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By Mathew Wright Workshop Presenter – Youth for Christ Australia Read: Psalm 16:11, 17:15, 23, 34:4-10 It’s been a crazy few weeks in Australia as together we fight the spread of COVID-19. But there is a much more insidious plague that crept into our society [...]

COVID-19 has wrecked havoc on events, meetings, celebrations, and religious services all over the world. It was just announced today that Australians can no longer gather indoors when there are more than 100 people in attendance. In America, that number is 10. Churches are amongst [...]

Many years ago, I was awoken by the incessant ringing of my wife’s mobile phone. It was 12.30 am, so we knew something was wrong. The message was frightening. Steve Stylianou, a good friend and father of three, had collapsed with a suspected heart attack [...]

These are turbulent and tumultuous times. According to Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, not since the First World War has the government enacted such far-reaching political measures. Of particular importance to churches, all “non-essential” indoor gatherings of more than one hundred people will no [...]

In all the media turmoil surrounding COVID-19, you may have missed the passing of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, aged ninety-six. Dr. Hamlin’s gynaecological work in treating Ethiopian women suffering from obstetric fistula was so remarkable that even The Sydney Morning Herald referred to her as “the [...]

Dear Friends, We find ourselves in an incredible time in human history. The COVID19 Virus is causing chaos in every sphere of society, with indoor gatherings in Australia now limited to 100. Fear is gripping the hearts and minds of people everywhere, and current predictions [...]

Editorial Note: The Canberra Declaration and all those involved and who supported the National Day of Prayer & Fasting on Saturday 22nd February 'give heartfelt thanks and praise to Almighty God’ -- 'for all His benefits' leading up to, and on the day itself. It [...]

Read: Luke 15: 11-32 Research out of the US is showing that Gen Z, our current teenagers, are the least Christian generation ever (Barna). Australia seems to be in the same position, with many young people walking away from the church, and oftentimes, God. Just [...]

We are living in a different world to the one we were a week ago. In December 2019, a pneumonia outbreak was detected in the city of Wuhan, China. It was soon traced to a new strain of coronavirus—but not before travellers with coughs and [...]

Dear Christian, I’m guessing you’re starting to feel a little nervous. The Coronavirus situation seems to be escalating day by day. Yes, people are still in good spirits – and even making light of the situation (as seen by trending hashtags such as #ToiletPaperApocalypse). But [...]

What is a Dad to do in the middle of a coronavirus epidemic? Firstly, he has to try to analyse the problem and gather information to protect his family, and particularly his children. A great man once said, “The truth will set you free.” What [...]

By Andrew Moody, TGCA. Ever heard of the Overton Window? It’s a term that relates to the public perception about certain concepts, policies or ideas. At any given moment of history there are some things that seem unthinkable, some things that seem undeniable; some things [...]

Professor Patrick Parkinson is a specialist in family law and child protection. Instead of trying to quash his words, spoken from experience and a place of deep concern, we ought to act on his urgent warnings before even more youth are permanently maimed.

Malachi 4:6 – “Turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.” Luke 19:10: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Australian psychologist and author Steve Biddulph says, ‘love grows [...]

What a wonderful sound! Rain falling on the roof! It is a sound that we are hearing often again now. The brown landscapes that we have been looking at for the last few years are now turning green. Trees we thought were dead are recovering, [...]

Editor's Note: The article below from the Jerusalem Post was released on 27 February 2020. Interestingly, one of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting prayer points on 22 February 2020 was for doctors and researchers to come up with a cure. This is the [...]

If you haven’t heard about Bluey, you have been “living under a rock” as Paul Keating used to say. The cartoon blue heeler that Australia has already fallen in love with is now going out to a global audience, thanks to a distribution deal between [...]

By Cindy McGarvie Youth for Christ Australia – National Director Read: 2 Samuel 23:8-23 Further reading for the week: Deuteronomy 20:1-4, Matt 16:18, Matt 18:18-19, Deuteronomy 28:7 The experts tell us that girls learn emotional intelligence and boys learn heroic intelligence. Boys have the potential [...]

I recently preached through the much-neglected book of Lamentations. Set around the time God’s people were defeated by the Babylonians and subsequently sent into exile, it is a profound expression of godly sorry in the face of severe suffering. What is not immediately obvious to [...]

This year’s Mardi Gras parade was the quintessential expression of Cultural Marxism as forces united to attack their common enemy: Western civilisation in general, and mainline Christianity in particular. For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more [...]