Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World – Book Review
By: John Anderson
Tom Holland’s latest book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind, was listed in the Uk’s Sunday Times Best History Book of the Year list, for good reason.
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Why We Must Remember our Christian History
By: Stephen McAlpine
My father died of Lewy Body Dementia, a particularly cruel sub-genre of a particularly cruel disease. ‘LBD’ not only shuts down your brain, but shuts down your body. Read more
John and Amy’s Kitchen Table – And What it Says About Worship
By: Stephen McAlpine
It was one of those serendipitous moments. There, advertised on the Facebook page of a friend from my old days at Fremantle Assemblies of God church in the mid 1980s, was the kitchen table and chair set we had been looking for. Read more
The Making of the Western Mind Goes Back to the Cross, Says Author
By: Kristian Johnson
“To go almost on pilgrimages, to take the knee, to fill great civic centres, not just in the United States, but across the Western world. I would argue that there is nothing culturally given about this, it’s reflective of highly contingent trends that are so deep and ancient that ultimately, they go back 2000 years to that very primal image of a man tortured to death by an oppressive state apparatus. Jesus on the cross.” ~ Tom Holland
Australia’s Christian History Takes Centre Stage in New Book
By: Georgia Free
If you’ve listened to the podcast Australia’s Invisible History, you will already be familiar with The Outback Historian – Dr Paul Roe. Read more
50 Years Since Christian Hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ Topped the UK Charts
By: Micaela Aboody
It is hard to find a person who hasn’t heard Amazing Grace. The well-known tune has been played at countless services worldwide, with many cover versions created and performed and, now, the moving song celebrates 50 years since it was the UK’s best selling single. Read more
A Laundry List of the Church’s Worst Sins – And Greatest Contributions – Wins Book of the Year Award
By: Clare Bruce
An unflinching account of Christianity’s worst failings through history – and its greatest contributions to society – has been named Australian Christian Book of the Year for 2020. Read more