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Liberal supporters disappointed that Scott Morrison wasn’t interested in fighting the Culture Wars will be dismayed to discover that Peter Dutton seems intent on fighting them, but for the other side. The Opposition leader took time out from not opposing Net Zero madness to vilify [...]

Is Jesus able to save even the most vile sinner? Warning: graphic content ahead. My question is this: are some people such horrific and evil sinners that they are beyond being saved? Are there such diabolical monsters out there who have committed such repulsive and [...]

The Canberra Declaration has been organising 72 Hours of Praise, Prayer & Worship to God for Revival in Australia. This campaign is launching today at midday and we would love to see you there. You can join us any time you are able on Zoom [...]

How should we live in these changing times? How do we continue to bear witness to Christ's Gospel in the face of outright hostility and incomprehension? My theme is simple. As I have said so often over the years, the once-Christian West is no more. [...]

This new book is a much-needed challenge to our complacent Christianity. What does today's world ask of the church? We must be ready to respond in faith. I and many others have long been saying that the church in the West -- be it America [...]

Bart Barber, the US Southern Baptist Convention president, has been grilled in a recent interview by 60 Minutes host Anderson Cooper. The conversation highlights the increasing dissonance between the Christian worldview and the culture around us. Bart Barber, the recently elected president of the influential [...]

An open letter to Essendon Football Club on how their recent kerfuffle over Andrew Thorburn's religious values sends a message to conservative immigrants and refugees that they aren't welcome either. Dear Essendon FC, I realise you've been in the news recently because of the resignation [...]

“Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” -- Hamlet On September 9, 2022, another post-Elizabethan age commenced. The trumpeting flourishes and age-old scripts proclaimed a new monarch, King Charles III. British Prime Minister Liz Truss [...]

Revival starts at the level of individual consecration, surrender and spiritual growth. This passage in Ephesians 3 provides some awestriking insights into the process and nature of personal revival. Revival is a very personal thing. It is about new life. It’s about consecrating our lives [...]

The Canberra Declaration is organising 72 Hours of Praise, Prayer & Worship to God for Revival in Australia. You can join us on Zoom from midday Friday, 14 October to midday Monday, 17 October 2022 (NSW Time). This time of prayer & worship will [...]

Handel's Messiah draws on scriptural prophecies of a time of persecution, which will be followed by a great revival and the coming of Christ. In the first article of this series, I gave an introduction to what I believe is not only one of the [...]

Intention Our call is to minister the Gospel (good news) of the Kingdom of God. Scripture “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of [...]

Andrew Thorburn, who was recently appointed CEO of the Essendon Football Club, has been pushed out of his job on account of the views and moral beliefs of the church he belongs to and on whose board of management he sits. Those views, which even [...]

The Presbyterian Church of Tasmania expresses its deep concern at recent events surrounding the resignation of Andrew Thorburn as chief executive of the AFL’s Essendon Football Club.

Churches in Victoria must mobilise their congregations to vote Daniel Andrews out of office. Sure the Liberals are hopeless, but at least they don’t hate Christians. The same cannot be said for the Andrews government. Not only does the Victorian Labor government continually enact legislation [...]

The mob now attacking Andrew Thorburn for his faith was first discipled by Thorburn while he was NAB's pro-LGBT chief executive.

Just how should believers respond to persecution? Some things are worth writing about -- and often. The rise and rise of anti-Christian bigotry, hatred and discrimination in the West in general is one such topic. So too is the ruthless hounding out of a job [...]

What does the Essendon Football Club debacle demonstrate about how the "virtue" of "tolerance" has changed in modern Western society? There has been a great deal written in the past day or two by a number of Christian commentators on the “resignation” of the new [...]

After just a day on the job, new Essendon Bombers CEO Andrew Thorburn was pressured out of his role because of his unacceptable beliefs. His beliefs have been called not “compatible with leadership”.

That was a really fast case of anti-religious bigotry. Within 24 hours, Andrew Thorburn stepped down from his dream job as CEO of Essendon Football Club in Melbourne. Well, that did not take long. A brand new CEO has been forced out in record-breaking time. [...]