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The difference between the way of Jesus and every religion under the sun is two words: But God. Reconciliation is a theme familiar to us, especially in times marked by social hostility. Deep down, we long to see old grievances put aside, enemies become friends, [...]

The Chinese Community Party (CCP) plans to release a ‘Chinafied’ Bible with socialist values. An excerpt from John 8 makes its intentions crystal clear. The CCP continues to ramp up its persecution of Christians. Crosses are burnt and removed from church buildings. Churches are heavily [...]

The story of the Sawi in South Papua reveals an incredible picture of the gospel, presenting Jesus as our 'Peace Child'. The Sawi are an ethnic group from South Papua in Indonesia, once infamous as cannibalistic headhunters. Today, the majority of Sawi are believers in [...]

Bernie Finn is still fighting for the unborn, for families, for the truth about gender, for freedom and faith, but now with a new party. Bernie Finn is a fighter for all the things you and I hold dear. He spent almost a quarter of [...]

The importance of setting up a home library. I like big libraries, and I cannot lie. That should come as no surprise to those who are familiar with me and this website. I like books, and I like reading. I have plenty of books, and [...]

The NSW Government is reviewing anti-discrimination law, proposing to update it according to "contemporary community standards". But what are these, how are they assessed, and by whom? The assumptions in this review are suspect, and they could have dire consequences for Christians, churches and Christian schools.

Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Francis Collins were among the recipients of the royalties, as an ethical shadow is cast over their Covid legacy. While Americans suffered under draconian mandates and struggled to put food on the table, scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of [...]

Mysterious Maui wildfires have drawn quick responses from churches and pastors, in spite of their own losses. King’s Pentecostal church (KC), which lost its Lahaina chapel in the fires, is sheltering over 700 in their Kahului Cathedral’s parking lot and auditorium. Among others, King’s is [...]

The Christian life is a disciplined life. There is no getting around it: the Christian life is meant to be a disciplined life. Like a good soldier, the believer disciplines himself to please his master and serve him effectively (see 2 Timothy 2:3-5 for example). [...]

Not too long ago, I took my teenage daughter and her friend to hear the singer Lorde in concert. There we are with 8000+ other fans, listening to Lorde’s Grammy Award-winning voice as she sings hits from her new Album Solar Power along with a few of her [...]

Climate change continues to manifest as destructive environmental events around the globe. Two years ago, a prayer movement known as Weather Watch Australia (WWA) was formed to combat extreme weather events facing Australia. WWA founder Samuel Hays said the prayer movement was inspired by the [...]

‘There’s some good in this world, and it is worth fighting for.’ While much of the West is caving in and going down the tubes in terms of the three big ticket items that I mention in my title, not everyone is so easily capitulating [...]

Australia has one of the highest youth suicide rates among the world’s developed nations, with 27.3 out of 100,000 Australian males aged 15 to 24 expected to kill themselves. In 1996, 2367 Australians killed themselves, and perhaps a quarter of million attempted suicide. Suicide is [...]

How should the church respond when health edicts try to close its doors? The way it always has, according to The Essential Church, a new film on Covid-era abuses.

An ACT government report accused Calvary Hospital of denying life-saving treatment to a woman who suffered a miscarriage, only one month before it forcibly acquired the hospital. But this grave allegation was false — a fact never acknowledged or apologised for.

From 28 August–17 September, the Canberra Declaration is holding 21 days of prayer and fasting for Australia and the globe. The title – “a wave of glory” – is based on Hab 2:14 where the prophet sees a coming day when the “glory of the [...]

Jerry Newcombe’s recent critique, of society downplaying dads, landed some good points. The American author attributed fatherlessness to a decades-long downward shift in attitudes towards men. Newcombe’s first grievance was directed at the Anglican Church. He blasted leaders for further demonising the use of “Father” [...]

Yuval Noah Harari, a World Economic Forum luminary, claims that humans are 'hackable animals'. He is a man with dangerous ideas and friends in high places. “We humans should get used to the idea that we are no longer mysterious souls. We are now hackable [...]