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So very often our politicians let us down. It has been known for millennia that two of the most corrupting, debilitating and destructive forces on earth are wealth addictions and power addictions. And often they go together. It is especially in the political arena that we find this deadly duo [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention To encourage us to be aligned with God’s heart in prayer. Scripture “He presented another parable to them: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. [...]

Christian conservatives are NOT welcome in the Liberal Party. If you know your Star Wars films, there is a scene in the 1977 movie where Luke Skywalker enters the Cantina with R2-D2 and C-3PO, only to be met by an angry bartender. This dialogue follows: “Hey! We don’t serve their kind here.” “What?” [...]

Over the years I’ve been involved in thousands of online conversations with atheists, many of whom identify with the label “rational sceptic”. But when you examine their position, in most cases reason is the last quality to be found in their ideas. And this is [...]

Where are the limits to self-definition? Seven years ago, a short video went viral that has stood the test of time like few others. It featured Joseph Backholm of the Family Policy Institute of Washington interviewing students at the University of Washington about gender bathroom [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention To understand the incredible gospel Jesus commanded us to proclaim! Scripture “Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you… For what I received I passed on to you as of first [...]

A Covid vaccine booster trial continues to recruit adolescents despite Australia’s vaccine advisory body, ATAGI, acknowledging the comparatively high risks associated with boosters compared to comparatively low risks associated with Covid infection for healthy young people. The PICOBOO study was launched at the Telethon Kids Institute last [...]

Queensland’s Minister for Women has no idea what a woman is. Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman is the “world’s most inept women’s minister” following her comments on gender identity, says Sky News host James Macpherson. “Just because you preface your stupidity with ‘let’s be inclusive', doesn’t [...]

One can never get enough of Leonard Ravenhill. There is always so much we can glean from the words of Ravenhill – though he is dead, yet he still speaks. He has brought a very strong and anointed word for the Body of Christ today. Sure, many [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention To ready ourselves to use prayer to push through the spiritual darkness to spiritual breakthrough. Scripture “And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying, ‘The Lord is longsuffering [...]

It’s no mistake that the modern celebration of Mothers’ Day occurs in May – the month of Mary. She is a model of motherhood from whom all – men and women alike – take inspiration. We’ve often joked that it takes mere seconds to conceive [...]

Today, Sunday 14 May, is Mother’s Day but this coming, Tuesday 16 May, is International Boys' Day. What do these two days have in common? #1. Without mothers, we would not have any boys to celebrate. #2. The greatest defenders and promoters of boys are [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention To resolve our hearts to focus only on the Lord. Scripture “Then a champion came out from the camps of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was 2.7m (9ft) tall. And he had a [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention For us to grasp the necessity to pray for Israel. Scripture “I have posted watchmen on your walls Jerusalem, they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no [...]

Leila Abdallah has been chosen as the 2021 Mother of the Year. The now mother of seven tragically lost three of her children when a drugged and drunk driver killed them on 1 February 2020. After I met Leila and her husband Danny, tears rolled down my face as I sat in the car reflecting on the tragedy.

A pro-life Catholic hospital in Canberra is being forced to hand its staff and building over to the Australian Capital Territory government. In a statement posted May 10, ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, said new laws were being fast-tracked to allow the ACT government to [...]

This Weeks' Edition of Only in Victoria. The City of Melbourne is fast-tracking the creation of bike lanes in order to “tackle the nation’s climate emergency”. The council voted this week to bring forward the creation of 44km of bike lanes to help achieve its [...]

These quotes will encourage and convict – we need to hear them. The great preacher, teacher and revivalist Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) had a huge influence on millions of Christians. He even was involved in discipling folks like Keith Green. His prophetic ministry was a godsend [...]

Focus Shift the Nation: 24/7 Prayer 12–22 May 2023 Intention The beauty of hiddenness is birthed in the overwhelming glory of the One in whom we are found. Scripture “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in [...]

Edited extract from her latest book expected to be published in late 2023. During a brief one-hour interstate flight I sat beside a young man (whom I shall call Ben) in his late twenties. He was married with a seven-month-old son. He’d recently started his [...]