Australia’s Largest Christian News Site

From the sexual revolution to Indigenous spirituality, today’s ‘enlightened’ movements may carry the same seductive spirits that once plagued Israel. This article explores how modern culture is echoing ancient deception in surprising ways.

Appreciating and celebrating mothers isn’t just a kind gesture – it’s essential to the health and strength of families and society. Here are six reasons why this appreciation is so vital.

Dad, take heart. You can get through this. Face your fears. Do hard things. You'll realise this: they produced some of the greatest joys in your life.

Elon Musk’s push to combat falling birth rates Earth is praiseworthy — but his utilitarian view of children stands in stark contrast to God’s design for fatherhood, marriage, and the human person.

Vatican officials have announced that Pope Francis died early on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Catholics around the globe are mourning the loss of Pope Francis, but his papacy has had a mixed reception.

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.

My journey to be the lead South Australian Senate Candidate for Family First starts at our family breakfast table. We would come home after church, have breakfast and have spirited arguments about political issues.

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.

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.

Lutheran Mission Australia has officially signed the Australian Creed for Sexual Integrity, reinforcing its commitment to biblical teachings on marriage, gender and sexuality in response to growing theological compromise. Learn why they signed and how they’re encouraging others to take a stand.

Meet the Candidates Forum organiser Mike Southon believes “the churches of Australia rising up as one” and are set to significantly shape the federal election. He states it’s still not too late to hold one in your church – but you must act now.

A solid launch, traction and consistency are all vitally important in drag car racing. By analogy, they are almost important in fatherhood.

While not everyone emerged unscathed from Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the weather event was thankfully significantly less severe than anticipated. Amazingly, the cyclone stalled and weakened from the time an urgent prayer call went out from the Canberra Declaration and many others.

Too many Christian leaders in Australia and beyond align themselves with the cultural elite on sexuality, marriage and religious liberty in an attempt to remain "relevant". If Christianity is to regain its former glory, Christians must once again boldly affirm its core principles.

J.D. Vance’s speech to last week’s Munich Security Conference was a masterpiece of MAGA rhetoric. His theme was that “there is a new sheriff in town” who doesn’t give a damn what you stuffed shirts think.

As C.S. Lewis wrote, don’t lock up your heart in a "coffin of your selfishness". Instead, love those closest to you with openness and vulnerability. Familial love like this might just be the closest one can get to Heaven on earth.

The Canberra Declaration has become a proud partner of the Church and State Conference 2025. Even more exciting, Warwick Marsh and Kurt Mahlburg will speak at the national CAS Conference in Brisbane from 7 to 8 March 2025! Don't miss it!

The context for any reforms of family policies is the decades-long successful reform achievements of Australia’s feminist movement. This makes family-friendly, pro-child reforms more difficult to achieve, but not impossible.

Each marriage, each love story, and even the longing to find a mate, I believe is intended by God to point us to a far greater love story, which is the love of the Messiah for His bride. 

As a young single man, I came to dread Valentine’s Day. Over-the-top marketing emphasised this day as a wonderful moment to celebrate love with your significant other, yet here I was, alone. Nevertheless, God had a plan for me concerning marriage.