John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard, enjoys a long conversation with Douglas Wilson on culture wars, American politics, what it means to be a Christian, and whether Christians can be nationalists. Doug Wilson is a theologian, minister of Christ Church Moscow (Idaho), ex-Navy,... Continue Reading →
How secularism ‘avoids discussing what is good’
From the second chapter entitled 'On the Negative Spirit' of G. K. Chesterton's book Heretics, he majestically dismantles the secualrized notion of "progress", an idea that on the surface of things sounds mature but as Chesterton shows, is actually devoid of a telos, a true goal that most of human history (until the modern age) has been concerned with. In... Continue Reading →
A Growing Church
1 Cor 3:1-15; Col 2:19 and John 15:8,16 I distinctly remember it was Jesus who said, “I will build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it!” (Matthew 16:18). Even so, we live in a global business age of organisation, efficiency and profit, and there are thousands of books on growth. ... Continue Reading →
The Denial of God in Western Culture
I've been wondering if Friedrich Nietzsche's denial of God and his own subsequent madness is not a potential parable of the present state of Western "civilisation". I know, I know, that's probably way too simplistic. Those who quite like Nietzsche and his philosophy will no doubt take great offence. But, in some ways, many ways,... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 