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An Indigenous academic says the Black Lives Matter protests were “ridiculous” and the “rent-a-crowds” did not care about the real issues. by Anthony Dillon ___ So much has been said this past week in response to the shocking death of a Minnesota man and the [...]

This week Dads4Kids launches its annual end-of-financial-year Help the Children Appeal. One great reason to give to the Help the Children Appeal is because Dads4Kids is helping dads live longer than in years gone by. Last year, on 1 November 2019, the Australian Bureau of [...]

George Floyd’s cruel murder is sparking much-needed conversations about justice and racial harmony in America and beyond. The ripple effect has already reached us Down Under, with protests planned for Australian capital cities this weekend. Yesterday I spoke with a friend who has ministered among [...]

An unmistakable optimism has returned to countries like Australia as lockdown restrictions begin to ease. Even the news cycle has begun to focus on issues other than the coronavirus, to our collective relief. For several months there was blanket news coverage of the pandemic. Media [...]

Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015, when she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who lived to the age of 81. On 6 February 2017, she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee, commemorating [...]

Intention All Christians have the responsibility to love and pray for their nation. Scripture “The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah… And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. [...]

Intention We must travail for souls. Can a nation be born again in a day? We are on a trajectory for revival in Australia. Scripture “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in [...]

This article is taken from newsletter Number 929. That means that every week since Father’s Day, September 2002, Dads4Kids has sent a newsletter out for 929 weeks in a row to encourage you and all our many readers to be the best dad possible for [...]

In New South Wales, pubs and clubs are allowed to open for 50 people from the 1st of June, but churches are still restricted to 10. I guess that’s because having a beer and playing the pokies is an “essential” service, whereas worshipping God and [...]

According to one of my favourite talk show hosts, Dave Rubin, there’s a bravery deficit across the Western world. In a recent video, Rubin argues: 'There’s a mass affliction spreading throughout the Western world. It’s called… the Bravery Deficit. People—good people like you — are [...]

I’ve been trying to put my finger on the reason why Trent Dalton’s book Boy Swallows Universe (HarperCollins, 2018) is so popular. For the first time in the history of the Australian Book Industry of the Year (ABIA), Dalton’s work won all four major categories: [...]

In the midst of this pandemic, last Wednesday Mark Latham gave his Second Reading Speech for his Religious Freedoms and Equality Bill 2020 in NSW Parliament: The purpose of the bill can be stated in a single sentence: To extend protections against discrimination beyond existing [...]

National Families Week, which is held every year between 15 and 21 May, aims to celebrate the vital role that families play in Australian society. This is all commendable except that the ‘natural family’, as defined by natural law, is often overlooked. Any talk of [...]

By Jael Schlederer (and Lyndal Walker) Sometimes I like to imagine the impossible. What if everything I was ever told was impossible, wasn't really so impossible after all? What if we could see a nation led in godliness, a broken arm healed, a broken heart [...]

Recently the headlines in The Australian, ‘Catholic bishops push Premier to open NSW churches’ (3 May), raised my eyebrows in joy. The proposal to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was signed by Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher and 17 others, including Archbishop of Canberra Christopher Prowse [...]

Prayer leader Lou Engle has said, “You should look for the answers to corporate days of prayer and fasting in the headlines of secular newspapers.” From the drought to the bushfires to Australia’s effective response to the virus, we are seeing this prove true time [...]

With the decline of Western civilisation over many decades, the 'existence of God' and the truth of His Word have steadily been eroded, only to be replaced by world-views and ideologies which run (savagely) contrary to Truth. In our post-modern world, what has taken root [...]

Intention God will bring deliverance as His church (ekklesia) and the government align with His agenda. Scripture “Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided [...]

250 years ago on April 29, this monumental achievement occurred: Many folks will not know this – including plenty of Australians – but exactly 250 years ago on April 29, the British explorer James Cook landed at Botany Bay, resulting in the birth of modern [...]

We celebrate Mothers next Sunday, 10 May 2020, but do we really celebrate motherhood all year round? Sadly, the reverse is the case. Mothering is regularly maligned and belittled in mainstream media. Oftentimes, mothers are mocked for their sacrificial devotion to their families. If you [...]