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I was once very much a man of the left, but since becoming a Christian, I have moved to the right. But neither one deserves my complete allegiance. While much of conservatism I readily embrace, there are some aspects of it that I want little to do with.

Trump has not only reversed misguided Biden-era policies related to life and family, but has also advanced socially conservative policies at a pace few anticipated. Given the breadth of action taken, it is worth summarising these recent developments.

The truth can hurt, and it can hurt badly. But to experience hurt is not the same as to experience harm. There are ultimately only two worldviews: the biblical and the secular. Let us share God’s truth as unashamed followers of the Way.

We are called to be passionate heralds of hope, people who encourage others to believe that healing is possible in the face of impossible circumstances.

Even before the inauguration of Donald Trump occurred, it was evident that the zeitgeist of the Western world had shifted. But I don’t think anyone had predicted that change would occur so decisively and quickly.

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.

Leila and Danny Abdallah have released their 4 Steps to Forgiveness, a new initiative to help sufferers identify how to forgive those who have hurt them, and what to do next.

A two-state solution will never work since the Palestinians, who remain committed to the destruction of Israel, have never wanted to share the land with Jews. Trump has promised to rebuild the area now known as Gaza after two million Palestinians have been removed to neighbouring countries.

It’s incredibly sad that it is supposedly okay to kill babies, but seals and trees get the sympathy vote. As Berard Nathanson said at the end of the film Silent Scream, “For humanity's sake, here and now, stop the killing.”

A caravan laden with enough explosives to create a 40-metre blast wave could have been a “mass casualty event”, police say, which also contained notes suggesting Jewish Australians and a synagogue were the intended target.

Swedish citizen — and critic of Islam — Salwan Momika was murdered last week live on TikTok. Had legacy media been courageous enough to confront Momika’s jihadist assassins, the punchline would have read: killed by “Muslims and multiculturalism.”

If we stick to the Bible’s view — summarised in this tweet about politics, Christianity and Trump — we’ll avoid the twin pitfalls of triumphalism and despair. We’ll avoid losing our heads in the cut and thrust of worldly politics.

Well over 40 years ago, as he wrote in "How Democracies Perish", Revel could see that the West was in dire straits, and external enemies back then – most notably Soviet Communism – were being aided and abetted by those within the West who were simply blind to the goods of their own world.

Calvin Robinson, a former GB News host, British priest, and podcaster, is being cancelled for using Elon Musk’s impassioned gesture at the annual national pro-life conference in the United States.

Let’s recognise the silent epidemic around us and be part of the answer for these women, men, and families that are hurting. To those hurting as a result of abortion, know that healing is available for you. Jesus came to comfort you in your grief.

Given that the popularity of castrating kids is now at historically low levels and that Republicans control both houses of Congress, it is highly likely Trump’s reforms will be written into law before the upcoming midterms.

These books all argue that modern Israel has a right to exist, it has a right to defend itself, and it is the only real democracy in the entire Middle East. Given the global hatred and hostility to Israel, we need to be aware of books like these.

Every minute of the day, our brains are analysing our environment and interpreting what we see, hear, feel and smell. The way we interpret things depends on our worldview, whether we realise it or not.

One might wistfully hope that the rise of a Trump or Milei to power would somehow spark far-reaching reforms that ultimately returned power to the people. But that does not seem at all likely, given that the path to political reform in both cases is not grassroots change but sweeping uses of executive power.