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What price would you pay to follow Jesus? Five hundred years ago, the people of Europe whispered of a mysterious ‘Garden of Eden’ across the seas. It was a distant paradise better known as the Spice Islands, the home of cloves and nutmeg. In London [...]

Thousands of child sex abuse cases in the Scouts. Should we be surprised? Over a century ago Englishman Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts, and with his sister, the Girl Guides. These groups were set up to instill in young people strong religious and moral [...]

Izzy is no longer allowed to play sport in Australia—of every sporting code—and so he has been forced to take up a contract overseas. But that hasn’t stopped a hostile media from relentlessly pursuing him to create a story, even when there isn’t one. Take [...]

The new film about Mr Rogers is part biography, part Hollywood humanism: Given that the 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood has to do with a well-known American television personality whom most Australians may never have heard of, I guess that explains why [...]

It’s becoming more obvious with each passing year, and just about everyone in the West will agree: to be a Christian means to walk out of step with mainstream culture. It’s such a fixed feature of modern life that Christians have adapted a variety of [...]

Have you ever felt others were better than you? That they were more accomplished, better looking? Did this ever pressure you to be a better ‘you’? If so, you’re not alone. Feeling pressure to upgrade ‘you’ is normal in our modern world. In this world, [...]

Author Anonymous. All across China, people are talking about Dr Li Wen Liang. He was the doctor who discovered the novel coronavirus; in the early morning of 7 Feb, at 2:58AM, he was promoted into glory and went home to be with our Father in [...]

Some time ago, Steve De Keijzer told me a humbling but wonderful experience he had with his 16-year-old daughter. Steve’s daughter had an assignment from school to write a story on a person who had a profound impact on her life. She chose to write [...]

As the West continues to decline, what will it take to turn things around? As the days grow ever darker in the West, the battles are intensifying. And they are being fought on every level: the political, the cultural, the social, the legislative, the ideological, [...]

To God be the Glory. It is raining or it has rained in every state of Australia in the last 5 weeks, and there is lot more rain on its way. (See BOM Rainfall maps below). Ever since the intense burst of prayer in the [...]

Editor's Note: This heartfelt article by Kevin Donnelly, reflecting on the terrible tragedy of four children being killed by a drunk driver (with three others injured, one in a coma), reminds us that in our Christian faith, there is still hope in the face of [...]

There’s a great myth around modern identity. It’s the idea that you must look inside yourself to discover your deepest desires and dreams, and to express them. You must do this yourself, the thinking goes: you mustn’t rely on anyone else to affirm and tell [...]

Our culture is being poisoned by all this: The three items found in my title pretty much sum up where Western culture is now largely at. Indeed, we are awash in such things. But if you are unsure as to what exactly these three isms [...]

INVITE: JOIN US FOR AUSTRALIA DAY PRAYER CANBERRA 25-27 JAN 20 Registration forms for Australia Day Prayer are available at www.reconciliationandpeace.org Australia as a nation is used to extreme weather conditions of fire, drought, flood and cyclones. In fact, wildfires are a natural part of [...]

Inquire and Obey Those of us who have been praying for the nation of Australia for decades, or even the last months, may identify with David in 1 Samuel 30. David and his men returned from battle to find their city had been burned, and [...]

We mourn with those who have lost loved ones and property in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires. And yet, through the smoke, we can see the hand of God in many miraculous events that have taken place.

Note: I wrote this article with the general Christian population in mind, and not for those who have lost homes or loved ones. If you have recently been traumatised by loss in this bushfire season, you may want to consider reading this article at a [...]

If you’re a subscriber on Netflix, you may have recently come across the film The First Temptation of Christ. It is a Netflix Original (it premiered on Netflix) and was produced by a Brazilian comedy troupe, Porta dos Fundos. The film is centred around Jesus [...]

Anderson George shares his views on Aboriginal Christian spirituality, and whether or not believers should participate in Aboriginal ceremonies.

Sometimes you get a treasured text from your child that signifies a milestone in your relationship, or just a job well done. I remember in 2004, when we ran our first Dads and Kids Bush Camp at Wollondilly River, my daughter was 11 years old [...]