This Is Another False Narrative
Israel is not perfect – but it is a beacon of religious freedom in a region where such freedom is rare. And it deserves to be judged by the standards of truth, not the shadow of historical prejudice.
Religion
The Earliest-Known Images of Mary
Like Jesus, Mary’s Image has changed across the centuries.
The Earliest-Known Images of Jesus
Early portrayals of Jesus reflect the changing fortunes of Christianity.
The Middle East Christians Are Under Threat
It is perverse that precisely now – with Christian communities across the Middle East facing extinction – prominent voices like Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes are ostracizing Christian Zionism as “a heresy.” In fact, Israel is the best friend Christians in the Middle East can hope to have.
Let’s Bury This Blood Libel for Good
The false smear that ‘Jews killed Christ’ has been written in millennia of blood.
What Is Hanukkah and How Is It Celebrated?
As we grieve for the victims of the Bondi shooting, Hanukkah calls on us to insist on light nonetheless – and, in doing so, to ensure Jewish life is never extinguished.
Hanukkah: The Light in the Darkness
The kindling of light is a kind of quiet defiance in itself.
Our God, Have You Forsaken Us?
Horrors like the Bondi terror attack are a challenge to the faith of Christians and Jews alike.
Islam’s Big Ol’ Pedo Issue
Islam doesn’t make people paedophiles… but it does licence them to be.
Bishops Issue Call to Action in Nigeria
While US military intervention is unlikely in the short term, State Department officials are not taking any options off the table. Rep Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, has called for increased sanctions against the Tinubu government if the killings and kidnappings don’t stop.
Are the Grooming Gangs a Muslim Phenomenon?
Politics may be downstream from culture, but culture is often downstream from religion.
Three Jews
Three Jews: a kindhearted rabbi from Judea, a Hellenised Jew from Egypt and a repentant Pharisee from Turkey, set the world on a radically new trajectory still holding its place in civilisation after two millennia.
Yet the Left Are Silent About Africa
The progressive movement has lost its moral spine. It is no longer about truth, or decency, or defending the innocent. It is about optics.
Freedoms Exist to Be Exercised
My contribution to a recent legal symposium on religious freedom and belief, at BYU university in Utah.