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Kurt Mahlburg and Warwick Marsh's latest book has hit the printers. Get your copy of Power of Prayer today. If you can't afford it, we'll send you one for free! What happens when people pray? Power of Prayer: Personal Stories and Strategies for Mountain Moving [...]

If you are like me, you may at times have wondered if you are making an impact for Christ and the Kingdom. You may have despaired of the darkness descending all around us, and wondered if your efforts are making a difference

It's easy to think that, when the time comes, we will be the ones opposing tyranny or speaking up against injustice. Unfortunately, history demonstrates that we are likely wrong. Statistically, we would be conformists like everybody else. Christianity Today’s podcast The Rise and Fall of [...]

Since its beginning, the Christian church has had to tackle heretical gospels. Today, as much as ever before, it is important to beware of counterfeits. Spiritual counterfeits need to be recognised and resisted: Did you ever buy something that you thought was pretty special – [...]

In modern western Christianity, the rise of progressive Christianity has coincided with the rise of the Social Justice movement within the Church. Is this movement Biblical? Muehlenberg provides twenty helpful recent resources critiquing the Social Justice movement according to Scripture. When theological liberalism was wreaking [...]

Reflections on the Man and his Book [Tony McLellan was an ex-pat businessman who returned to Australia from the US and became an influential chair of the Australian Christian Lobby. He has served on the boards of public companies, including several in the resources sector, [...]

The Daily Declaration recently interviewed Greg Sheridan about his new book, and the opportunities and challenges Christians face as we present Jesus to a rapidly changing world. Recently I wrote a book review of Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World by well-known [...]

Some rational thinking on diseases and death: Taxes and death are certainties, as we are always told. They are an inescapable part of life. Every day people all around the world die for a host of reasons. Thankfully over the centuries, we have helped people [...]

The West seems intent on following the tyrannical path of Communist China: Back in 1983, French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel wrote a very crucial book called How Democracies Perish. It was written during the height of the Cold War and was a prophetic call to the [...]

Statists love to ramp up fear and panic to control the masses: We live in an age in which most governments are simply running with one crisis to the next, and are resorting to rule by fear. What better way to control the masses and [...]

Replying to those who claim Christianity does not work: In order to properly answer a question such as found in my title, one needs to ask a few other questions. And they can be asked of other things as well -- not just faith matters. [...]

The Western world has shifted dramatically in its view of gay marriage. Until early 2012, Barack Obama held to traditional marriage. This was also the position of the Australian Labor party until around that time.[1] Of course, support for gay marriage has grown enormously since [...]

In a fascinating conversation, John Anderson interviews professor and author Carl Trueman about the ‘modern self’ and how we can reclaim contentment from the jaws of modern despair. Perhaps there is no greater irony in the modern world: the more we have prioritised our happiness, [...]

Journalist and author Greg Sheridan has just released a new book titled Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World. He opens with this explanation of why he wrote it: ‘This book is about the compelling, dramatic, gripping characters you meet in the New [...]

Australia’s beloved foreign affairs journalist Greg Sheridan has written his second book on God and his message is clear: Jesus is still the hope of our world. The way to be the very best at what you do, says The Australian’s Greg Sheridan, is to [...]

We can learn much from the exile of ancient Israel: The West has really gone full circle: many centuries ago paganism was replaced with Christianity. For a long time the West was really very much the Christian West. But in more recent times, we have [...]

We sure do need watchmen, even though they are unwanted: Because natural disasters can always break out, we have in place various early warning systems to alert us to possible dangers and catastrophes such as tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes or tsunamis. If these systems work well [...]

Healthcare professionals are interested in the documented benefits of eastern practices like yoga. But is there a hidden price tag? Are there any risks or dangers?

Pain stinks, but it can often serve useful and redemptive purposes: OK, my title can go in all sorts of directions, and in a moment I will discuss some spiritual truths about pain. But my title may cause some to think of something similar. Back [...]

This article can be summarised in three questions: First, how did we as Christians arrive at this state of being in a “culture war”? Second, as the culture has drifted so far from us, what do we have left to us and what do we [...]