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A wife and mother shares her testimony and reminds the Western church of the immense value of Cultural Christianity. In recent years the Western world has witnessed a fast fade of what we might call ‘Cultural Christianity’. Less people are attending church, the Christian moral [...]

If you’re anything like me, sometimes the anticipation of meeting someone, or going on a dreamed-of holiday just doesn’t live up to expectations. The old ‘yes, this will be awesome!’ fizzles to meh... However, every once in a while, the expectations, or hopes actually pan [...]

Them Before Us is the name of a breakthrough book about the need for a global children’s rights movement written by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning. The team at Dads4Kids had the joy of helping organise Australia’s first Voice 4 Kids Summit in 2015. Katy [...]

I’ve never met Nigel Marsh (no relation) but he seems like a top bloke. He’s a committed husband and father of four, has worked in advertising agencies for over 30 years, is a published author and award-winning podcaster, and back in 2011 he delivered a brilliant [...]

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has now released a Consultation Paper for its current reference on “Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws”. The paper, while formally acknowledging the importance of religious freedom and parental rights, will be a serious disappointment to those involved in [...]

Editors’ Note: The following is a transcript of remarks originally given in Miami at the National Conservatism Conference in September 2022. In 1961 the Green Bay Packers squandered a fourth-quarter lead and lost the NFL championship. The following year the players gathered at training camp, demoralised but [...]

In this conversation, John Anderson travels to Portland, Oregon to interview Katy Faust and Stacy Manning, co-authors of Them Before Us (2021), a book that argues for a revolution in how we think about the family, and a re-focus on the needs of children above [...]

Christian parents in Wenzhou City, part of China’s Zhejiang Province, are being forced to align with Atheism. The mandate, a first of its kind, was issued to Kindergarten parents, who have been asked to sign a “Kindergarten Family Commitment Not to Believe in Religion.” ChinaAid [...]

“I wish I had been a better Dad and spent more time with my kids.” These were the words that many men spoke, often with tears, when Dr Bruce Robinson told them they didn’t have long to live. Dr Bruce Robinson is a respiratory specialist. [...]

K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid…silly…sweetie)… your choice! I’m sure that you will have heard of this acronym. My friend Warwick Marsh shared another saying of similar ilk a while ago: ‘The main thing is the plain thing, and the plain thing is the main thing.’ [...]

Some time ago I was busy working in my own office when I heard my wife talking in the next office to a stranger. Being the inquisitive type, I opened my door to shake hands with Bill, who was inspecting the services in our office [...]

Moira Deeming is an active member of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Her denomination's leaders have just penned a fiery open letter to Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto. It looks likely that Moria Deeming is going to be expelled from the Liberal Party by the [...]

'Woke' is hotly contested by progressives and conservatives. A video went viral this week of conservative author Bethany Mandel drawing blanks, mid-interview, when asked to define the word “woke”. Embarrassing though it was, such a lapse wouldn’t normally matter — except that Mandel has just [...]

A woman speaks at Let Women Speak rally. Men identifying as women protest. More men arrive, and perform a Nazi salute. The man leading Victoria slams the woman. The man leading the Liberals, of which the woman who spoke is part, says she will be [...]

By George Pell. (Editor's note: The following is a written copy of the speech given by George Pell at the Campion College Fundraising Dinner, held in the NSW Parliament Dining Room. It is published due to its insightful commentary on the decline of Australian culture.) [...]

You might have read during the week that the Australian Catholic University has told its various campuses to remove gay pride flags from its libraries. I spoke about it on The Bolt Report. (You can watch below). What we did not have time to speak [...]

Dr. Aaron Edwards, a Christian theologian in England, has been reportedly sacked from Cliff College and threatened with referral to a counter-terrorism program for simply posting the following tweet: https://twitter.com/aaron_p_edwards/status/1627216418851770369 There is obviously a serious problem in a Christian denomination when those who are faithful [...]

(Editor’s Note: This Religious Freedom and Education Forum did not include Lyle Shelton in Group A standing as an independent on behalf of Family First in the Upper House for the 2023 NSW State Election. You may feel that you would like to add him [...]

Recently I caught a Diamond Python on my daily prayer walk in the rainforest at Mt Kembla, near where I live in Wollongong, Australia. Someone asked me, “Why did you catch it?” That is a good question. If the truth is to be known, I [...]

Nation First looks at the unheeded exhortations given to the West by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. The King James Bible gives us this quote from Jesus Christ that, like all of what He said, rings true to this very day: “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, [...]