David T. Koyzis

Jason Hood has posted something on The Death of Christianity in the Middle East, for which the United States and its allies may bear some culpability. The statistics are sobering:Here’s the big picture, from the Jersualem Post: “…at the time of Lebanese independence from France in . . . . Continue Reading »

Brian Dijkema, researcher at the Canadian think tank Cardus, answers this question in the context of a proposed religious freedom office at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa: Freedom of Religion includes the Freedom to . . . . Continue Reading »

Miroslav Volf, author of the new book, Public Faith, speaks about the need to save liberalism as a way of securing an open public square where all faiths can meet and work for the common good.I am increasingly persuaded that the contemporary debate over liberalism has been hampered by the failure of . . . . Continue Reading »

My review of Fr. Victor Lee Austin’s most recent book appears in today’s edition of Comment: Why We Need Authority. Given that I am in the latter stages of writing a book on the subject, I have found Austin’s defence of authority refreshing and eloquent. I strongly recommend . . . . Continue Reading »

The second half of the 20th century saw a dramatic proliferation of Bible translations, especially in English. It may not be much of an exaggeration to observe that one man fuelled this growth: Eugene Nida, Who Revolutionized Bible Translations, Dead at 96. The Good News Bible and its successors . . . . Continue Reading »

Tobacco use has never been a temptation for me and I certainly would not advise anyone else to take up the habit. However, it seems there is a relationship between widespread availability of Bibles and cigarette use unknown to most of us. J. Mark Bertrand reports on the connection: Smoke ‘Em . . . . Continue Reading »

As a young Christian trying to sort out the relationship between my faith in Jesus Christ and the political landscape, Senator Mark O. Hatfield was one of my heroes. I was privileged to hear him speak at a church in Minneapolis back in 1975, and I was favourably impressed. Here are two . . . . Continue Reading »

Many North American Christians have been influenced by the remarkable political and social witness of the great Abraham Kuyper in the Netherlands. I am pleased to count myself among them. Thus it saddens me to read the following BBC report: Dutch rethink Christianity for a doubtful world.An imposing . . . . Continue Reading »

The Bible is not just a collection of ancient texts; it’s a single, unified story of creation, fall and redemption. Here is a wonderfully clever and winsome way of getting this . . . . Continue Reading »

My friend Ray Pennings has written an insightful op-ed piece in The Globe and Mail that is worth reading: Don’t blame religion for Anders Breivik. An excerpt:The crimes of which Anders Breivik stands accused don’t show how religion can inspire evil. Quite the contrary: They are proof . . . . Continue Reading »