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Some things Christians believe are quite strange. Like the Queen said to Alice of Wonderland fame, even I sometimes catch myself believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast. As believers inhabiting an unbelieving culture, we need to check ourselves and make sure we’re [...]

Occasionally we hear of a celebrity who comes to faith in Jesus. Rarely is that celebrity as big as Kanye West. Kanye West is an American rapper and musical artist who has sold 140 million records globally and won 21 Grammy Awards, making him one [...]

In an effort to normalise pornography, there are people who point out that it’s been around since ancient times. That might be true, but porn today is like nothing the world has ever seen. Pornography is now everywhere. It’s available on almost every screen and [...]

It’s an interesting time to be living in America. I’ve just spent the week before last in Washington, DC, where I had the opportunity to attend the Values Voter Summit—one of the biggest annual gatherings of Christians standing for freedom, faith, family and life. The [...]

Kurt Mahlburg, Features Editor for the Canberra Declaration, is at large and on the loose in the USA. If you find our six-week election campaigns tiresome in Australia, consider what’s happening here in the USA. It’s still a year out from the 2020 vote but [...]

At the dawn of the Sexual Revolution in the 1960s and 70s, many were sounding the alarm about the impact pornography would have if it became widely available. Through the 80s and 90s, Christians especially were objects of ridicule for their social and political stance [...]

If you own a screen, chances are you’ve heard about last week’s climate strikes in a city near you. Chances are, you were also recently introduced to a 16-year-old called Greta Thunberg. So what’s all the hype about? The protests have been organised by Extinction [...]

Intention Responding to God in times of desperation. Scripture “Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day.” —Esther 3:13a [...]

Labor senator and the father of Aboriginal reconciliation, Pat Dodson, has voiced his serious concerns about the voluntary assisted dying bill likely to pass WA’s parliament. In a passionate plea, the First Nations leader put pen to paper, declaring “Aboriginal people do not need a [...]

Christians have found an unlikely ally in agnostic NSW parliamentarian Mark Latham. Many Australians will remember Mark Latham as the bullish Labor opposition leader seeking to topple John Howard at the 2004 federal election. More than once, Latham has been described by the media as [...]

The big news coming out of America last week isn’t the impeachment proceedings against President Trump. It’s the remarkable speech he gave at the UN General Assembly, which garnered almost no interest from the media either side of the Pacific.

Wouldn’t you love to tell a room full of leaders of the free world, “The ideals we all take for granted right now are the fruit of the Bible and Christianity.” That’s what Tim Keller did recently -- and he received applause at the end [...]

Conversation is a dying art form. This isn’t a whinge about social media. I mean that actual face-to-face conversations are losing their way. People probably talk as much as they ever have, but does anyone stop to think why they’re talking? A lot of what’s [...]

The team at the Canberra Declaration, after much consultation with Christian leaders, feels challenged to call the Nation to Pray & Fast for rain in October. James Condon, the Chairman of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting, and the Executive Team of the NDOPF [...]

Fewer and fewer people today know the Bible. But if there’s one verse that’s still commonly quoted, it’s “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” These are the words of Jesus. And what people normally mean when they repeat them is, “It’s not your [...]

Your suffering might not be understood by a single soul on earth. But nothing escapes God. He knows of your struggle. He wants to meet you in it. He offers you the comfort of His presence.

“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” —Thomas Paine Such was the mood on the North American continent centuries ago, when pilgrims and pioneers dreamt of a brand new nation to call their own. Somehow, their experiment worked. Despite the [...]

We all face battles from time to time—it’s a universal human experience. Is there a battle you’re facing right now? An insecurity perhaps, or a lingering infirmity. Maybe it’s a personal tragedy, or opposition from a hostile world. Three thousand years ago, God’s people faced [...]

It’s been three months since Israel Folau’s sacking, but the nation’s big news outlets are still finding stories to publish about the saga. Last week, the Sydney Morning Herald carried two hit pieces on the former rugby star, and they’ve unsettled many who’ve sided with [...]

Our society values equality, tolerance and liberty. We see it as our duty to stand up for justice, to be a voice for the underdog, and to ensure that the freedoms we enjoy are extended to everyone—right? Not entirely. There’s a group we’ve forgotten. Because [...]