Cindy McGarvie
Cindy McGarvie is National Director of Youth for Christ Australia. She met her husband, Rod, in the Australian Army, and together they went on to serve as missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators for twelve years, raising five children on the mission field. Cindy and her husband live in Brisbane, Australia.
Articles by Cindy McGarvie:
2 December 2024
4.8 MINS
I had an interesting conversation with ChatGPT (Chat) recently; in fact, I got Chat to fess up that it was giving me false information and deliberately perpetrating a lie. But I need to provide some background first.
23 October 2024
2.4 MINS
There is nothing gentle about the ensnaring of the sins of the flesh. These sins enslave us “more thoroughly than the most active and tumultuous vices.”
31 July 2024
3.5 MINS
Despite the claims of popular culture, there are significant differences between men and women, and I’ve always felt that if we win our men, the girls will come too. But I’ve also wanted to address more of the specific issues pertaining to women in a separate book.
28 May 2024
3.5 MINS
We were created for eternity. Therefore, let us live in the light of eternity in every decision we make.
26 March 2024
5.2 MINS
As a woman, I was interested recently to read what female faith leaders in Australia had to say on International Women’s Day. However, I was disappointed, but not surprised, to see the prevalence of DEI rhetoric among senior female faith leaders.
29 November 2023
1.9 MINS
The hyper-sexualisation of culture is a growing concern. But a new Christian resource called 'What's Normal' has just been launched to counter this trend.
13 October 2023
1.5 MINS
God is working through young Australians today. Watch the new documentary series Made in Jesus and be encouraged.
11 May 2023
5.5 MINS
Edited extract from her latest book expected to be published in late 2023. During a brief one-hour interstate flight I sat beside a young man (whom I shall call Ben) in his late twenties. He was married with a seven-month-old son. He’d recently started his [...]
10 May 2023
3.2 MINS
Intention To increase in prayer, taking up prayer as our artillery in spiritual warfare. Scripture “For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but divinely powerful toward the demolition of strongholds.” – 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (Berean Literal Bible) “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, [...]
14 February 2023
5 MINS
In these challenging times that we now live in, it is of vital importance that the church dedicates itself to maintaining a vigilant watch over our children who are our next generation. I believe that the older generations of Christians -- mothers and fathers, teachers, [...]
26 January 2023
7 MINS
On both sides of the conflict, ordinary people from Ukraine and Russia are suffering, with Ukrainian and Russian men and boys conscripted against their will to kill for their government. Many Russians have also become refugees, in precarious situations as they do their best to [...]
16 October 2022
3.2 MINS
Intention The LORD requires holiness in our service to Him – He cannot bless that which is defiled Scripture On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: [...]
26 August 2022
4.8 MINS
For decades, the elites of feminism and academia have undermined fatherhood and manhood through the mainstream media and entertainment industry. Their attack on men has been so successful that masculinity in many western nations is now deemed toxic. Many psychologists today have endorsed this diagnosis [...]
21 July 2022
4.9 MINS
The feminist movement has stripped women of their natural calling to motherhood, drumming in the lie that fulfilment can only be found in the general workforce. It's time to retake the cultural ground and appreciate the unique, irreplaceable vocation to motherhood. In 1975, coincidentally during [...]
14 June 2022
1.5 MINS
Even those who are trying to lead and mentor Christian youth can be ensnared by the lure of pornography. Porn is ubiquitous and soul-destroying. Together as a community, we can overcome this terrible temptation and walk in the freedom of Christ. One in five youth [...]
7 May 2022
4.2 MINS
Intention Examine our hearts and see if we have put misplaced trust in our government, expecting it, instead of God, to care for us. If we have, we must repent of that idolatry before interceding in prayer. Scripture “Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of [...]
3 November 2021
1.2 MINS
On a recent Youth for Christ mission trip, a young man named Lewis put his faith in Christ and was born again. Here is his story. “We found our sports balls had been taken by a group of twenty youth and lit on fire, causing [...]
29 October 2021
2 MINS
God promises that His Word never returns empty. Hope rocks are a simple but powerful way to communicate the gospel of Jesus to a world in need of hope. We love hearing about the creative ways people share the good news of Jesus with those [...]
12 October 2021
1.2 MINS
It's now been several months since Youth for Christ officially launched Hope Cards as an evangelism resource available in Australia from our online store. How Does it Work? This simple tool has provided a fun and easy way to equip believers to start a faith [...]
7 October 2021
5.7 MINS
I was recently privy to a conversation between two young women, 19-year old’s I know well. They were lamenting the fact that they would never meet a guy who didn’t consume porn, whether a Christian or not. Every guy is into it. “I guess I’ll [...]