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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.

Where confusion over sexuality abounds today, the Australian Creed brings crisp clarity to this deeply personal and vitally important biblical teaching. And the impact of the creed is growing.

Jason T. Smith and his wife Paulina have come up with a genius parenting plan that will give your children the best start in life, by celebrating the growth milestones in their life as a series of purposeful rites-of-passage ceremonies.

The story of Zacchaeus teaches us the importance of examining our hearts as we seek purity, humility and restoration.

A personal tribute to Hon Kevin Andrews — a man who loved his wife, his family, his nation and his God.

Joseph should get more than a nod at Christmas, because even for Jesus, fathers are not an accessory; they are a necessity.

Contrary to popular opinion, Lily Phillips is not a victim but a willing participant — and her debauchery is a reminder that we must recover the sacredness of sex.

Former long-serving Federal minister Kevin Andrews was remembered for his decades of selfless commitment to the country, his family and his Catholic faith, after his death from cancer aged 69 on 14 December.

Even if your pockets are empty (as mine often are), consider yourself abundantly blessed to have family in your life. If you can, ride around town with your family this December, with the windows down, play Stapleton’s "Millionaire", and make sure you play it loud.