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Bold New South Wales churches will openly refuse to comply with the state’s atrocious Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024. Caldron Pool editor Ben Davis said the Open Windows declaration began with pastors concerned about the legislation being weaponised against Christians.

Over the past few days, there have been at least three terrific wins when it comes to the gender wars, the sexual revolutionaries, and protecting women. Three nations have seen significant victories for some sexual sanity in the culture wars, with the radical trans agenda being given a few big hits.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced last week that starting 1 May, foreign missionaries will be prohibited from sharing their faith or preaching, as well as establishing religious organisations.

Does following Jesus mean rejecting all violence, always? Scripture provides compelling answers on this topic — one of the toughest ethical questions facing believers in a broken world.

For years, I’ve resisted deploying the word globalism with approbation because international cooperation is a good thing. Travel is glorious, and so is the freedom to trade and migrate. How did the practice of freedom as it extends over national juridical lines come to be so widely loathed and disparaged?

Rachel Read never set out to be in the spotlight. But confronted with raising children in an education system intent on sexualising her children without her consent, she learnt new courage to protect her children’s innocence.

During these holy seasons of Passover and Resurrection Sunday, I would like to reflect on the phrase the Lord gave me, “Heavenly Substance”. When we partake in communion we are partaking of the eternal, slain Lamb.

Christians in the West, of course, affirm – or should affirm – the reality of the spiritual realm, including dark spiritual powers such as Satan and demons. However, when push comes to shove, do we really believe these things?

Dark deeds of a few bad forebears now masquerade as Australian history, loading our kids with guilt to make them easy to control.  They need an antidote. So, here is some history of good forebears who sacrificed to leave us a priceless heritage.

We need national repentance, followed by revival and reformation, if Australia is to see a change for the better. The National Day of Repentance, on 21 April 2025, is a major step towards that needed change.

Trump’s tariff tussle is reshaping global trade. Is it chaos, or a calculated strategy to revive America?

New South Wales Labor has signalled a ban on home and private education. State education secretary Murat Dizdar told the ABC on Monday that alternatives to government education were unnecessary.

A new political philosophy known as Wokeism has infiltrated our societal institutions in recent years. Wokeism presents itself as a positive force for humanity. However, it is markedly different in outcomes to the Judaeo-Christian values that have underpinned Western democracy.

A pro-life grandmother’s recent criminal conviction in the UK proves the point: free speech is on life support in the United Kingdom. Dr Tossici-Bolt said she would fight the censorship, saying her case “has implications for the entire Western world.” The US State Department agreed.

Abortion advocates speak loftily about preventing harassment, but if they are indeed serious about this, they should prosecute themselves for harassing the only ones who are offering women positive help.

New South Wales' LGBT conversion therapy ban criminalises efforts to change or suppress sexuality through prayer or counselling, replacing Christian teachings with a new state-imposed belief system.

Where do the major and minor parties stand on Christian values of faith, Christian freedom, family, life and broader Christian interests? The Australian Christian Values Checklist has been answering these questions since 1999 and has released the 2025 election edition.

Do you ever wonder why you should pray for Australia? Have you asked yourself how your prayers can possibly make any difference, if God is sovereign and does what He pleases anyway?

Do people have the right to participate in charged social debates online? This is the question at the heart of a lawsuit between Australia’s online harms regulator, the eSafety Commissioner, on one side, with gender critical activist Chris Elton (aka Billboard Chris) and social media platform X on the other.

Perhaps no words in recent political history have so rapidly proven correct as Vice President J.D. Vance’s warning that European religious liberty faces a toxic and growing “threat from within”, according to a new expert analysis of government infringements on Christians.