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A review of Beyond Opinion. Edited by Ravi Zacharias.

This is a collection of essays by members of the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries team. Except for two Oxford Professors – Alister McGrath and John Lennox – all the other authors are part of RZIM, working fulltime in various places around the globe..

  • PETA and Further Scenes from the Passing Madness

    Of the making of public insanities there is no end, it seems. Each passing day brings more examples of idiocy from our intellectualoids, elites and activist groups. There is never a shortage of examples of moonbeams concocting some new scheme to save the world, or devising some plot to bring heaven to earth.

  • Arbitration of Religious Practitioners

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister of 31 years, is seriously considering recommending an independent \'Arbitration of Religious Practitioners\' based on the highly acclaimed and working model, the \'Arbitration of Sport\'.

  • Checking out the Minister!

    John Hewson the former Liberal Leader and Opposition Leader of the Australian Federal Parliament revealed a reality that is hidden from the eyes of the public on the ABC Lateline program on Friday 19 September 2008 - leadership contenders get \'checked out\'.

  • Life After Cricket

    Well-Being Australia\'s ministry \'Life After Cricket\' of Mark and Delma Tronson has had a particularly busy off season with their snail mail pastoral \'letter writing\' to cricketers while further energizing their \'Cricket Family Respite\' ministry.

  • Morality, Reason and Abortion

    A Victorian bill to decriminalise abortion was recently passed in the Lower House. It must now go to the Upper House for further debate and voting. Along the way a lot of ink has been spilt as to the pros and cons of the legislation. Much of it reflects mushy morality and reckless reasoning.

  • Summer is Coming

    The winter is not as extreme anywhere in Australia as in many colder countries in Europe and North America, Australian homes have not traditionally been centrally heated in winter.

  • The Sexual Assault on Childhood

    The recent news story of three six-year-old boys at a Brisbane school who ran a "sex club" is certainly a shocking bit of news. One media source begins the story this way: "A group of six-year-old boys ran a 'sex club' at a Brisbane primary school, threatening other students if they refused to comply with their demands for sexual favours, reports claim".

  • Internet ministry gets refresh

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson has announced that their Internet ministry established some years ago has undergone its second major refresh.

  • A Church Apology to Darwin?

    If news reports are to be believed, the Church of England will apologise to Charles Darwin for rejecting his theory of evolution. This is how the story is being reported:

  • Colours do matter

    Well-Being Australia chairman, Baptist minister of 31 years Mark Tronson, says that \'colours do matter\' as the AFL (Australian Football League) and the ARL (Australian Rugby League) finals are upon us.

  • Religion and September 11

    As we commemorate the tragedy of the Islamic assault on America seven years ago, there is still much fuzzy thinking about religion and terror. A secularised and demoralised West is confused about at least two things: the continued threat of Islamic expansionism, and the differences between radical Islam and biblical Christianity.