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:
1 March 2022
4.8 MINS
The church largely failed to defend conscience when it came under attack during Covid. Christians must learn from this mistake if we are to have a voice on future conscience issues. Christians are called to be salt and light wherever God puts us. In the [...]
1 March 2022
2.3 MINS
The post-Cold War world has been easy on Western nations. With the commencement of hostilities by a resurgent Russia, what comes next? There is much about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s fantasies of a reconstituted Soviet empire that remain an impenetrable mystery [...]
24 February 2022
3 MINS
Cancel culture came for one of the Left's luminaries when she made a massive mistake about the Holocaust, blinkered by the ideology of critical race theory, where white people cannot possibly be oppressed on account of their race. Still, is this the way to respond [...]
22 February 2022
3.5 MINS
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously condemned police violence but apparently has no problems using it against his political opponents. Downtown Ottawa has been cleared of protesters, but at a high price for Canadian democracy. Peaceful protesters have been subjected to shocking police violence, [...]
22 February 2022
3.1 MINS
The Canadian government is cracking down on legitimate protestors by criminalising their words. America is following suit, labelling dissenters as "domestic terrorists". Trudeau and Biden seem to have scant regard for democracy.
21 February 2022
4.5 MINS
Dr Jereth Kok has been suspended from practising medicine for over two years for voicing Christian and conservative viewpoints on social media. In this exclusive story, see the 'evidence' that AHPRA may use to argue for Dr Kok's permanent de-registration later this year. Dr Jereth [...]
21 February 2022
3.4 MINS
Sympathisers donated millions to BLM’s cause. Where have they gone? The answer reveals BLM’s true agenda. Black Lives Matter began as a hashtag in 2013. It soon developed into a grassroots movement. Following the tragic death of George Floyd in 2020, the BLM name became [...]
19 February 2022
5.8 MINS
After two years of hysterical Covid fear-mongering, the corporate press is apparently coming to its senses. You may fall off your chair, but The Guardian this week coherently defended dissenters, explaining why their refusal of the vaccine may have been driven by logic — not [...]
17 February 2022
3.2 MINS
Despite no violence during three weeks of peaceful demonstrations by truckers, Canada’s Prime Minister has invoked war powers and expanded terrorist financing laws to stamp out all protest of his government’s vaccine mandates. Trudeau’s decision is at once ironic and despotic — a high price [...]
16 February 2022
2.8 MINS
As the world recovers from two years of Covid-19 hysteria, a new webpage from Denmark’s health ministry counters exaggerated fears about the virus. The ‘misinformation’ resource is a reminder of what could have been if governments and the media had provided balanced pandemic commentary rather [...]
14 February 2022
1.4 MINS
Euthanasia is set to be debated in NSW in the next few months. Please sign and share this petition to tell the state's upper house that we value life and want to see the vulnerable protected. We need your help. Within months, euthanasia will be [...]
14 February 2022
3.1 MINS
If popular mainstream fundraising sites feel they can pick and choose which causes to permit on their platforms based on their inherent political bias, this will have a chilling effect on democracy. You don’t have to believe in the Canadian truckers’ cause to affirm their [...]
11 February 2022
2 MINS
The resilience of Canadian citizens and the courage of a Christian crowdfunding platform are holding tyranny at bay. For now. The ‘Freedom Convoy’ — a protest launched to end vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers — has since grown into a Canada-wide campaign for medical freedom [...]
10 February 2022
2.2 MINS
The Coalition’s long-awaited Religious Discrimination Bill has been shelved as the Canberra Declaration withdraws its support. Following too many compromises, the law would have done more harm than good. The Canberra Declaration formally withdraws its support for the Religious Discrimination Bill. Our decision comes as [...]
10 February 2022
2.7 MINS
Canada's Freedom Convoy is now seeing major victories, with four provinces announcing the end of various Covid mandates. Fake news continues to warn of impending violence. Meanwhile, protesters feed the homeless, set up bouncy castles, play street hockey – and inspire a global movement calling [...]
9 February 2022
2.8 MINS
'Anti-Vaxx' is the media's lazy and dishonest way of discrediting freedom protesters. Anyone paying attention can see the lie. Here are 30 real reasons people are marching for freedom around the world. Freedom Convoys are gathering momentum in Canada, Australia and several European countries. Millions [...]
4 February 2022
1.6 MINS
This weekend marks 234 years since the first church service was held in Australia. Our nation has been deeply blessed by its Christian heritage. Find out how you can take five minutes of your Sunday service to celebrate God’s past and present work in our [...]
3 February 2022
2.1 MINS
Lockdowns reduced Covid deaths by only 0.2%, according to the latest meta-analysis published by Johns Hopkins University. Such measures are “ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument,” the authors conclude. A new research review published this week by Johns Hopkins University found [...]
2 February 2022
3.4 MINS
During Covid, key Christian leaders interviewed, praised and uncritically promoted NIH Director Francis Collins, whose claims about Covid have since been called into serious question. The Daily Wire documents that Ed Stetzer, Russell Moore, Tim Keller, Rick Warren and N.T. Wright were among the trusted [...]
31 January 2022
3.1 MINS
The world’s most influential public intellectual has a long list of absorbing projects ahead. Jordan Peterson recently penned a spectacular op-ed to announce his resignation as a tenured professor at the University of Toronto. The piece was a scathing takedown of the woke monoculture of [...]





