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Rather than seeking satisfaction in created things, come to Jesus – the bread of life – today, knowing that He satisfies the hunger of all who come to Him in faith.

God designed pleasure this way to point us to a greater pleasure: knowing and enjoying Jesus Christ. Unlike worldly pleasures, the delight of knowing Jesus Christ never ends.

We’re approaching the final week of ‘Pride Month’ — a growing shibboleth of our secular age. Corporate firms are one-upping each another to virtue signal how woke and inclusive they are. Retail stores are parading the rainbow flag to boost sales. From a Biblical perspective, [...]

Social media can present powerful temptations. Let us be aware of the potential pitfalls and do our best to avoid them, using social media as a force for good, not evil. Social media is a powerful weapon. Like all weapons, it can be used for [...]

Natural disasters remind us that we live in a fallen world, and that we are not in complete control of our lives or our environment. We can accept them as a call to repentance and prayer, trusting in God to provide for us as we [...]

From the perspective of Christian pastors, to psychologists and medical professionals, here are some excellent videos to watch on the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic and how to respond to it with faith and reason. A while back, I published a piece outlining Five Books [...]

Social media has allowed us to keep in touch with friends and family across the globe, discover new information and meet people with similar interests. But at what price? Let us safeguard our souls while navigating this virtual world. Social media has unquestionably transformed the [...]

Vale Shane Warne. The passing of Australia's most iconic cricketer is a reminder for all Australians that death and eternity are sober and glorious realities that all of us will eventually face. Death. It’s something that makes us deeply uncomfortable. If death were just an [...]

Here are books by doctors, economists, psychiatrists and a journalist on the COVID-19 pandemic, governmental responses, and the general state of fear across nations. Their variety of perspectives lends rich insight into our current global crisis that is stalling economies, destroying livelihoods and ravaging communities. [...]

Most Australians have never lived under an authoritarian dictatorship, and therefore we are largely ignorant of how quickly circumstances can descend. It was the great Russian novelist Alexander Solzenitsyn who resolutely warned against this kind of wishful thinking. In Live Not By Lies, Rod Dreher [...]

When it comes to lockdowns, Christians are divided. On one side, it is argued that lockdowns are the obvious way to love one’s neighbour, as they prevent transmission of the virus. Indeed, various studies have shown that lockdowns do curb transmission not only of COVID-19, [...]

American historian Daniel J. Boorstin once said that “the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.” These words ring particularly true when we consider the behaviour of the pharmaceutical industry, or ‘Big Pharma’. Over the past two years, two [...]

One of the more disturbing features of modern society is the practice of crony capitalism: ‘a capitalist society that is based on the close relationships between business people and the state’. An obvious consequence of crony capitalism is that products and services which are not [...]

Tolerance used to be defined as the ability to respectfully engage with others, even if you disagree with what they say. Nevertheless, it is clear that the new ‘tolerance’ is far less about encouraging deferential dialogue, and far more to do with controlling speech. We [...]

Intention God holds the answers and is still at work, even when we can’t see it. Scripture “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are [...]

Editor’s Note: James Jeffery is a young writer in training at the Daily Declaration. He is a minister in training for the Presbyterian church with a profound understanding of Christ and culture. His Q&A Bias against Martyn Iles exposé story is currently the most popular [...]

Panel shows like ABC’s Q+A are a staple of healthy democracies -- a great format to thrash out the debates and disagreements of the day. But like an increasing number of Australians, I’m tuning out of Q+A. And for one simple reason: it is no [...]

One of the greatest problems with abandoning the Judeo-Christian sexual ethic is the trail of destruction which will inevitably follow. For those who live in the Western world, we are witnessing the aftermath of the sexual revolution, and have seen how it has failed to [...]

Today as I was reading God’s Word, I came across a truly relevant portion of Scripture nestled away in the book of Isaiah. As does all of Scripture, it speaks not only to its original recipients, but also to all those who would take heed [...]

My wife and I just finished watching the four-part Netflix series, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, and to be honest, it really broke my heart. The docuseries traced Epstein’s rise to power, and how he managed to manoeuvre himself into the circles of the political and [...]