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:
30 June 2023
2.5 MINS
Thomas Mayo swears he’s not using the Voice to change the date of Australia Day. His past tweets say otherwise. Thomas Mayo, an ‘architect’ of the Voice to Parliament and one of its chief campaigners, has been exposed a second time in as many weeks [...]
27 June 2023
2.7 MINS
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky assured the public that Covid-19 vaccines conferred immunity, even while admitting to 'vaccine breakthroughs' in private emails. Bombshell documents released last week under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveal that a top United States health bureaucrat knowingly lied to the [...]
23 June 2023
2.4 MINS
The Voice to Parliament’s radical underpinnings have been exposed in newly surfaced tweets and videos this week from “Yes” activist Thomas Mayo. The Voice to Parliament’s “Yes” campaign has already hit turbulence following revelations one of its chief campaigners, Thomas Mayo, has strong communist sympathies. [...]
20 June 2023
2.7 MINS
Transgender surgery makes people feel lonelier and more socially isolated, according to a German researcher who profits from the practice. People identifying as transgender who undergo so-called “gender affirming” surgery are lonelier than those who have not undergone such procedures, according to a study released [...]
8 June 2023
2.7 MINS
Novice politician Moira Deeming didn’t agree and the men expelled her from her own party. A once-great Australian political party has raised the white flag to wokeness. “Apparently, if you think that men and women are not fully interchangeable, that marriage is not open to [...]
1 June 2023
3.4 MINS
In mid-2021, British social media influencer Oli London came out as non-binary and Korean, as reported at the time by MercatorNet. London took his double transition extremely seriously, with 18 facial surgeries to prove it. The surgeries began as an experiment in feminisation, though in time London [...]
30 May 2023
4.1 MINS
Wokeness is not just any brand of Marxism — it is Maosim with American characteristics. In two recent articles, I profiled a powerful speech by academic and woke critic James Lindsay. The first emphasised Lindsay’s point that wokeness is simply Marxism adapted to a Western [...]
29 May 2023
2.9 MINS
Marxism decimated Russia and China but failed to take hold in the West... until some German academics created a new strategy in the 1920s. In a recent post, I highlighted James Lindsay’s simple yet profound observation that wokeness is Marxism adapted to a Western context. [...]
26 May 2023
2.9 MINS
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is attacking the problem of ‘harmful content’. Sales of Bud Light beer tanked by 21.4 percent in the fallout of the Dylan Mulvaney saga. Apparently frat boys don’t particularly relate to a creepy man prancing about in pink teenage girl [...]
25 May 2023
3.2 MINS
For nearly three years, journalists in the world media have behaved like activists. In early 2020, a New York Times headline scoffed, “Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins”. In early March, the newspaper of record is sounding a different tune: “Lab Leak Most Likely [...]
22 May 2023
4.6 MINS
Wokeness is Marxism applied in a Western context. It is the fulfilment of Karl Marx's dream to create a new religion for mankind.
22 May 2023
3.5 MINS
Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention To align ourselves with God’s love for the people in the world, while shunning the things of this world. Scripture “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the [...]
16 May 2023
2.6 MINS
Where are the limits to self-definition? Seven years ago, a short video went viral that has stood the test of time like few others. It featured Joseph Backholm of the Family Policy Institute of Washington interviewing students at the University of Washington about gender bathroom [...]
4 May 2023
2.1 MINS
A step forward for free speech. Twitter moved one step closer towards its mandate as a platform for free expression this month, after the little blue bird removed prohibitions on “misgendering or deadnaming” from its hateful conduct policy. The change was not announced but made quietly, [...]
1 May 2023
3.2 MINS
The film 'Jesus Revolution' has been wildly popular. Read these true accounts of how the Jesus Movement impacted Australia during that heady era. The following is an excerpt from Kurt Mahlburg and Warwick Marsh’s latest book, Great Southland Revival: Tracing the Spirit’s Flame from Acts [...]
27 April 2023
2.3 MINS
Disney’s obsession with woke sexuality has cost it a quarter of a billion dollars at the box office. Does Disney really believe that families enjoy LGBTQ+-affirmative lecturing in films? Growing up, there was nothing more magical to me than the opening credits of a Disney [...]
25 April 2023
2.4 MINS
A wife and mother shares her testimony and reminds the Western church of the immense value of Cultural Christianity. In recent years the Western world has witnessed a fast fade of what we might call ‘Cultural Christianity’. Less people are attending church, the Christian moral [...]
24 April 2023
2.8 MINS
Are we supposed to junk great works of art because they offend contemporary sensibilities? Paintings depicting biblical stories and Roman myths which are currently displayed in the Town Hall of Oxford, the historic city outside of London, may be sold off to fund the purchase [...]
21 April 2023
3.6 MINS
The once-lauded COVID-19 injectables continue to raise red flags, with Pfizer facing legal action, new data highlighting high rates of adverse events, and health regulators shelving the products they once promoted.





