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Our forefathers would roll in their graves (and they’d roll their eyes too if they could) if they knew some 21st-century Westerners put ‘toxic’ and ‘masculinity’ in the same sentence. The truth is that healthy masculinity is a marvellous force for good.

So much of our lives don’t really matter too much in the light of eternity. Ultimately only knowing Jesus matters, and making Him known.

This Go Month we are praying for many souls to be saved! But my heart also goes out to those we call lost prodigals.

Faithfulness means that while we were still sinners and far from God, He loved us and drew us towards Himself in the cross of Christ.

Due to her example of motherhood and tireless pro-life promotion of family, mothers and children, Professor Joanna Howe is the recipient of the 2024 Australian Mother of the Year Award!

As part of GO Month, the Canberra Declaration is promoting and giving away the book, Power of the Gospel: Ten Ways to Share the Good News. Find out how to get your free copy!

The problem — and the charm — of inclusivity is that it strips everything of meaning. Take the decision by Hunter Valley Grammar School in New South Wales, for instance, to rename its traditional Mother’s Day Stall a “Family Gift Stall”.

We all have a role in bringing in the harvest. Jesus said, “One sows and another reaps”. But whether we sow or reap, we “rejoice together” with the Lord of the harvest.

Our true identity can only be uncovered by going to someone infinite and infallible outside ourselves. We must see ourselves through the eternal eyes of God!

The government's recent announcement of an “age assurance” trial to filter the internet is a good start in combatting domestic violence — but it doesn’t go far enough.

We are at a place where we need major revival – or we perish. Are recent conversions perhaps part of such a move of God?

Australia's political leaders are making life hard for families, bribing voters, can't define the word woman, and have no idea how to confront a rising tide of antisemitism. Our country deserves better.

Do we want to effectively share the gospel? Then we first need to start a conversation with people, beginning with one word: "Hello!"

My father returned from the war with ten quid in his pocket. He’d been flying Spitfires and Hurricanes over Europe and later in Burma. He was invalided out, worn out by what he’d seen and done.

Mother’s Day is next Sunday. Many women say, “Don’t make a fuss about me!” but men, can I say, please don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. The sacrifice involved in being a mother is absolutely staggering.

Let us focus our attention on Jesus as both human and God with us (“Emmanuel”), and that this is the very foundation of our faith.

By God's grace, let us grow in vision and compassion to pray and act by throwing the lifeline to others perishing in sin.

After the disciples saw the risen Christ and received the Holy Spirit, they proclaimed the gospel boldly and were unstoppable. They came from fear to faith, from anxiety to power.

We need to actively remember all the amazing things men bring to the world. Many of the world’s most impressive feats have been performed by great men.

When we bear “fruit worthy of repentance”, our family, friends, and neighbours will see the godly change in us. Our testimony of the gift of repentance changing us will be a powerful witness to win souls for Christ!