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Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention The beauty of hiddenness is birthed in the overwhelming glory of the One in whom we are found. Scripture “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in [...]

Some of the great saints of recent times need to be spiritually bathed in more than merely written about. Reading their books and hearing their sermons is often far superior to just reading a written report about them. This is certainly true about the great [...]

Intention To love God and each other indeed and in truth. Scripture “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees [...]

Memorable quotes from Chesterton’s memorable book. OK, I confess. I have a copy of G. K. Chesterton’s 1908 classic Orthodoxy in my hands once again. It is never far from my side, and I revisit it regularly. I have often said that Chesterton is my all-time favourite author and Orthodoxy is my all-time favourite [...]

Intention To increase in prayer, taking up prayer as our artillery in spiritual warfare. Scripture “For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but divinely powerful toward the demolition of strongholds.” – 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (Berean Literal Bible) “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, [...]

As is so often the case, truth is stranger – and much more interesting – than fiction. Take, for example, the box office hit, Jesus Revolution, which is currently playing in theatres. In Australia, it is sitting at number eleven after four weeks in the [...]

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) is one of my favourite writers, and his 1908 volume Orthodoxy is one of my favourite books. He was an English writer, apologist, poet, essayist, and journalist. He was extremely prolific, having penned some 80 books, 400 essays, and many short stories, [...]

Intention To seek forgiveness from Jesus and come into complete alignment with Him. Scripture “For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven.” – John 20:23 Reflection In His first appearance to the Twelve following His resurrection, the risen Lord greets His confused disciples with [...]

How I lost the fight against the sexualisation of my kids and was forced out of the state education system in order to keep my kids safe. Firstly I wanted to say thanks to everyone who’s subscribed or reached out since I started this substack [...]

All of us face trials and hardships. Some come at us as shipwrecks out of the blue! How do we manage these trials? Do they crush us or make us stronger? Recently, I experienced one of these devastating challenges, unpredictable and gut-wrenching. I would describe [...]

Being ‘true to yourself’ is often the worst thing you can do. Often music can capture the way a culture thinks and feels. It can reflect both helpful and not-so-helpful things. For example, a popular song performed by various artists in 1967 and 1968 was “I’ve Gotta Be [...]

By Richard Eason. Emblazoned over the gates of what used to be Dachau concentration camp is this sombre warning: "Those who refuse to learn the lessons of history will be condemned to re-live them." Are today's Australians learning the lessons of history? Are we aware [...]

Fox News suddenly let go of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson last week, despite him bringing consistently high ratings to the network. There may not be an explicit reason for this move, but considering the nature of Carlson’s monologues, it offers another recent example of corporate [...]

I’m not normally one for doing movie reviews, but there is a film out at present that I’d highly commend. It’s called, Jesus Revolution and it tells the story of the Christian revival which occurred in America during the 1960s, especially in California. Many of [...]

One of the biggest benefits of homeschooling is the healthy distance home education puts between politics, their peers, and our kids. We live in an era where the government is God, and its priesthood is post-modernist partisan activism. A time when parents are told to [...]

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; [...]