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Watch the latest episode of the Great Southland Revival podcast series with Kurt Mahlburg and Jeff Stacey. Jeff Stacey has made important contributions on Australia’s revival history. In 2003, he completed a thesis investigating the characteristic features of revival, comparing the revivals that took place [...]

Jan Hus planted seeds of faith which sprang forth in the Moravian prayer movement and continue to bear fruit today. It is a remarkable history of the movements of the Holy Spirit. I don’t very often watch videos of lectures, interviews or similar presentations, especially [...]

Kurt and Warwick discuss the challenge of personal daily renewal on the latest episode of the Great Southland Revival podcast. As part of our Great Southland Revival podcast series, I recently caught up with Warwick to talk all things revival. Our conversation covered a lot [...]

Earlier this month, radical pro-abortion activists infiltrated Lakewood Church, disrupting televangelist Joel Osteen’s Pentecost Sunday service. The celebrity pastor responded to the protesters with his trademark positivity. Over the past month or so, pro-abortion groups have targeted church services with disruptive demonstrations in historical response [...]

The Canberra Declaration's latest book, Moravian Miracle by Dr Jason Hubbard, is being released next week. It has received glowing endorsements from both Rick Warren and Mike Bickle. You are invited to the launch of Moravian Miracle: The 100 Year Prayer Meeting That Changed the [...]

We seem not to want to talk about suffering much. It can be an uncomfortable topic. But everyone goes through affliction, and the Bible does not shy away from discussing it. All of us can tend to be rather quiet about certain issues. For example, [...]

Human beings are not self-referential creatures. We have an innate desire for something transcendent, a reference point beyond ourselves. We are made for God. ‘Your days are numbered, Maverick. Your kind is heading for extinction.’ So said a US Admiral (played by actor Ed Harris) [...]

Another Christian institution sells its soul, capitulating to the ways of the world and celebrating sin. Why does Eerdmans have to jump onto the LGBT bandwagon? Some of the biggest and most famous Christian -- and mainly evangelical -- publishing houses in America would include [...]

Mary MacKillop was a marvellous Australian woman who dedicated her life to service of the poor, making sure that disadvantaged children received a good Christian education, a way to better their lives and lift their families out of poverty. The tiny face of the boy [...]

Even those who are trying to lead and mentor Christian youth can be ensnared by the lure of pornography. Porn is ubiquitous and soul-destroying. Together as a community, we can overcome this terrible temptation and walk in the freedom of Christ. One in five youth [...]

You will never be truly happy unless you do things God’s way. The divine economy is not of this world -- in fact, it is often paradoxical and quite the opposite of what is "common sense" on this mortal plane. Happiness and peace are not [...]

The modern attempt to situate all meaning in the self has led to an increase in anxiety and depression, along with a decline in resilience. Instead of basing our identity on God, we look elsewhere for our purpose and are inevitably disappointed. We’re the first [...]

An infamous spectacle from the 1980s reveals that Australians are not as immune to irrational fear — and the scapegoating of nonconformists — as we like to think. As the dust settles on Covid, many Australians are still trying to make sense of the radical [...]

The term ‘gain-of-function’ (GoF) research has come into everyday language since the revelations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) about the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, collaboration with their work on an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 [...]

Black lives matter to woke Westerners -- unless they're African Christians being massacred during worship. Then the news barely makes a blip on the radar of social justice warriors. Where are the marches in solidarity, and the monuments lit up across the world to mourn [...]

Many are concerned that the agenda of Australia’s new government will adversely affect people of faith. The legal experts at the Human Rights Law Alliance (HRLA) examined Labor’s policy platform and record to find out what we should expect over the next three years. The [...]

This ubiquitous chocolate brand was founded by a deeply Christian family. Enjoy some delicious bite-sized nuggets of the fascinating history behind Cadbury! This family changed society for the better in many ways. ‘What to bring when you’re told not to bring a thing.’ It’s Cadbury [...]

The World Prayer Assembly (WPA) 2022 in Indonesia was an immense source of grace, bringing the family of Christ together to worship and pray in unity. This wonderful event will be coming to Australian shores next year! Stay tuned. The suddenness of God is amazing. [...]

Listen to this insightful interview with Dr Jason Hubbard about the history of Zinzendorf and the Moravians, whose 300th anniversary will be celebrated later this month. Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) is a little-known figure from church history who deserves far more attention than [...]

The communication methods we choose matter, since all communication is a reflection of our God-given humanity. So choose wisely how you communicate. What is man? This is, perhaps, the great question of our age. The answer to this question impacts many modern dilemmas. What is [...]