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Sobering disability and mortality statistics from the United States around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raise serious questions about how our governments have handled this public health crisis, particularly with the massive push for ineffective and possibly deadly vaccination. I first met Ed Dowd during an [...]

The new Australian Parliament sat for its first day this week, almost 10 weeks since the election. For those not watching, the election was, sadly, a contest between a woke socialist party (Labor) or the governing ‘conservative’ party (the Liberal National Coalition) that supported lockdowns, State border [...]

President Joe Biden has fallen ill with Covid-19. Now people are claiming that "the vaccines were never meant to stop infection". But Joe Biden himself – and many other leaders – promised just that. Over the weekend, President Joe Biden was diagnosed with Covid-19. The [...]

A book review of "Prey: Immigration, Islam and the erosion of women’s rights" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2021). The book describes the burgeoning crisis in Europe and outlines solutions to these horrendous problems created by leftist policies. Note the spelling of ‘prey’ -- this should [...]

Rugby Australia has threatened to ban a football fan for yelling abuse at England coach Eddie Jones on Sunday night. Next thing you know, they will ban star players for quoting the Bible. Oh wait. They already did that. A fan yelled, “You’re a traitor,” [...]

Reluctant heroes are usually the best ones. He was perfect for this job, because he didn't want it. Erstwhile Qantas pilot Graham Hood shared his life's story of trauma, loss, salvation, healing and renewal. Last week my husband and I attended a rally at our [...]

Across the US, militant pro-abortion activists have engaged in the intimidation of Supreme Court judges, disruption of church services and vandalism of pregnancy support centres. Is this what being pro-"choice" is about? It seems that one must bend to their will or suffer harm. How [...]

You need to be aware of this key Christian thinker. He has identified the source of the malaise in modern society and promotes the rebuilding of Western civilisation through the restoration of the family and a renewed appreciation of Almighty God, the Love Who purifies [...]

The inspiring story of two churches defying the secular state despite severe restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The basic right to worship God freely was severely challenged over the past few years as most Western governments clamped down on all sorts of basic liberties -- [...]

The fresh anti-discrimination legislation in the Australian Capital Territory will reduce religious freedom even further, applying the strictures upon faith-based schools to other religious institutions like hospitals and aged care, and even places of worship or university student societies. The Australian Capital Territory government has [...]

Pope Francis insists that we do not require nuclear weapons or the lose-lose policy of mutually-assured destruction to maintain world peace and security. There is a better way forward than holding threats of total annihilation over the heads of humanity. An ailing Pope Francis has [...]

Will banning the swastika really help eliminate antisemitism and fascism? Or will it simply encourage those who subscribe to such hateful views to dig in their heels? Furthermore, what's to stop the government in future from censoring other symbols, which may not currently fit the [...]

Assessing the rhetoric of the God-haters. The arguments and attitude of secularists toward religion and religious adherents, in particular Christians, can be rather contrary and confusing. Those who hate God and religion -- especially Christianity -- like to pride themselves on how intelligent they are [...]

The chaplaincy programme in state schools throughout Australia is now under threat from the new Labor government. This will be to the detriment of student wellbeing. Chaplains provide vital support for our children, particularly those in disadvantaged circumstances. Jane Caro recently wrote an article expressing [...]

Let us summon the strength and discipline to tune out of the spiritual and cultural white noise that daily assaults us from every direction, and listen to God's voice in the silence of our hearts, reading His Word and abiding by His ways. “What? I [...]

An infamous spectacle from the 1980s reveals that Australians are not as immune to irrational fear — and the scapegoating of nonconformists — as we like to think. As the dust settles on Covid, many Australians are still trying to make sense of the radical [...]

The BBC has claimed Persian-speaking employees of a third-party “Fact-Checker” operating on behalf of Meta were paid by the Iranian government to censor pro-freedom demonstrators on the social media giant’s platforms. Former Telus International employees -- turned whistleblowers -- revealed to the BBC in May [...]

That the West is in a war -- a cultural, ideological and political war -- is well known by anyone with eyes wide open. It has been underway for over a half-century now, and it seems to get worse each passing year. The hatred of [...]

Black lives matter to woke Westerners -- unless they're African Christians being massacred during worship. Then the news barely makes a blip on the radar of social justice warriors. Where are the marches in solidarity, and the monuments lit up across the world to mourn [...]

Many are concerned that the agenda of Australia’s new government will adversely affect people of faith. The legal experts at the Human Rights Law Alliance (HRLA) examined Labor’s policy platform and record to find out what we should expect over the next three years. The [...]