David T. Koyzis

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Roman Catholic primate of Canada, has stirred up controversy by reiterating his church’s position on abortion at a recent pro-life conference. In response, Charles Lewis asks: Is the Pope . . . . Continue Reading »

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms claims to guarantee all Canadians certain fundamental freedoms, including “freedom of conscience and religion” and “freedom of association.” However, following American precedent this country’s courts have tended to interpret religious . . . . Continue Reading »

Several years ago Bruce Bawer (While Europe Slept) published in The Wilson Quarterly a fascinating article, The Other Sixties, about that brief era wedged between the ostensibly mindless conformity of the 1950s and the turbulent “Sixties,” with its drug culture, angry anti-war protests, . . . . Continue Reading »

I have sometimes thought, only partly tongue-in-cheek, that I should try to recover my former competence on the banjo after some four decades away and arrange at least a few of the Genevan Psalm tunes for bluegrass. It seems someone got there ahead of me. No, it isn’t a Genevan tune, but it . . . . Continue Reading »

Today the church recalls the ascension of Christ to heaven, where he sits at the right hand of God the Father. In the liturgies for this day, the assigned psalm is often Psalm 47: “God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing . . . . Continue Reading »

As I discovered in my youth, the Missouri-Synod Lutherans deliberately cultivate a Benedictine spirituality amongst their membership. I initially came into contact with the ancient Liturgy of the Hours in Herbert Lindemann, ed., The Daily Office (St. Louis: Concordia, 1965), purchased at the . . . . Continue Reading »

Australian Anglicans have made a doctrinal pronouncement to the effect that having children is tantamount to breaking the eighth commandment (or the seventh, if you are Catholic or Lutheran): Anglicans argue for fewer kids. According to this report in The Sydney Morning Herald,The Anglican Church . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . that Apple’s big breakthrough into the field of optometry will come with the introduction of the revolutionary new . . . . Continue Reading »

It seems that if someone insults you by calling you a Neanderthal, they may actually be up to 4% correct if you are of Eurasian origin, according to this report: Neanderthal genes ‘survive in us’. How does this impact our understanding of the Genesis narrative? Might Genesis 6:1-4 have . . . . Continue Reading »

I published the following piece in the last-but-one issue (November 1990) of The Reformed Journal. Given First Things’ ongoing effort to increase mutual understanding between Catholics and evangelicals, I thought my piece might provoke some movement in that direction, so I post it below for . . . . Continue Reading »