Speaking to some of our Year 12s on the weekend, I noticed a variety of attitudes, with only about 2 weeks left before the Moment of Truth.
Some students seemed pretty relaxed - either they know they’ve got it in the bag, or they don’t care, or they’re pretty good actors. Others though, were definitely showing […]

In response to my reference to the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Tony mentions that he has come across some references to the times in her life when she apparently felt that God was very far from her, and even may have doubted if He was there at all. What does this tell us?
Now I […]

Thank you Tony for your comment and the links you suggested. I found the Alvin Plantinga essay very interesting. He very accurately indentifies some of Dawkins’ most glaring errors of method and logic, but his arguments in response range from the totally convincing to the pretty shaky.
Alister McGrath has written a short book in […]

It was blessing to attend the COYA Skit Competition last night and enjoy the marvellous talent, imagination and humour of the youth of Sydney. All the skits were of remarkabley high quality - I can’t wait for the DVD to come out! The turnout was also amazing - I don’t recall ever seeing that many […]

I have now come across a grand total of THREE people who have looked on this blog, so I’d better get active!
There have been a lot of attacks on the Christian faith recently. You might have noticed Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion on the best sellers list for some months now. French atheist philosopher […]

The little boy walked out of the classroom and on to the crowded school playground. Everywhere he looked, he could see kids. Kids chatting away happily. Kids playing games excitedly. Kids chugging down sandwiches ravenously. Lots of happy, contented, comfortable kids … except one.
The little boy walked slowly across the playground, hoping that someone […]