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In this morning’s reading, I came upon a really encouraging passage, as I often do. 2 Kings 20:5 states: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you.” This comes from the familiar story of King Hezekiah. Below I [...]

By Jason Mandryk. Our global God is always on the move, says Jason Mandryk. To take just one example, there is good reason to think there are more than one million believers in the Islamic Republic of Iran. And you can be certain that none [...]

Some of you might be wondering if I am starting to lose it. ‘Praising disbelief? I thought you were a champion of belief and faith!’ Well, I certainly do stress the vital importance of a strong faith and solid belief. But that does not mean [...]

The film 'Jesus Revolution' has been wildly popular. Read these true accounts of how the Jesus Movement impacted Australia during that heady era. The following is an excerpt from Kurt Mahlburg and Warwick Marsh’s latest book, Great Southland Revival: Tracing the Spirit’s Flame from Acts [...]

Yes, the Christian can have great joy amidst suffering. The Christian faith is a paradoxical faith. We all know many of these paradoxes: we get new life out of death; we only obtain glory via the cross; we fully become ourselves when we deny ourselves; [...]

None of us are anywhere close to perfection, yet God still chooses to use us. Here is a wonder of wonders: God in his matchless mercy and grace takes hardened sinners, saves them, and uses them for his purposes. But what is really incredible is the [...]

In the modern world, we all know that science beats religion. Science is supposedly about reality, reason, and sensible progress. Religion is supposedly about unprovable beliefs, irrationality, and ‘stuck-in-the-past’ traditions. When there’s a dispute between the two, we are all modern intelligent people. Religion is [...]

A wife and mother shares her testimony and reminds the Western church of the immense value of Cultural Christianity. In recent years the Western world has witnessed a fast fade of what we might call ‘Cultural Christianity’. Less people are attending church, the Christian moral [...]

God is doing far more than what we are aware of. Why do you do what you do? If you are a Christian you should be doing ‘all things for the glory of God’ as Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 10:31. That should be [...]

If you’re anything like me, sometimes the anticipation of meeting someone, or going on a dreamed-of holiday just doesn’t live up to expectations. The old ‘yes, this will be awesome!’ fizzles to meh... However, every once in a while, the expectations, or hopes actually pan [...]

Like so many others, I was part of two major counter-cultures in my youth. From around the age of 15 to 18 I was heavily involved in the 60s counter-culture with its rebellion, rock music, drugs, new left politics, and all the rest. But when [...]

Jesus Revolution began screening in Australian cinemas on Thursday, but it's already had a big impact. It launched in over 160 theatres – which is double the normal number for a faith film. It's the biggest-ever launch of a faith film in Australia! On its opening [...]

When megachurches are publicly critiqued, sometimes it is well-deserved. It is a general truth that if believers are fed a diet of faulty, questionable or incorrect teaching, this may very well show up in how they live. Just as orthodoxy (good teaching) is needed for orthopraxis (good [...]

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has now released a Consultation Paper for its current reference on “Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws”. The paper, while formally acknowledging the importance of religious freedom and parental rights, will be a serious disappointment to those involved in [...]

Now that we’ve seen (and heard) how Handel deals with the prophetic nature of the crucifixion, we next come to the resurrection, the ascension, as well as His enthronement as the glorified Son. As with the section on Messiah’s ministry, this section is quite brief, [...]

This is a helpful antidote to so much of what ails us. The other day I penned a piece noting two radically different lifestyles. I noted that we can judge a culture by some of its more popular television programs, including hit reality TV shows. [...]

Australia is being remade, right before our very eyes. A Catholic group has been banned from a hall founded by the Tasmanian Council of Churches because the Catholic group dares to assert that gender is a fixed biological reality. What should be obvious to anyone [...]

Anyone who has read the account of Lewis’ conversion in Surprised By Joy will know that the penultimate chapter is titled “Checkmate”. There he discusses some of the final steps that led him to abandon his atheism and move through from theism to Christianity. If, by some [...]

What on earth could a caterpillar have to do with politics or worship or – wait for it – the Voice? My Dream On the night of 24 March, I had a strange dream about a caterpillar-like creature. It was light blue and see-through, and [...]

Intention To encounter the life-giving ways of the kingdom and grow in them by giving attention to our inner health and managing the functions of our hearts. Scripture “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I [...]