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In 1971, America’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, passed a pro-abortion resolution. Today, it is one of the most influential proponents of life. What changed? The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) -- according to its website -- is “a collection of like-minded churches working [...]

The Jesus-Haus in Herrnhut is the fruit of the Moravian movement which started 300 years ago. Here is the account of a Czech-Australian's personal faith journey intertwined with the wonderful history of the prayer initiative. What a wonderful book launch by the Canberra Declaration we [...]

What a momentous decision this was, a win for democracy and humanity. The SCOTUS judges responsible for overturning Roe v Wade are to be commended for their courage and clear legal thinking. While the pro-abortion Left threatens further violence, we must begin to rebuild the [...]

Donald Trump was instrumental in placing judges on the Supreme Court who acted on the fact that Roe vs. Wade was based on bad legal reasoning. Yet, he gives all credit to God for the astounding developments last Friday. The unconstitutional decision of Roe vs. [...]

The US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade is a major victory for the unborn. However, the benefits of Friday's decision are even more far-reaching than you may have considered.

The horrendous judgement Roe v Wade, based on a grievous lie by the plaintiff and unsound reasoning by the male judges, has been overturned on a very significant day, and in a most significant year. On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, seven [...]

Pope Francis insists that we do not require nuclear weapons or the lose-lose policy of mutually-assured destruction to maintain world peace and security. There is a better way forward than holding threats of total annihilation over the heads of humanity. An ailing Pope Francis has [...]

Assessing the rhetoric of the God-haters. The arguments and attitude of secularists toward religion and religious adherents, in particular Christians, can be rather contrary and confusing. Those who hate God and religion -- especially Christianity -- like to pride themselves on how intelligent they are [...]

The chaplaincy programme in state schools throughout Australia is now under threat from the new Labor government. This will be to the detriment of student wellbeing. Chaplains provide vital support for our children, particularly those in disadvantaged circumstances. Jane Caro recently wrote an article expressing [...]

Church leaders -- and their families -- sure do need our prayers. Being the kids of a pastor comes with extra pressures and challenges. Pastors' and missionaries' families need community support and holy friendship even more as they navigate the ups and downs of a [...]

Let us summon the strength and discipline to tune out of the spiritual and cultural white noise that daily assaults us from every direction, and listen to God's voice in the silence of our hearts, reading His Word and abiding by His ways. “What? I [...]

Where are the prophets among us? We are called to speak God's truth to the people we encounter in our lives. If we, the Body of Christ, are silent, who will speak to them? They need our prophetic witness. What follows might sound quite strange [...]

In praise of Christian misfits. Following Christ naturally means being at odds with the world around us. Embrace your peculiarity; never be ashamed of being a fool for God. Maladjusted Christians? Yes, in the eyes of the world this will always be the case. And [...]

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) [...]