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Last Monday night, the Canberra Declaration held a thanksgiving online Zoom prayer meeting for answered prayers for Cyclone Alfred. And what a fantastic night it was! Many from the affected areas gave testimonies of answered prayer.

Six New Zealand churches and one chapel were fired-bombed last month. If all this is news to you, it’s not because information is scarce. It’s because left-wing standards don’t register attacks on Christians, Christian property, or Christianity as a hate crime.

I do not want to minimise what believers in Syria and elsewhere are now experiencing. But whatever suffering and persecution we go through, we know that it is limited in duration, that Satan has been overcome and Christ’s enemies will be dealt with, and we will live with our Lord forever.

There’s much to worry about in this uncertain world — the world really is on fire. But as I think and blog about these issues, I try to process them in a way that draws me closer to God and His goodness rather than toward despair and fear.

Australian history professor and social critic Dr Chavura has offered his take on multiculturalism (not multiracialism) in Australia. Here are 10 points to ponder about its validity.

A deal between the new government, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian Democratic Forces in north-east Syria could bring a measure of peace and relief for persecuted Syrian Christians caught up in the recent fighting. But will cooperation and goodwill endure?

Financial conflicts of interest, unusual wait times, ballot shortages and substandard voting information have plagued the WA election and revealed major integrity issues.

The Church must recognise that there are women and men among us with deep wounds from an abortion. The House of Refuge ministry means their suffering will be met with an embrace, so their journey of reconciliation can begin. God always brings hope.

While not everyone emerged unscathed from Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the weather event was thankfully significantly less severe than anticipated. Amazingly, the cyclone stalled and weakened from the time an urgent prayer call went out from the Canberra Declaration and many others.

Too many Christian leaders in Australia and beyond align themselves with the cultural elite on sexuality, marriage and religious liberty in an attempt to remain "relevant". If Christianity is to regain its former glory, Christians must once again boldly affirm its core principles.

What should we make of a massive Hindu statue unveiled in Western Sydney this week? Some will rage about immigration ruining this country or about the failure of migrants to integrate properly. But the real issue is not culture. It’s spirituality.

Undeterred by five previous rejections, Pauline Hanson says she will reintroduce her motion for a Senate inquiry into the LGBTQ+ transitioning of kids under 18.

Perhaps the Lord inserted the book of Esther, celebrated in the Feast of Purim, to show us that regardless of our backgrounds, He can use us. May we be a part of the answer in Australia so that antisemitism becomes unthinkable.

Democrat politicians sat and scowled as President Trump told children that they are perfect just the way God made them.

Living with integrity means aligning our private and public lives with our profession of faith in Christ.

Syria’s Christians face renewed persecution as post-Assad violence erupts, leaving over 1,000 dead in brutal sectarian attacks.

While it was widely anticipated that Australians would vote in the federal election on 12 April, Albanese has confirmed it will be held in May. Here’s what that means for Christians praying in the lead-up.

Don’t believe the popular myths. Australia wasn’t just some ragtag, criminal outpost of the British Empire. Australia is a product of revival.

Two new studies show that the West’s growing epidemic of childlessness and depopulation will cost the U.S. alone “quadrillions of dollars”. Western nations must heed the dire warnings of this existential economic crisis.

President Trump told American children, “you are perfect exactly the way God made you”, during last week's address to Congress. He also reiterated his stance on removing males from female sports and vowed to lead the USA back to "the righteous cause of American liberty" "with God's help".