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Some great quotes from a classic Tozer volume. One of the earlier books of A. W. Tozer and one that helped to put him on the map spiritually speaking was his 1948 classic, The Pursuit of God. It is well worth reading and reading again. [...]

How I accidentally fell into a fight to stop the sexualisation of my kids. On 25th November 2022, our morning routine had gone well. It was time to take the kids to school and I was on a bit of a run with hitting my [...]

The approach taken by Labor and the Coalition towards the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a case study in how the politics of blame works in Australia. Both major parties have adopted separate political strategies leading into the referendum, diminishing the chances [...]

If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern which shines only on the waves behind. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – [...]

There is plenty of incisive commentary in the new volume by Watkin. The new book by a Monash University philosophy professor and Christian thinker is receiving a lot of interest, attention and discussion. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern [...]

The International Men’s Day team congratulates the women of the world on the 112th celebration of International Women’s Day, which started in 1911. Two years ago, in 2021 the theme we celebrated for International Men’s Day was: “Better Relations Between Men and Women.” This is [...]

Just when you think all hope is lost for the Victorian Liberal Party to ever regain its conservative political roots, along comes a candidate like Moira Deeming. Deeming is the type of grassroots politician the luvvies love to hate; young, articulate, passionate, and an ex-progressive. Which is [...]

Team Rainbow’s inexorable march through the institutions has been marked by clear strategic phases. There was the legalisation phase, cheered on by most small-l liberals and just about everyone else. Not many people thought locking up homosexuals was a good idea. Then we had the [...]

Welcome to part 2 of this three-part essay on media bias. In part 1 we traced the innovations of media technology and concluded that while the technology can’t be biased the operators always are and always have been. Now let’s consider how we as individuals [...]

The only influencers we really need are committed Christian ones. One hears a lot in recent times about “influencers”. They get a fair bit of press lately. The other day I saw a few headlines -- out of many: “Revealed: Victoria’s top 100 Instagram Influencers.” [...]

The Cambridge Dictionary states that “treaty” is “a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders”. The Collins English Dictionary says, “A treaty is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do a particular thing or [...]

Parents are increasingly choosing private over public education. Governments should respect that choice instead of undermining religious freedom and parental rights. For quite some time, I have been concerned about the attack upon private schools, and in particular, those who are faith-based. With almost boring [...]

So far, we’ve looked at the case for the suspension of Covid injections and how vested interests contributed to the silence of Australia’s medical profession. In this third and final part, we finish by exploring strategies to break through the wall of silence regarding vaccine harms and restore [...]

We need comfort and perspective in our trials. Suffering is a universal condition, something we all experience. The Christian message is unique in that it presents us with a suffering servant (Jesus, the Son of God) Who entered into our world, identified with us, and [...]

The vulgar joke by queer comedian Reuben Kaye on Channel Ten’s The Project has once again raised this issue: Why is Christianity the target of jokes, ridicule and even outright persecution? While at the same time, other faiths are not treated with the same disrespect? [...]

Welcome to this year’s reflection on Purim. Purim begins Monday night, 6th March, 2023 until nightfall Tuesday, 7th March 2023. In Jerusalem, Shushan Purim is celebrated on 8th March (Shabbat permitting). In the Jewish Bible, we read of the story of Queen Esther in the [...]

Professor James Tooley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham, discusses the role of education in the modern age, and the relationship between parental and government oversight in our education systems. Buckingham University is the oldest of only six private higher education institutions in the UK [...]

There is so much great material in this classic volume. One cannot get enough of A.W. Tozer. Although he passed away 60 years ago, he is still loved and read by millions of believers worldwide. And more and more material of his keeps being produced. [...]

Ludwig van Beethoven said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” Ronnie James Dio, a former member of Black Sabbath, said, “Music, rock & roll music especially, is such [...]

For three years, writers at the Daily Declaration and our editorial team have been endlessly demonised for questioning the mainstream narrative on all things COVID-19 — whether lockdowns, natural immunity, vaccines, mandates or the origins of the virus. Our critics have accused us of spreading [...]