Is Christianity a Body-Hating Worldview?
Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion[1] is probably the most well known, or notorious, of the populist atheist manifestos that have…
Do We Know Why We Are All Equal?
The forthright defence of the permissibility of "after-birth abortion" – infanticide – by two Melbourne-based philosophers in…
Adam and Anthropology
Denis Alexander addresses the theological issues associated with an understanding of Adam who was not the sole genetic ancestor of all of…
Getting Out of My Head - the Problem of Introspection
Many people today describe that they are 'living inside their own head'. This describes a state of disconnection from reality outside of…
Power Against People: A Christian Critique of the State
The following is an extract from Philip Vander Elst's full paper of the same title. The whole paper can be downloaded from the link on the…
State Expectations
UCCF and bethinking.org offer this paper to encourage consideration of these important political topics, but do not endorse any particular…
Why doesn't God answer my prayers?
How we reply to this complex question will very much depend on who is asking, and we need to be ready to admit that we don’t have all…
The Artist Needs No Justification
In this talk, Hans Rookmaaker considers what art is, what its purpose is and what the attitude of Christians should be towards it.
Forgiveness
What is the basic biblical teaching on forgiveness? Is there a difference between an apology and asking forgiveness? What about hard cases…