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Destroying statues, books and art: today’s left is the new Taliban: Remember how the world was outraged when the Taliban blew up and destroyed two large 1500-year-old Buddha statues in Afghanistan in 2001? ‘What barbarians’ everyone thought. ‘This great cultural, artistic and historical artefact has [...]

An aunty from northern Queensland rang me recently with great excitement. A politician from the Solomon Islands was funding research into identifying those who had been brought over to Australia historically as slaves. As I already knew, our family was part of that tragic tradition. [...]

The ideas that shape our culture eventually find their way into the church. Francis Schaeffer traced this pattern over many centuries, observing that what begins in the philosophy departments of Western universities spreads first to art, then music, then the general culture. Finally, these fashions [...]

Editor's Note: The team at the Canberra Declaration are deeply concerned about the Cultural Marxist hijacking of the protests against racism in the USA and Australia. Having said that, there are still some deep problems that need to be addressed for the greater good of [...]

Ruth Institute Rejects UN “Gender-Neutral Language” Manipulation Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said the United Nations’ attempt to make language more politically correct is “another advance for the Sexual Revolution and a further descent into barbarism.” A UN bureaucrat recently tweeted that [...]

Dr. Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Seminary in the U.S, is the latest victim of ‘cancel culture’. Religion News Service (RNS) is reporting that over 10,000 people have signed a petition to have Dr. Mohler fired because of a supposed “racist” and “homophobic” [...]

Cultural Marxism is a seductive secular philosophy deeply opposed to Christianity. But what exactly is it? And how should Christians respond?

Political analyst George Weigel examines the deep-seated anti-Christian hostilities in Australian society, and the sickening corruption within the local Catholic Church, which culminated in the terrible injustice against Cardinal George Pell.

An Indigenous academic says the Black Lives Matter protests were “ridiculous” and the “rent-a-crowds” did not care about the real issues. by Anthony Dillon ___ So much has been said this past week in response to the shocking death of a Minnesota man and the [...]

George Floyd’s cruel murder is sparking much-needed conversations about justice and racial harmony in America and beyond. The ripple effect has already reached us Down Under, with protests planned for Australian capital cities this weekend. Yesterday I spoke with a friend who has ministered among [...]

It’s been three decades since the term culture wars was dubbed, and the label is now more relevant than ever. What began as a reasoned debate on issues like abortion, multiculturalism and homosexuality has turned into a hearts-and-minds battle for the soul of our civilization. [...]

According to one of my favourite talk show hosts, Dave Rubin, there’s a bravery deficit across the Western world. In a recent video, Rubin argues: 'There’s a mass affliction spreading throughout the Western world. It’s called… the Bravery Deficit. People—good people like you — are [...]

Just how ‘tolerant’ is the homosexual movement? That’s the question many are currently asking, since the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) used rainbow flags during COVID-19 to rally people’s morale. Apparently, the furore all started because an older gentleman flew a rainbow flag outside his [...]

Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., criticized NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson for demanding that Samaritan’s Purse not be allowed to continue COVID-19 relief. “Worse than looking a gift horse in the mouth is kicking it in the teeth,” Morse said. Samaritan’s Purse, [...]

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden — Donald Trump’s last remaining rival — has been accused of sexual assault by a former staffer named Tara Reade. Such a serious allegation against a presidential candidate would normally be a loud, leading, global story. Instead, America’s biggest mainstream [...]

What might life be like once this pandemic is over? Will we return to a pre-COVID-19 Australia, or will some (or perhaps many) things be different? We can’t predict the future – as COVID-19 itself has reminded us. But I think it’s worth having this [...]

Hollywood’s Two Movies That Melt Snowflakes: The walking dead of our age. The cinematic assault on conservatives and conservative values is relentless. Hollywood regularly portrays us as ignorant, hateful, greedy and the enemies of progress. That’s why it’s so refreshing to find not one but [...]

If you were to ask the majority of Millennials or Generation Z’s, what a rainbow stands for, they would say, “Diversity and the LGBTQI Movement.” Ask any 8 year old this week, and they will tell you it stands for HOPE. Despite the terrible tragedy [...]

The ABC’s reporting of the media witch-hunt centring upon the Roman Catholic Cardinal George Pell, proves that our nation’s national broadcaster is anything but impartial. Just watch the following interview between Greg Craven, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian Catholic University, and ABC presenter [...]

After SARS, Chinese health officials built an infectious disease reporting system to evade political meddling. But when the coronavirus emerged, so did fears of upsetting Beijing. By Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 March 2020 The alarm system was ready. Scarred by the SARS [...]