The Chuck Colson Interview: Watergate & Worldview
Former Nixon aid, prisoner reformer, and evangelical statesman Charles Colson has died. Gaoled in relation to the Watergate scandal of 1974, Chuck went on to found Prison Fellowship and become an astute thinker on the Christian worldview. In this interview, one of the last conducted with him, Chuck and I discuss his part in the Watergate affair, the emotional events leading to his discovery of faith, and how the Christian worldview makes sense of life. More…
An Easter Parable
Imagine for a moment that you’re a member of an organised crime ring with connections to corrupt city authorities. Imagine that you discover someone who knows your gang’s every deed—every scheme, every secret, every deal, all the money trails. One night you decide to round him up. He has to be silenced.
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The Rowan Williams vs Richard Dawkins Debate
On February 23, 2012 Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and atheist biologist Richard Dawkins debated the origin of life and humanity at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre. Here is the full video with some personal reflections and suggestions for further reading and viewing. More…
The TD Jakes Interview
TD Jakes’ first church had 10 members. Today his Potter’s House Church in Dallas, Texas sees over 30,000 attend its services each week. Jakes has been praised for his service to the poor, the imprisoned, the drug addicted and abused, but critics worry about his mansions and tailored suits, and whether his beliefs put him at odds with historic Christianity. In this interview he responds to those criticisms. More…
Spotting the Authentic God
As any psychologist can tell you, our understanding of God is vitally important. Many are held captive by an imaginary deity shaped by the fear and pain of their past. These humanly-inspired gods will always break our hearts, either failing to meet our expectations or forever holding us in torment. So, who is God? What is God like? How can we spot the authentic from the counterfeit? Episode 6 in the Unseen Footprints article and podcast series. More…
What is (Your) God Like?
As a primary-schooler I contemplated God and felt trapped. At the time my parents were involved in one of the world’s more zealous religious sects, I was being raised according to its tenets, and the God of this faith was a difficult God to please. All of us hold an image of God in our minds. So who is your God? What is your God like? Episode 5 in the Unseen Footprints article and podcast series.
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God, Altruism and the Queensland Floods
Why risk one’s life for a stranger? Why show kindness to another? What motivates human compassion, sacrifice and love? Richard Dawkins suggest ‘selfishness’. I suggest ‘God’. Queensland’s catastophic floods in January 2011 revealed the best in humanity and showed us something of the divine. As rescuers, neighbours and even victims engaged in costly acts of altruism they reflected the One in whose image they are made. More…
The Sacred Heart of Sacre-Coeur
For me, one of the great tragedies of modern life is that one can visit a cathedral and not be moved. We visit these grand places of worship, marvel at the architecture, admire the artworks and look at the pretty flickering candles but feel little more than admiration. I have experienced this many a time. But not at the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Montmartre, Paris. More…
Unseen Footprints FREE Chapters (New Edition)
Could we have had encounters with the divine that we haven’t yet recognised as such? Could God be written into the drama of our lives as if played by a secondary character or an extra that we haven’t paid much attention to? Read or download the first two chapters of the new edition award-winning book Unseen Footprints. More…
Everyone Has a God. Here’s How to Discover Yours
Worship is a universal phenomenon. Anthropologists tell us it’s found in some form in every culture. It seems that we all have a longing to place something or someone as a supreme authority or meaning-giver in our lives. To put it simply, everyone has a God – even if we’re ‘not religious’. So who (or what) do you really worship? This article will help you find out.