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If there is no such thing as truth, as we are so often told today, then it must also be the case that there is no such thing as lies or falsehood. And it also follows that there can be no such [...]

I saw an excellent interview on Australia’s Channel 7 Sunrise program recently. Christian leaders were being asked about their opposition to proposals to redefine marriage, and were discussing [...]

As an avid reader of Free Inquiry magazine, a Secular Humanist publication, I’ve learned over the years how much Christianity is disdained and science and reason are praised. So I decided to do a [...]

Every four years the lead up to the Olympic Games is marred by complaints by athletes who have failed to win selection for their events. Most unsuccessful athletes accept their exclusion on the [...]

“The foundation of all our preaching is, and must be,” John Wesley claimed, “whosoever believeth on Him shall be saved”.1For over fifty years, from his conversion in 1738 to his death in 1793, [...]

Once a year, thanks to the holiday attached to the holy-day of Easter, even non-Christians mark the death of Jesus Christ on a cross in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. We Christians, however, do not [...]

John Wesley was a Methodist minister through whose preaching and teaching God brought revival to England in the eighteenth century. As a young man John Wesley believed that salvation had to be [...]

It’s time for some free association. I’ll give you a word. Close your eyes and tell me what springs to mind. Ready? Motherhood. What did you come up with? Kids? Caring? Apple pie? I’m pretty sure [...]

I was sitting in prison with six other men. We were gathered around a table and we each had a mug of mud-tasting coffee and an open Bible. I was the only one not dressed in a prison uniform, the [...]

In response to Jesus’ claim that his “kingship is not of this world”, Pilate asked, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come [...]