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A remarkable evangelical teacher and theologian has just passed away: One of the greatest and most influential evangelical leaders of our time has just passed away at 93 years of age. James Innell Packer was certainly one of the leading lights of English and North [...]

This post may be confronting for some people. Please know that at times we are all challenged, and just take your feelings to God. The deep longing and desire for us to have a significant and meaningful relationship with God and each other is a [...]

Sometimes it feels like the progressive juggernaut is so pernicious that it’s just a cultural fait accompli. But then people like Bernard Gaynor happen. A man who stands by the motto: “Stand Tall. Fight Hard”. Gaynor is the epitome of the true “freedom fighter” in [...]

The wise build, while the fool destroys: We live in a time in the West where the work of centuries is being undone in days and weeks. Western civilisation took many hundreds of years to build, but it is being destroyed overnight. The radical left [...]

By Eugene Peterson. Note: This article is taken from Eugene Peterson's book, The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. Eugene H. Peterson was a longtime pastor and is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His many other [...]

Acts 17:26 tells us, “From one man He made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.” God also sets in place authorities in the land, [...]

by George Cardinal Pell Editor’s Note: Cardinal Pell reflects on how faith and prayer sustained him through his wrongful imprisonment. View the original article at The Australian here and subscribe to The Australian here. ___ There is a lot of goodness in prisons. At times, [...]

Margaret Court is not only Australia’s greatest ever tennis player, but she is also proving to be something of a lightning rod regarding religious freedom.

But He said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you." And with that He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." ~ John 6:20; [...]

The endgame for the militant left is the destruction of Christianity: Those who hate the West and want to see its downfall also tend to hate Christianity and seek its demise as well. That is because Western Civilisation is in good measure the product of [...]

The Australian journalist Greg Sheridan has quipped that these days, “the academic fashion is to attack Western civilisation, not study it.” With historic statues being trashed and toppled around the western world, and accusations of systemic racism being levelled against the fairest societies that history [...]

Every Saturday, our church makes coffee for a street in our neighbourhood, to touch base with the community. Last weekend, my wife and I debated taking our 18-month old daughter along, since we knew it would be faster if she wasn’t there. We were right [...]

One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given regarding preaching was to write the passage out by hand. I know it sounds pedantic, and maybe even a little ‘legalistic’, but it has been one of the best ways to grow in my [...]

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among [...]

Now the radicals are demanding that Christian imagery and monuments come down as well: The radical secular left’s assault on the West is now in full swing, and it is clear that this is an all-out war. It is a war not only on Western [...]

Local officials threatened that her subsidy would be stopped unless she removed images of Jesus from her home. FUZHOU, China, June 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic widow in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, has had her pension revoked because she refused to renounce her faith. [...]

Aussies are a laid-back bunch. That’s partly why we don’t like to talk religion or politics in polite company. When these topics come up at a dinner party, our impulse is to keep it light-hearted, or make a point of cutting down the tall poppies, [...]

Wow! Seventy-five days of prayer by the Canberra Declaration! It is not just an achievement by the Canberra Declaration and all the wonderful praying hearts who prayed with us in this season, but it has shifted something in our beloved Australia. We as the family [...]

“For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” ~ [...]

Many pastors spend many hours rallying their congregations to participate in the Great Commission. They preach about the importance of mission and evangelism. They compel us to go, not stay. They dare us to leave our comfort zones and make disciples. I'm a pastor. I [...]