Jim Twelves
Dr Jim Twelves has had more than 46 years' experience as an educator, mainly in high schools. His specialty has been Geography, Geology and Biology teaching; he was Head of Department in an independent day and boarding school in England.
Since his emigration to Australia, he has held Deputy Principal and Principalship roles in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. He studied at Melbourne University, gaining his Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, Masters of Education and Doctor of Philosophy.
Articles by Jim Twelves:
23 February 2024
2.2 MINS
Sunday afternoon, 18th February, The Domain, Sydney. A crowd of at least 10,000 gathered to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Jews and with Israel in their time of need after the horrific 7th October 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks from Gaza.
14 February 2024
6.2 MINS
Let’s make the regaining of our personal responsibility one of our goals for the year. Let’s search our hearts. Are there areas we have abdicated to others or to the state? Let’s pray that as Christians, we shall not be deceived, finding our personal responsibility taken away without our knowing.
7 February 2024
2.7 MINS
In this interview, John Anderson talks with Mary Harrington, who shares her journey from radical leftist and non-conformist, to discovering fulfilment in embracing traditional societal expectations.
10 January 2024
2.5 MINS
There is a long history of killing men and women simply because they are perceived as reminders or representatives of the living God, as if killing people who worship God gets rid of God Himself.
20 December 2023
6.2 MINS
I see this tragic war of over two months now as a parable for the war on our values, principles and beliefs. In fact, a war on all that we have enjoyed and taken for granted.
15 December 2023
3 MINS
It has been a dark year, culminating in the Hamas-Israeli War from 7 October. But don’t forget the Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, fire of 8 August. Miraculously, many churches in Lahaina survived right next door to total destruction. They have been at the heart of the support efforts.
27 November 2023
5.6 MINS
Previously, I simply trusted the medical profession implicitly, believing that they always had the patient’s best interests at heart. I now understand that is not the case.
16 November 2023
6.7 MINS
Talking with an old friend, the topic of ‘communication’ came up, and the question of what is truth? What is the role of the media? How do we distribute, consume and process information?
14 November 2023
2.7 MINS
Monica’s biography is like nothing I have ever read before. Most of it was written while in solitary. The authorities put the founder of Reignite Democracy Australia in prison for, as they said, incitement of others to protest against the government.
9 November 2023
6.5 MINS
Our legal and justice systems in the West are broken. I think the first thing we must do is to acknowledge this. Secondly, I think every one of us should be prepared to take a stand, personally, whenever we see injustice and whenever we see bad laws.
1 November 2023
7.8 MINS
It seems to me that the world is being run by the United Nations out of its General Assembly in New York, USA. I argue that this is madness.
27 October 2023
4 MINS
From my perspective, Benjamin Netanyahu, in his address to the United Nations on 22 September 2023, was on the brink of great success with the Abraham Accords. Let peace prevail. Give peace a chance. Give God a chance. This is my prayer.
25 October 2023
6.1 MINS
Any effective alleviation of food scarcity must be addressed at the national scale, which is still the only real seat of authority.
17 October 2023
4.9 MINS
Stone is scathing in his criticism of government policy that has benefited big business at the expense of small. He argued that if the entrepreneurial spirit is crushed in Australia, it will take a very long time to recover.
9 October 2023
6.1 MINS
Our parliamentarians now take their orders from the globalists, while at the same time turning to their people and continuing to feed their dreams of yesterday.
22 September 2023
4.9 MINS
A reflection on Big Pharma, the US Food and Drug Administration, the legal system and modern society. The OxyContin story exposes the underbelly of our culture that has rejected God.
7 September 2023
3.6 MINS
On Saturday, 2 September, about 150 people gathered in the Zenith Theatre, Chatswood, New South Wales, to hear ten brilliant presentations organised by Family First.
24 August 2023
5.4 MINS
How real are our connections with society? Are we masters of our own destiny? How free are we to encourage other people’s uncertain reality?
16 August 2023
4.6 MINS
The NSW Government is reviewing anti-discrimination law, proposing to update it according to "contemporary community standards". But what are these, how are they assessed, and by whom? The assumptions in this review are suspect, and they could have dire consequences for Christians, churches and Christian schools.
1 August 2023
4.3 MINS
A plant or tree that is not growing is as good as dead. A human that is not learning… Let’s explore the connection between learning and growing spiritual muscle. I have not found any explicit connection between learning and growing, but I think you can’t [...]





