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As has been well-documented, pornography is a massive problem in today’s world. Whereas in previous years the challenge was how to access it, the issue now is how to avoid it. And the innovation of the internet has contributed to its ubiquity. In response, there [...]

President Donald Trump is, how shall we say, controversial. As theologian Wayne Grudem puts it: "[Trump] is egotistical, bombastic, and brash. He often lacks nuance in his statements. Sometimes he blurts out mistaken ideas … that he later must abandon. He insults people. He can [...]

Intention It is time for us to listen to the voice of God, the just judge, and to take action on behalf of the defenceless. Scripture “All rise! For God now comes to judge as he convenes heaven’s courtroom. He judges every judge and rules [...]

This week’s Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden signalled a new nadir in public discourse. Like so many others, I literally switched off after approximately twenty-minutes. I just couldn’t take any more. In a sign of how crazy things have become, the following [...]

Having been involved in the Washington for Jesus Rally in the US in 1980, it inspired us to do something similar in Australia. As a result, we joined others in the National Gathering of 1988 in Canberra, when our PM at the time, Bob Hawke, [...]

Yes, Christians are called to speak truth to power: I realise that those who use the phrase found in my title are often those of the left -- including the religious left and the social justice warriors. But it should be something all concerned Christians [...]

Intention God entrusts us with an amazing responsibility: the care of new life. May our communities learn to value and nourish each person, especially pregnant mothers and the children they carry. Scripture “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come [...]

I’ve noticed it, and I’m sure you have too. We’re facing a time of major cultural upheaval across the Western world. Divisions run deep, and the cultural rifts that have long sat silentbeneath our feet are emerging in the light of COVID-19 and the U.S. [...]

Amy Coney Barrett. That’s the woman President Trump is nominating to be the next Supreme Court Justice, replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At only 48 years old, this is an appointment that is truly once in a generation. According to The Weekend Australian, “Barrett is deeply [...]

Let the wicked forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts... for your thoughts are not My thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and [...]

By Russell Moore, The Gospel Coalition USA. ___ In Walter Percey’s novel The Moviegoer, the protagonist Binx Bolling reflects: Whenever I feel bad, I go to the library and read controversial periodicals. Though I do not know whether I am a liberal or a conservative, [...]

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonours you I will curse, and in you all [...]

A month before the 2016 U.S. election, author and “futurist” Lance Wallnau released a book entitled God’s Chaos Candidate. In this book, Wallnau went against the odds and almost every poll and pundit to correctly predict Donald Trump as the next president.

“What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.” ~ [...]

New Year’s Eve 2000 was celebrated on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by recognition of Arthur Stace’s Christian message, repeatedly chalked on Sydney streets over many years. My daughter asked: "Why that word -- 'Eternity'?" I typed up the history, as she wished to place it [...]

As always, some clear thinking on the matter of faith and politics is needed: Discussions and debates about Christian political involvement will always be with us, and I will need to keep writing about this, as there always seems to be so much fuzzy thinking [...]

May You Have a Good and Sweet New Year? At the beginning of the year, we were all contemplating what would lie ahead; some of us prayed and sought the Lord concerning the year, and prepared our hearts for what lay ahead. A few prophets [...]

You may have heard this argument before: how dare we speak of religious persecution in the West when the persecution of Christians in other nations is so horrific? I agree wholeheartedly that persecution in the non-Western world is a terrible injustice that we have an [...]

As we come together to pray later this month at the National Solemn Assembly, I am not so much looking to place petitions before the Lord, but for the Holy Spirit to renew our minds, to guide our thinking for action in the current challenges. [...]

[Note: This article is based on an actual letter. The recipient’s name and some minor details have been changed.] Aug. 5, 2020 Dear Zachary, Thank you for your thoughtful, honest email explaining why you felt frustration and anger about my public support of Donald Trump. [...]