The current push to decriminalise abortion in many states and nations around the world, forces us to consider the fine line between abortion and murder. For example, a proposed law to decriminalise abortion that is currently being debated in New South Wales, Australia, would mean that to kill a baby one day after it is …

The bill to decriminalise abortion that was recently passed in the New South Wales lower house, is scheduled to be debated and voted on by the senate in a few days. It is certainly an issue that is dividing not only New South Wales, but the whole of Australia and the Western world at the …

Here’s a frivolous bit of speculation for you: I don’t believe in Aliens. There! I’ve said it! You can string me up as an ET sceptic now. One of the reasons I don’t believe in aliens is because of Fermi’s Paradox. The Fermi Paradox is a strong philosophical / scientific argument which points out the …

A number of Christian books that portray a biblical approach to morality have recently been removed from Amazon’s platform, while the online giant continues to sell books that promote paedophilia. Two Christian authors whose books document their journey from homosexuality as Jesus transformed their sexual identity have had their books removed, with Amazon claiming that …

There is a crisis of faith formation in the modern church. It has produced a generation of Christians with an emotionally based faith that is ill-equipped to respond to the intellectual challenges and objections raised by an increasingly secular society. The recent faith renunciations of several high-profile Christians are indicative of an endemic lack of …

In one of Marty Sampson’s latest Instagram posts, last Tuesday, he continued to give reasons for his crisis of faith. One of those involved a quote from agnostic historian Bart Ehrman, who casts doubt upon the portrayal of Jesus in John’s Gospel. It is worth quoting Ehrman in full: “In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is not …

Prominent Hillsong recording artist and songwriter, Marty Sampson, has recently announced on social media that he is losing / has lost his faith. Marty has been one of Hillsong’s most prolific songwriters, having written or co-written over 90 hit worship songs since 1998. He announced his loss of faith via a post on Instagram which …

The abortion bill that was passed in the NSW lower house overnight is the first step in decriminalising abortion. If the senate also passes the bill, it will no longer be a crime to kill an unborn child – at any stage of the pregnancy. It absolutely staggers me that it is illegal to kill …

Evolution is a theory, not a fact. This is an extremely important distinction. In science, ultimately almost all “knowledge” remains within the realm of theory rather than fact. Even something as well-established as the theory of gravity, with its precise formula, cannot be said to have been proven in an ultimate sense, as we may …

Most cosmologists are now reaching the astonishing conclusion that at some time in the distant past there was nothing at all. No stars, no planets, no asteroids, no gases, no chemicals, no elements, no physical matter at all. Nothing. And then a moment later, there was a universe! The evidence of cosmology, philosophy and mathematics …