survey seems to confirm what similar ones have already shown: religious people are happier. To be precise, over four years, religious people scored their life ...
Once I saw a picture on Instagram of a bowl of half-eaten Granola, an opened Bible, a theology book, what looked like a philosophy book and a sleeping cat. The floral sofa was near the corner of a ...
In NSW, Australia, lockdown restrictions are starting to ease. For some it’s a welcome relief but for others they may feel a sense of trepidation and anxiety for the worst yet to come. Like all ...
There's a lot of talk about Jesus these days. From The Da Vinci Code debate to Jesus' claims to be the only way to the Father (John 14:6), there's nothing like a little Jesus-talk in the lunch room to ...
Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about what it really means to be a Christian. As a Christian, I try to live a spiritual life filled with prayer, acts of service to my church, saying grace, ...