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Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? by Kurt Mahlburg – 8/10 This book was given to me by a friend, and I have to say that at first I did not expect much — yet another book about the decline of the West [...]

The following is an excerpt from Kurt Mahlburg’s new book, Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? ~~~ The Myall Creek massacre of 1838 was one of the darkest events in Australia’s history. A group of former convicts had been roaming the surrounding district [...]

An excerpt from Kurt Mahlburg’s new book, Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? ~ It was a year for the history books. Each of us has a story to tell about how the events of 2020 impacted us. Fires, pestilence, lockdowns and riots: [...]

What does history tell us about mass hysteria and deception? Yes it happens: the masses can be easily deceived and carried away with evil. Closely related to mass deception is mass hysteria. That these things happen -- and far too often -- is clear enough. [...]

Truth really is our primary weapon: Let me begin by mentioning a dream I had. It seems a few others and I were under attack by some bad guys. They were seeking to break into our property, and we were trying to defend it. The [...]

Robert Falzon, a good friend of mine in the men’s movement, asked me to contribute a chapter to his new book called Raising Fathers: Fathering from the Frontline -- 12 Men’s Stories. Here is an excerpt from my contribution. It was a fine weather Sunday [...]

In December 2018, Melbourne Pastor Murray Campbell and his family visited the blood-soaked WW1 battlefields of Western Europe. They were on a pilgrimage of sorts, to see where Campbell’s great grandfather, William Campbell, fought for King and Country as an ANZAC soldier. Their pilgrimage took [...]

You really need to read the latest book by Dinesh D’Souza: Socialism, says D’Souza, is the most discredited idea in history since slavery, but it is now being mainstreamed in America by the left and the Democratic Party. The policies of the left will destroy [...]

But progressives' grip on the levers of power is slipping. I turned 50 last year in the immediate aftermath of a failed attempt to become a Senator for Queensland. There’s nothing like a setback coinciding with a significant life event to put one in a [...]

Dave Rubin is a rising star in the online world. He regularly sits down with various public intellectuals to debate culture, politics and – with increasing frequency – religion. His YouTube channel The Rubin Report has more than 1 million subscribers. A gay man from [...]

Have you ever felt others were better than you? That they were more accomplished, better looking? Did this ever pressure you to be a better ‘you’? If so, you’re not alone. Feeling pressure to upgrade ‘you’ is normal in our modern world. In this world, [...]

You must read about “A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption”: Becket Cook had it all: friends, fame and fortune. The young American had a great, well-paid career as a production designer which allowed him to travel the world and hobnob with Hollywood elites and [...]

I am fascinated by what people say and think before they leave the planet. Wisdom is sometimes very costly and as you consider the past, you can understand the future better. Dr Bruce Robinson, probably Australia’s bestselling fatherhood author, wrote his book, Fathering from the [...]

Rand Paul’s new book on socialism is a must-read: Today there are far too many Westerners – including politicians, opinion-makers and leaders – who are seemingly oblivious to the historical record concerning socialism. Sadly we have people like Jeremy Corbyn in the UK and Bernie [...]

My wife got me a book for Father’s Day called “Dear Dad”. It is a collection of letters to fathers, edited by Samuel Johnson OAM. The description on the back cover says, “A heartfelt, honest and very human book of letters that will make you [...]

What They Saw begins with the acclamation that ordinary people can make a difference; that is, ordinary people with a testimony and enough chutzpah to share it. Being sworn to secrecy, that’s just what author Monica Bennett-Ryan and her co-workers had to demonstrate to confront [...]

“All you need is a good idea, followed by action and an ongoing commitment to hard work, and much can be achieved!” These are the words of George Ronalds, a man who practised what he preached. Though his life was filled with faith, hard work, [...]

Ask any tyrant or dictator how best to set up shop, and one of the first answers will be this: totally control the flow of information. Determine what people can see or read – or even think. Ban all books, authors and even ideas which [...]

In his helpful and timely book, God Is Good For You, Greg Sheridan quotes the Cistercian Father Michael Casey on the modern postmodern movement. Drawing on the work of French sociologist, the late Jean Baudillard, Casey posits that the five qualities postmodernism lacks are ‘depth, [...]

Jordan Peterson has been called the “the stupid man’s smart person”, and, one of my favorites, “a Messiah-cum-surrogate-dad for gormless dimwits”. Tiago Faleiro believes “He is the worst intellectual of our time”. He is, according to the New York Times, “a patriarchal pseudointellectual, riding his [...]