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Has anyone seen my anchor?

I once saw a documentary on espionage during World War 2 where a former agent and expert in the field said that the best deceptions are those that contain an extremely high percentage of truth. If the content contains too much deception and too little truth, then the intended receivers will be able to spot the flaws and immediately dismiss it as a ruse. If it contains too much truth, then you give away too much information to your adversary and do your own cause too much harm..

  • Decoding the Code

    Fans of Dan Brown’s bestseller will be pleased to know that The Da Vinci Code film is fairly faithful to the book. It’s a pity though that neither the book nor the film are faithful to history or to the truth.

  • Truth, the Media, and Ideology

    Those who are pro-faith and pro-family have long realized that it is hard to get a fair hearing in much of today’s media. Last night on television there was a good example of this. The May 16 episode of the Insight program on SBS featured a debate about same-sex marriage and adoption rights.

  • The Prodigal Son - Compassion, a bad law maker

    In recent times we have seen the unfortunate situation of Christians calling for governments to introduce same-sex relationship recognition "for compassionate reasons" - which would make it ‘easier’ for homosexuals and other couples to live their [sinful] lives.

  • Your Home is Your Mission

    In Biblical times the age of puberty was much later in teenage years and the average age of marriage was near puberty. In those days following young marriage husbands and wives had to work hard to make a living in a subsistence existence without TV, drugs, the internet, pornography, pubs, bars and clubs.

  • The Gospel According to Dan Brown

    With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, translated into 44 languages, and a blockbuster film due out in mid-May, The Da Vinci Code has made Dan Brown a very wealthy man.

  • Religious Hatred Bill to Bring Peace in Britain?

    Thousands of Christians gathered outside the British Parliament last week, crying out against the proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. Under the shadow of the London underground bombings which has highlighted to the public extremism...

  • London Attacks - Finding God in the Midst of Disaster

    When disaster strikes it easy to blame God and difficult to understand why He would allow such a tragedy. But the suffering needn't end with suffering. Indeed it might just show us the way to unity and peace between man...

  • Harry Potter – Educational Genius or Corrupting the Spirit?

    With the hype surrounding the latest release in the Harry Potter books, once again the debate regarding the ethical values and spiritual indications of the book have once again been raised. Questions have been raised by a number of Christians and in particular...

  • How to Get the Punters in the Pews

    Can anything halt the numerical decline going on presently in most mainline Christian denominations? Whenever this question is asked, one obvious clue to an answer seems to get missed. It is a fact that in every part of the country, there are churches that are cheerfully bucking the trend ...

  • Engineering Disabled Embryos: the Race to be First

    How should Christians react to this bioindustrial use of human embryos? Those who have read David Jones’ absorbing new book The Soul of the Embryo will be aware of the complex history of Christian thought on ensoulment. The earliest strand of Christian tradition made no distinction between early and late abortion ...

  • A Forward Look at Mission

    Whether the Church of England remains the ‘established’ Church of the land or not – and some doubt it -- it must continue to have a concern for the people among whom it is placed, and its mission to the nation as a whole must remain a top priority. But what exactly is that mission?