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Editor’s Note: this story was sent in to us by Corneliu, who took part in the GO21 month of prayer and evangelism during May. ___ Recently, I had my iPhone up for sale on Gumtree for $1,000. A young man contacted me, telling me that [...]

The uprising of the woke generation. We are in a bitter culture war. Young people are graduating our education system not with freedom and diversity of thought, but with a new framework for understanding life -- a new worldview -- which is somewhat angry, anti-authority [...]

(This is an edited version of the first part of a talk I gave to Christian school principals at the recent Christian Schools Australia National Policy Forum in Canberra.) On September 23rd 2019, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg addressed the UN’s Climate Action Summit. She began: [...]

Part 3 of a series on the identity of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus is God: fully human, and fully divine. As we saw in Part 2, Jesus was fully convinced that He was God, and He wanted people to see Him as part of a [...]

Our Working Lives From sun-up to sun-down, 81-year old Queensland wheat farmer John Larsen works and takes care of his 240 hectares of land. He and his wife Audrey have lived there since they were married in 1962. There they raised four children. He ploughs [...]

In traditional Aboriginal culture, there are laws about all of life and how to care for the land. In the Kimberley we have 8 male and 8 female skin names: Mother/Wife – Father/Husband Nambiyin – Jangari Nagada – Jawilyi Nyajadi – Jagada Nangari – Jambiyin [...]

In what has to be one of the most gracious media releases ever, the Atheists in Kenya Society recently announced on Twitter that their Secretary, Mr. Seth Mahiga, has resigned because “he has found Jesus Christ and is no longer interested in promoting atheism in [...]

Since I came to Australia a couple of years ago, there is one word, associated with an Australian actor, which has been shouted at me more than any other. Mel Gibson’s portrayal of the Scottish hero, William Wallace, is summed up by his crying in [...]

Since the 1960s, Hinduism has profoundly shaped the West. But it goes beyond vegan food, henna and hippy culture. We’re all one with God; there’s a divine spark within each of us; I’ll find my own path -- all of these Hindu ideas have gone [...]

Thursday the 28th of May marks the start of National Reconciliation Week. However, it’s difficult to see how true reconciliation can occur when falsehoods continue to be perpetrated. Just note the following example from Reconciliation Australia, which ironically comes under the sub-heading Beyond the Myths: [...]

Seen as a Living Death Dementia is a progressive terminal illness which affects thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday tasks. It is caused by a wide range of physical diseases of the brain including Alzheimer’s. Most people with dementia are older, but dementia [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about honour lately, or perhaps the lack of it in today’s culture, particularly manly honour. What is it exactly and why has it lost its value in our culture. According to Collins Dictionary: Honour means doing what you believe to [...]

Part 2 of a series on the identity of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus is God: fully human, and fully divine. As we saw in Part 1, knowing and believing Jesus’ true identity is essential for saving faith -- it is a matter of eternal life [...]

How should the Christian think about the issue of rebellion? One of the memes making the rounds on the social media is from the late US comedian and social activist George Carlin. It says this: “Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to [...]

The police took my grandmother away when my mum was about seven. Her story about the stolen generations haunted me for years, but she was a Christian and taught me to forgive and be set free.

A Study of Surviving Published Materials about Evangelical Revivals in Australia up to 1880. Dapto Revival 1838 The year 1838 saw the arrival of a layman, John Vidler, in the Illawarra area, to work as a farm labourer. "He held his first service some time [...]

A woman by her very nature is maternal – for every woman, whether married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological, or spiritual mother — she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for [...]

In this series, we are considering the seven pillars of wisdom mentioned in Proverbs 9:1, which I contend are prudence, discernment, knowledge, discretion, judgment, understanding and counsel. Pillar Four: Discretion Psalm 112:5 tells us that a good man “will guide his affairs with discretion”. Proverbs [...]

I grew up on a farm in the Adelaide Hills, running through corn patches and building cubby houses with my sisters on the banks of our creek. I have great memories of my childhood. I was blessed to grow up in a Christian family, and [...]

We are excited as we receive reports telling a little of what God is doing around the nation this year. Historically, here have been many moves of God’s Holy Spirit in Australia. The 1979 firestorm in Arnhem Land spread to most of the nation as [...]