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A former atheist from China reflects on how post-Christian Australians have a similar mentality to her former comrades, not appreciating the great gift of faith in Christ which is their inheritance. When I was on parenting leave, our family of three went to live for [...]

The world’s most influential public intellectual has a long list of absorbing projects ahead. Jordan Peterson recently penned a spectacular op-ed to announce his resignation as a tenured professor at the University of Toronto. The piece was a scathing takedown of the woke monoculture of [...]

With bright colours and happy slogans, Australian sporting leagues have turned ideological conformity into a de facto test for a spot on the field. Whatever happened to tolerance? Haneen Zreika was the first Muslim to play in the AFLW. Debuting in 2019, the Greater Western [...]

A young woman from China, raised an atheist, shares her testimony of how she came to know God through faith and reason, a process that helps her minister to Australian youths today. This is the story of how I came to find my identity in [...]

Does God not know certain things? Is this the right interpretation of certain Old Testament passages? Or were those passages written from a human point of view as a literary technique? The verse I am examining today is once again not necessarily difficult, but it [...]

Is every law just or moral just because it has been legislated or decreed? Or are human laws capable of corruption, just as humans are capable of frailty? You can tell when Statist propaganda and leftist narratives are really having an impact: you get the [...]

The ethics of receiving a vaccine for coronavirus are hotly debated, but that does not mean we can allow these disagreements to fracture our church communities. While the Omicron strain impacts our world, differing views of vaccines and vaccine mandates are impacting our churches. Disagreement [...]

With divorce on the rise and the challenges of living together with another flawed human being, people question the need to be married. But marriage continues to be the lifeblood of communities, linking people in familial bonds of love across the nations and generations. More [...]

The Book of Exodus holds comforting truths for us today. God is with us in our suffering, and He will deliver us in His time, when it is best for our eternal salvation. It was A. W. Tozer who famously said in the opening of [...]

What happens to our society when we remove the supporting pillars or load-bearing wall of Christian ethics? Are we destroying the foundations of our common home? Many years ago, hubby and I decided to make our old home ‘open plan’. It was where Ivan had [...]

Open Doors just released its 2022 'World Watch List' which ranks the 50 countries where it is most difficult to follow Jesus. For the first time in two decades, North Korea is not in top spot due to the worsening situation in Afghanistan. Open Doors [...]

Is freedom found in having a plethora of choices and never committing to one? Or is it rooted in discovering your life's purpose and pursuing it to the best of your ability, by the grace of God? Freedom consists not in doing what we like, [...]

A trauma survivor reflects on her healing by the grace of God, and how we can bless others through the wounds we have suffered. Scars. We all have them. I think the first time I became truly aware of the impact of scars was the [...]

The Indigenous of Central Australia experience much suffering and sorrow, but they continue to display a firm faith in God's saving grace; life triumphs over death. During our Sunday service a few weeks ago, we saw evidence of a miracle. An Indigenous woman in her [...]

Many people nowadays see having children as an inconvenience, a task which is far too difficult and life-altering. Instead, they devote their affections and resources to pampering their pets or "furbabies". Pope Francis spoke some hard truths on this matter. The Ruth Institute seconded Pope [...]

The late Walter Williams produced many pithy observations about a variety of topics, including virtue, liberty, government, poverty and race relations. Some cogent quotes of his are reproduced here. A year ago I wrote about the passing of the great American economist and political commentator [...]

Reflecting on the Word of God, we have been given clear instructions on how to be released from generational and habitual patterns of sin, allowing God's grace to cleanse and heal us as individuals, families and as a nation. The last National Day of Repentance [...]

Editor's Note: Dr Kurtis Budden has written a very well-researched and thorough article about the many issues surrounding Covid vaccinations. The team at the Canberra Declaration agree with his ethical conclusion that Covid vaccines should not be mandated. Having said that, we have doubts regarding [...]

Western leaders now use ruthless rhetoric against the vaccine free, calling them extremists, dangerous, outcasts, no longer citizens. Demonising minorities is back – and it's a sign of our post-Christian times. History does not look kindly upon societies — or political leaders — who demonise [...]

Stay away from this occultic tool of dubious New Age spirituality and Sufi fortune-telling roots. It is not a mere personality test and cannot be made compatible with faith in Jesus. Many Christians are getting into the Enneagram. They shouldn’t be. Folks may claim that [...]