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While a whistleblower testified before the Senate on Tuesday about Facebook putting profits before public welfare (including the safety of children), New York Governor Kathy Hochul called on the tech giant to go further by censoring pro-life messages. Hochul wrote a letter to Facebook CEO [...]

Revivalist Lou Engels says, “You should look for the answers to corporate days of prayer and fasting in the headlines of secular newspapers.” We have been quoting these words often in recent times because they increasingly ring true. Last Friday, the Canberra Declaration launched the [...]

Dating apps have highlighted their own business interests in abortion by opposing the new Texas heartbeat laws. Several Texas-based dating apps will oppose the state’s new heartbeat law, which bans abortions as early as six weeks. "I'm disappointed, but not surprised at the stance Match.com [...]

In a tragic development in the fight for life, the Queensland parliament has voted overwhelmingly to support new euthanasia laws. Nonetheless, while the results are hugely disappointing, Christians were at the forefront of the opposition to the bill. On Thursday afternoon, sixty-one members of parliament [...]

In 2006, a small Amish school suffered a tragic vengeance shooting, leaving five schoolgirls dead and others injured. Contrary to expectation, however, the Amish community reached out in forgiveness. We all need to learn that there is true freedom in true forgiveness, and true forgiveness [...]

Doctors are the guardians of community health, and as such they have a duty to speak out on issues that matter. A Message to Doctors: We have both an obligation to be a voice and the right to engage in rational debate. The medical profession [...]

“Saints cannot exist without a community." We live in an increasingly polarised society, so it is increasingly important that Christians discover a wholesome sense of community. A Trip to Indiana Springs Due to the perennial construction on I-85, we were a good hour later than [...]

Christians are continually confronted with the rampant unbelief and hardheartedness of spiritual deadness in our day. Nonetheless, Christ is continuing to work; He is faithful to make even the spiritually dead alive in Him! Say That Again! Envision this scenario: A Christian panellist on the [...]

For decades, ‘My body, my choice’ has been a mantra for those defending abortion. Given that it is the mother, not the father, who is tasked with carrying a baby to full term, it is understandable for there to be significant debate over the rights [...]

The Western world has shifted dramatically in its view of gay marriage. Until early 2012, Barack Obama held to traditional marriage. This was also the position of the Australian Labor party until around that time.[1] Of course, support for gay marriage has grown enormously since [...]

God's favour is always with us, even in the midst of suffering and trial. These are certainly trying times for the Body of Christ, what with the ongoing restrictions due to the pandemic, and there seeming to be no end in sight, particularly for those [...]

National polling about babies born alive after a late-term abortion reveals that the majority of Australians think these babies must be given medical care. Among those who express a view on this issue, three times as many say they support care for babies born alive [...]

World Ivermectin Day is being organised by Dr Tess Lawrie and the team at BIRD (British Ivermectin Recommendation Development Group), who have a passion to end the COVID-19 pandemic. World Ivermectin Day is being held on Saturday 24 July 2021. The introduction to the website [...]

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” — Romans 12:21 Part 2: What We Can Do To Save Ours This article is an abbreviated version of Chapter 14 of How We Are Amazingly Made, by Jerry Bergman, Graham McLennan and Tom [...]

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ~ Viktor Frankl, Jewish Holocaust survivor When Viktor Frankl arrived at the Nazi prison camp, he immediately promised himself that he wouldn’t ‘run into the wire’, a term for the [...]

“Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana, Philosopher Part 1: Why Nations Fail This article is an abbreviated version of Chapter 14 of How We Are Amazingly Made, by Jerry Bergman, Graham McLennan and Tom Rogers, with thanks [...]

There are some great resources out there to help the church understand and to develop a response to contentious social issues that are impacting young lives. On the touchy issues around sexuality and gender, it appears the horse has truly bolted, us older generations have [...]

They are Champions! Swimming USA is picking the brains of Australian swimming coach, Craig Tobin, to improve the American Down syndrome swimming program. Russell Booysen, Ashley-Kate Schlenner and Michael Cox of the Australian Down syndrome Swimming Team. Why is this? Australia has won [...]

On China now allowing three children per family, Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said, “In terms of falling fertility, China has probably passed the point of no return. But it should still end all controls on family size. Government has no business [...]

Euthanasia laws are sweeping across Australia and much of the West. This so-called 'right to die' is now asserted as a natural human right with passionate zeal. It's framed as an individual's independent decision about their own life (and death). To this end, gut-wrenching stories [...]