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. More of his writings can be found at Mercator, 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:
28 August 2023
3 MINS
We are told climate change caused the Maui fires. But look past the headlines and you'll see wokeness played a fatal role in the disaster.
25 August 2023
3.1 MINS
Republican candidates have gone head-to-head in their first debate. Trump skipped the debate but he won it anyway: his interview with Tucker has been viewed 230 million times, breaking every record in history.
25 August 2023
5.3 MINS
We live in confusing and confused times. So did the Reformers. Their discovery of Sola Scriptura is the solution we need today.
24 August 2023
3.1 MINS
At the start of August, Oliver Anthony was unknown. Now his hit song 'Rich Men North of Richmond' is everywhere. What can account for his sudden stardom?
24 August 2023
2.6 MINS
A Sydney radio listener has recounted a bizarre story: her four year old grandchildren were forced to say sorry for colonialism at preschool.
23 August 2023
2.1 MINS
Labor plans to use its ‘Misinformation Bill’ to censor Australians online. Are they now censoring those critical of their censorship proposal?
22 August 2023
4.2 MINS
A win for Lyle Shelton is a win for all freedom-loving Australians. But the battle still rages for free speech.
22 August 2023
6.4 MINS
Jesus is no hired hand. He is our good shepherd who died for us willingly, knows us intimately, and will protect us eternally.
21 August 2023
2.9 MINS
A British expert says the record low is good for the planet. It’s now fashionable to whine about overpopulation, but what does the Bible say? Climate panic is now so widespread that it’s not just radical environmentalists praising population slumps, but mainstream academics too. The [...]
21 August 2023
4.1 MINS
The difference between the way of Jesus and every religion under the sun is two words: But God. Reconciliation is a theme familiar to us, especially in times marked by social hostility. Deep down, we long to see old grievances put aside, enemies become friends, [...]
18 August 2023
4.9 MINS
Prosecutors have thrown the book at Trump. But every indictment was timed to distract from revelations of Biden family corruption. President Donald Trump was served his fourth indictment on Monday, this time in Georgia on charges of racketeering for his efforts to challenge the 2020 [...]
18 August 2023
2.6 MINS
The story of the Sawi in South Papua reveals an incredible picture of the gospel, presenting Jesus as our 'Peace Child'. The Sawi are an ethnic group from South Papua in Indonesia, once infamous as cannibalistic headhunters. Today, the majority of Sawi are believers in [...]
16 August 2023
4.2 MINS
The PM was speaking hypothetically, but was his idea to ‘ban social media’ a Freudian slip? Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would “ban social media” if he was made dictator for five years, he confessed in a radio interview this week. The PM made the [...]
15 August 2023
3.5 MINS
Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Francis Collins were among the recipients of the royalties, as an ethical shadow is cast over their Covid legacy. While Americans suffered under draconian mandates and struggled to put food on the table, scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of [...]
14 August 2023
4.1 MINS
Britain's speech laws are absurdly censorious. After this week's viral 'lesbian nana' video, the whole world is talking about the state of policing in the UK. The streets of Leeds are now safer thanks to seven brave UK police officers. Before dawn last Monday, the [...]
11 August 2023
3.7 MINS
In the latest embarrassment for Labor’s Voice referendum, the WA government has scrapped its toxic cultural heritage laws. In a spectacular backflip, the Cook Labor government has scrapped Western Australia’s contentious cultural heritage laws just five weeks after they came into effect. What began as [...]
11 August 2023
6.9 MINS
Canada’s euthanasia industrial complex provides a cautionary tale for other nations considering legalised assisted suicide. Canada legalised euthanasia in 2016. The law originally allowed assisted suicide only for people facing imminent death. Now anyone suffering severe pain or a disability can opt for euthanasia. Canada’s [...]
10 August 2023
4.6 MINS
The Uluru Statement is 26 pages long, but the Prime Minister hopes his referendum will pass by hiding its radical pages from the public. The Uluru Statement from the Heart is 26 pages long, not one. That is a fact, notwithstanding insults from the Prime [...]
10 August 2023
2.9 MINS
The writing is on the wall for Captain Cook’s Cottage in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. And I’m not referring to the graffiti that was applied to its historic facades in 2013: “Cappy Cook was a crook killer liar theif (sic)” — or again in 2014: “26th [...]
9 August 2023
3.3 MINS
The Prime Minister has told Australians the Uluru Statement's call for a Voice will unite Australia. An FOI request has revealed the opposite. The Uluru Statement — the document behind the Labor Government’s Voice Referendum — is actually 26 pages long and may require a [...]





