Kurt Mahlburg
Kurt Mahlburg is a husband to Angie, a father, a freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor and a regular columnist at The Daily Declaration. Kurt is also a Contributing Editor at Mercator, where he publishes weekly. More of his writings can be found at Intellectual Takeout, the Spectator Australia, The American Spectator and Caldron Pool.
A published author, Kurt’s breakout title Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? explores the social and spiritual challenges facing Western nations and the hope Jesus offers in our crisis. Along with Warwick Marsh, Kurt has co-authored several other books, including Great Southland Revival, Power of Prayer, and Jesus: The Centre of It All.
Kurt is passionate about speaking the truths of Jesus into the public square in a way that makes sense to a secular culture and that gives Christians courage to do the same. He has previously studied architecture, worked as a primary school teacher, and served as a missionary and a young adults pastor. Among Kurt’s other interests are philosophy, history, surf, the outdoors, and travel. He hosts his own blog at Cross and Culture.
Articles by Kurt Mahlburg:
24 October 2024
3.3 MINS
Birth rates across the West are plummeting, and our economies will suffer untold carnage in the years ahead — all because we have failed to assign value to the unseen work, that most important job of child-rearing. Still, we have an opportunity to turn this mess around.
21 October 2024
2.9 MINS
It occurs to me that both the language of cancel culture and specific, high-profile instances of it have quickly faded from public debate. By contrast, talk about “misinformation” and “disinformation” is everywhere.
15 October 2024
7.8 MINS
Christians are called by Christ to live out their faith in every sphere — including the political sphere. Be inspired to Christian political action by these 30 quotes.
25 July 2024
3.6 MINS
From what we already know about JD Vance, here are three predictions about what he could bring to a second Trump presidency.
23 July 2024
3.3 MINS
Novak Djokovic might have lost his Wimbledon final, but he remains a leading voice on medical freedom.
22 July 2024
3.2 MINS
Many media outlets are now claiming they were in the dark about President Biden’s cognitive decline. But they had front-row seats to it for years.
17 July 2024
5.3 MINS
Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks grew up in a world that demonised Donald Trump and wished for the 45th U.S. President's death. Clues about Crooks' motive are everywhere.
15 July 2024
6 MINS
U.S. presidential favourite Donald Trump, has narrowly survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
1 July 2024
3.2 MINS
More than 1.5 billion people worldwide received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, many under duress from their governments.
28 June 2024
5 MINS
Tennessee legislators have passed HJR803, declaring July a month of statewide prayer, fasting, repentance and seeking God’s mercy for social issues plaguing the southern state.
27 June 2024
4 MINS
Dr Jereth Kok has spent the last half-decade barred from practising family medicine while awaiting a verdict on whether his memes and internet opinions were permissible under Australia’s medical regime.
25 June 2024
6.5 MINS
Every writer is vying for attention online. As The Daily Declaration has grown from a start-up blog to Australia’s largest Christian news site, we’ve learnt a thing or two about writing great articles. Here are our top ten takeaways.
18 June 2024
4.9 MINS
It has now been almost 15 months since the Covenant School attack, and the public is still waiting for officials to explain what animated the deadliest mass shooting in Tennessee history.
4 June 2024
3.5 MINS
Pope Francis recently said in an interview that humans "are a little bit rogue and sinners" but that "the heart itself is good". This claim is worth examining in light of church history — and the horrors of last century.
31 May 2024
6.4 MINS
Among the 477 censored submissions was the Canberra Declaration’s lengthy report, which included whistleblower testimonies from Indigenous Australians who reported severe human rights abuses during the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
31 May 2024
3.1 MINS
Set for release in June, a new television show called 'Queer Planet' promises to justify sexual deviancy by appeals to the animal kingdom. But infanticide, rape and cannibalism are also practised in the animal kingdom — so where will that logic lead us?
29 May 2024
4.7 MINS
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently labelled X a “vanity project” for Elon Musk and claimed the billionaire is “causing damage” to his own social media site. But how dangerous is X according to research?
27 May 2024
3.4 MINS
It was the speech that got all of America talking. What did Harrison Butker say? And why did it infuriate all the right people?
20 May 2024
3.3 MINS
The latest bombshell revelation about gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab comes amid a crackdown on “misinformation and disinformation” by the Albanese Government.
17 May 2024
3 MINS
Hunter Biden's laptop, the Wuhan lab leak and the Trump-Russia collusion hoax are just some of the fake news stories published by The New York Times in recent years. But actually, the Gray Lady's fling with fake news goes back almost a century.