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An in-depth analysis of Australian politics during the last few decades of societal upheaval and economic woes. What values and principles guide our major parties? In 1999, Australia conducted its largest taxpayer-funded focus group -- the referendum on a republic. Voting in the referendum was [...]

We can learn a lot from Moses and his concern for God’s glory. If you are like me, you may often worry about what others think of you. What should really concern us, however, is what God thinks of us. After all, the fear of [...]

We are living in an era where social breakdown and moral decay are drawing heavily on the state's resources and collective wisdom. The elucidative bankruptcy of the state’s ‘wise men’ is being exposed, as surely as it was in the ancient empires of Egypt and [...]

I didn’t answer when my friend called the other day. I wasn’t ready to hear her apology. I was still angry and in a strange way, I was prepared to stay that way. While I was really missing the fun we shared, angry me had [...]

This new volume offers us plenty of help in dealing with various difficulties found in Scripture. If you are familiar with key contemporary Christian apologists, you would know of Paul Copan. I happen to have 22 of his books, and he has written more than [...]

When I was looking in the wrong place for enlightenment and peace, God gently guided me to Himself and granted me the gift of faith.

The Northern Territory’s Labor Chief Minister says she will not back any “race-based” intervention in besieged Alice Springs, despite the town’s two Aboriginal MPs demanding alcohol bans to curb out-of-control violence and calling the crisis a bigger priority than the Voice referendum. After weeks of [...]

The cross of Jesus Christ is the central reality of Christianity. Be inspired by these powerful quotes on the profound significance of His sacrifice.

With everything we’re been facing in this world and praying for, God has been saying to me: Let's sound the shofar/trumpets of Victory. We Are His Soldiers Today See Judges 7 -- they didn't rely on a physical sword with only 300 men remaining, but [...]

Does climate change? If so, why? Is there really a climate crisis? If there isn’t, then why do so many believe there is? Is climate change a religion? In drafting this essay, I have drawn heavily on my own training and experience as a teacher [...]

A childhood survivor of both Nazi occupation and Communist concentration camps (gulags) is among eleven pro-life activists facing conspiracy charges for protesting abortion. Eighty-seven-year-old Eva Edl, who miraculously lived to testify to the Soviets' “anti-fascist” murderous persecution of Eastern Europeans with German heritage, told The [...]

This is the supreme part of the Christian life. I continue offering some fantastic quotes from the book Whatever Happened to Worship? edited and compiled by Gerald B. Smith (Moody, 1985, 2012). With so many inspiring and moving quotations to be found in the book, [...]

Since the 1980s, there’s been an increasingly common slogan. The phrase is synonymous with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights, self-determination, and sovereignty. “Always Was, Always Will Be” has become an expression of grievance and unhappiness. But does the concept fit within a Biblical [...]

These are some of the most important things we can ever dwell upon. The other day I shared this quote from R. C. Sproul: “The point of the exodus was not simply to redeem people from oppression, but to redeem them to something: from slavery [...]

Djokovic's historic Australian Open win is a reminder that principles matter more than victory, and that adversity can be the best medicine. Last night Novak Djokovic made Australian history, winning his 10th Australian Open title at an electric Rod Laver Arena, defeating up-and-coming Stefanos Tsitsipas [...]

Jonathan Roumie, who stars as Jesus in the popular crowd-funded television series The Chosen, spoke on Friday 20 January at the annual March for Life in Washington, DC. He proclaimed: “God is real and He is completely in love with you because you are all [...]

What we must know about ‘tolerance’. Tolerance used to be understood to mean respectfully disagreeing with others. It implied the fact that two people differed on some matter. But today it has come to mean something quite different. Today it means you must agree with [...]

I came across this fascinating argument from William of Ockham in the deliciously named On The Tyrannical Ascendancy of the Pope (early 1340s): "But after sin, because among men there grew up avarice and the desire to possess and use temporal things wrongly, it was [...]

A simple truth that we must rediscover is that the Word of God is clear and can be understood by anyone. One of the liberating truths rediscovered during the Reformation is known as the perspicuity of Scripture. Essentially, it means that the plain meaning of [...]

Everyone must be aware of the dangers of idolatry. As will become quite clear after reading the following quotes, an idol is anything we put in the place of the one true God. It can be your job, your car, your spouse, your hobby, your [...]