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The importance of setting up a home library. I like big libraries, and I cannot lie. That should come as no surprise to those who are familiar with me and this website. I like books, and I like reading. I have plenty of books, and [...]

The Christian life is a disciplined life. There is no getting around it: the Christian life is meant to be a disciplined life. Like a good soldier, the believer disciplines himself to please his master and serve him effectively (see 2 Timothy 2:3-5 for example). [...]

What to read on transgenderism. Many of us in the culture war trenches from long ago warned where we were heading with the radical sexual revolution. We tried to sound the alarm about the war on marriage and family, and how things like granting special [...]

We do NOT want a post-human future. It is often the case that writers of science fiction and various filmmakers can sometimes be much more savvy, aware and perceptive about the dangers that we face than our politicians, leaders and elites. Indeed, often it is [...]

‘There’s some good in this world, and it is worth fighting for.’ While much of the West is caving in and going down the tubes in terms of the three big ticket items that I mention in my title, not everyone is so easily capitulating [...]

Australia has one of the highest youth suicide rates among the world’s developed nations, with 27.3 out of 100,000 Australian males aged 15 to 24 expected to kill themselves. In 1996, 2367 Australians killed themselves, and perhaps a quarter of million attempted suicide. Suicide is [...]

A taxpayer-funded booklet put out by the Victorian Government for young people attracted widespread criticism. The 62-page booklet, entitled Am I Old Enough?, was meant to be a guidebook on the law for Victorian young people. Over 225,000 copies of the booklet were sent to [...]

The forces of Political Correctness (PC)  are ever at work, ensuring that all of us – young and old – keep on the straight and narrow of right thinking and right practice. An interesting illustration of this took place in 2002 when it was announced [...]

Fatherlessness is a growing problem in the Western world. Whether caused by divorce and broken families, or by deliberate single parenting, more and more children grow up in Australia without fathers. Concerned groups have argued that a mother and father are crucial in the raising [...]

An extremely revealing and disturbing television documentary was aired on America’s Public Broadcasting System in February 2001. Entitled The Merchants of Cool, the show examined the way big business and the advertising industry have targeted our young people. More specifically, it explores the way youth [...]

Editor’s Note: Please find this heartfelt story below by Bill Muehlenberg about his wife’s funeral. The team at the Canberra Declaration were represented at Averil Muehlenberg's funeral on 17 July 2023 in Melbourne by Warwick Marsh. Bill Muehlenberg, pictured here with Dr Graham McLennan, Warwick [...]

Wise advice for social media users. If anyone wanted to write a book on internet etiquette, and how to proceed sensibly and wisely on social media, they should look no further than to the Bible in general, and the book of Proverbs in particular. There [...]

A vitally important defence of men and masculinity. Nancy Pearcey has said that this has been her most controversial book to date. That is telling. To simply affirm the importance of men and masculinity is controversial? Sadly, in the West today, it most certainly is. [...]

C. S. Lewis, cancer and grief. In many areas of life, the ideal is to combine the theoretical with the practical. This is true when it comes to thinking about, writing about, and speaking about the issues of pain, suffering and evil -- especially from [...]

God sustains us in the most difficult of times. Some 55 hours ago, my wonderful wife was promoted to heavenly glory after much suffering and pain. Her 18-month battle with cancer finally came to an end. I and others are supremely glad that she is [...]

Yes, we should be engaging with our culture. All Christians know about the Great Commission and most know who Charles Colson was. As to the former, it of course involves the command given by Jesus for His followers to go into all the world to [...]

Why we must soundly reject the racist Voice. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Left are having real trouble in getting Australians to support their divisive and racist “Voice” referendum. Public support for it is dropping, and Labor is in a quandary as to how [...]

Clear thinking on law and morality. As I have often said, I am not a libertarian, although two years of Covid lockdown madness and health fascism have certainly moved me a bit further along in that direction! But I still believe there is a place [...]

There is no limit as to whom we can pray for. All Christians pray – or should pray – and that includes praying for others. The Bible speaks often about prayer, as does the Apostle Paul, including asking for prayer for himself and his ministry. [...]