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One of the older and more well-known private schools in Australia is Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, founded in 1882. The Herald Sun reported that students were told to remove cross necklaces at the Christian school for fear of offending other students.

Appalled by Smith-Connor’s legal defeat, the UK branch of Alliance Defending Freedom exclaimed, “This is the first known conviction of a 'thoughtcrime' in modern British history. We’re examining the possibility of appeal.”

Those who seek to weaken Western support for Ukraine and continue to urge Israel to back off (the Penny Wong proposal) are ignoring the high stakes involved and fail to understand the aims and threats of these ideologically driven states.

How did attitudes about the British Empire change so quickly? Is the legacy of the British Empire good or bad? Was it built on slavery or cooperation? Did it expand through violence or trade? And was the British Empire essentially racist?

We cannot pretend marriage and family are always easy to live out. But God does not ask us to do it alone.

Long-standing Member of Parliament Russell Broadbent has written an urgent letter to the Prime Minister calling for an immediate suspension of all Covid mRNA vaccines in Australia, pending further investigation.

A Reformed Baptist pastor from Bristol is Britain’s latest “outlaw”. Police arrested Dia Moodley, a street preacher, for blaspheming Islam, and affirming binary biological reality.

It occurs to me that both the language of cancel culture and specific, high-profile instances of it have quickly faded from public debate. By contrast, talk about “misinformation” and “disinformation” is everywhere.

Children have become a commodity, and so have women and their wombs. Surrogacy is marketed as the fulfilment of a dream. But often, it ends up a terrible nightmare, especially considering the health risks to both the surrogate mother and the child.

From my own experience growing up in a fractured family, good relationships with both family and friends are critical for health, wellbeing and success.

“The Lord is at hand” means the Lord is nearby. He is always close to us – in times of trouble and peace.

The ‘fear of the Lord’ is the foundation of God’s command to be fruitful and multiply.

Finding the family of faith for prayer and keeping short accounts is the way to walk in a crooked and perverse generation. We can’t – but by grace, He enables us.

Following three hours of lively debate in South Australia’s Upper House, the Hon Ben Hood MLC’s Live Births Bill suffered the narrowest of defeats Wednesday evening, being voted down 10-9.

Bevelyn Beatty Williams, a 33-year-old pro-life activist, was convicted in Manhattan on 22 February of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act after a nine-day jury trial. She was sentenced on 24 July to three years and five months in prison.

For the second time in less than a week, an ACT Greens candidate has been cautioned for appearing to support Islamic terrorists. The Greens are unfit for public office. And I measure that against a very low bar.

If Westerners – especially rulers, commentators, political figures and elites – cannot see a clear moral distinction between murderous Hamas terrorists and Israelis seeking to defend their beleaguered nation after October 7, 2023, then the West really is coming to an end.

I was heartbroken recently to see Melania Trump repeating the talking points of the Abortion Lobby. I could hardly believe it. She personally lived through the tyranny of Communism, and the Ruling Party in America relies on the very same tyrannical tactics as the Communists.

Jesus demonstrated the way of mercy with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. He desires that we show mercy to others in the same way.

ISA chief executive Graham Catt said his organisation was gearing up to take the fight to the Greens, with school leaders, teachers and parents making clear “they’ve had enough of the relentless and baseless vilification of families who simply want the best for their children”.