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The big news coming out of America last week isn’t the impeachment proceedings against President Trump. It’s the remarkable speech he gave at the UN General Assembly, which garnered almost no interest from the media either side of the Pacific.

by Bishop Michael McKenna, Catholic Diocese of Bathurst. Intention In prayer Jesus meets us in our need. Scripture A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The [...]

By Pastors Steve & Susie Ahern, C3 Church Jervis Bay, NSW. Intention Keys for effective prayer and intercession for rain. Scripture “And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve [...]

Porn addiction might be considered an ‘eating disorder’ of another kind. It’s the wrong kind of brain food for the developing brain, literally short circuiting healthy emotional and behavioural responses toward intimacy. It’s about porn trigging neuroplasticity changes and neurochemical release of naturally occurring hormones, [...]

By Commissioner James Condon, Salvation Army, chairman of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting, 22 February 2020. Intention Preparing our hearts for God to hear our prayers. Scripture “If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” [...]

‘There are 2 gunman at the university -- tell your friends on campus’. The text arrives from a friend, who knows I’m often on campus. But I can’t believe it: surely this is spam? So I ring my friend to confirm. Yes, the text is [...]

by Warwick & Alison Marsh, Faith & Family Advocates, Canberra Declaration Intention To encourage us all to look to Jesus for the grace to repent and the grace of renewal to see the rain come! Scripture“Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom [...]

Wouldn’t you love to tell a room full of leaders of the free world, “The ideals we all take for granted right now are the fruit of the Bible and Christianity.” That’s what Tim Keller did recently -- and he received applause at the end [...]

Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Love is perfected and perpetuated in the furnace of marriage, and then passed on to our children, with often miraculous results. David and Kate Ogg love each other. Some time ago, Kate delivered premature twins at [...]

Religion – especially Christianity – is now viewed with suspicion, and even hostility. It’s seen by many as dangerous. The more I reflect on it, the more I think that secular critics of Christianity do have a point. There is a sense in which Christianity is dangerous.

Cases of trans regret are now skyrocketing, but the trans tyrants are fighting this and living in denial. Doing dumb things and later regretting those decisions is a big part of human nature. It happens all the time of course. And some businesses are making [...]

Fathers and mothers each bring different qualities to parenting. Fathers can’t mother, and mothers can’t father. That is why both parents are so important to a healthy upbringing. Being a parent is all about working towards redundancy. In other words, there will come a time [...]

In what was described as a Youth Climate Strike, an estimated 4 million kiddies took to the streets last week to protest the earth’s natural cycle of warming and cooling. Here’s what they didn’t protest: Abortion -- 40 to 50 million abortions worldwide annually Christian Persecution – [...]

Are you ever surprised at how prayers are answered? Many years ago, I inherited a lounge suite from my grandmother. However, it was built for a sedate couple, not an energetic family of five children. In a very short period of time, it disintegrated until [...]

Conversation is a dying art form. This isn’t a whinge about social media. I mean that actual face-to-face conversations are losing their way. People probably talk as much as they ever have, but does anyone stop to think why they’re talking? A lot of what’s [...]

Editor's Note: This incisive piece by Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian, quoting Stephen Fry at length, highlights the nasty depths to which our "civil" discourse has sunk. Identity politics turns people against each other, dividing communities and spewing toxic, damaging words against vulnerable, innocent people [...]

The team at the Canberra Declaration, after much consultation with Christian leaders, feels challenged to call the Nation to Pray & Fast for rain in October. James Condon, the Chairman of the National Day of Prayer & Fasting, and the Executive Team of the NDOPF [...]

Have you ever been laughed at, ignored, or just considered silly for doing something? How did it make you feel? Did you feel so bad that you actually stopped doing what was close to your heart? Or were you so committed to the project that [...]

By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at LifeSiteNews. EDITOR'S NOTE: The team at the Daily Declaration are strong supporters of the Natural Family and the need to make the Family Great Again on a worldwide basis. One of the signatories listed below representing Australia is a [...]

There’s a “great untruth” that’s gaining traction in the western world. This ‘great untruth’ is leading to the polarisation of our community. It’s eroding the stability of civil society. And if left unchecked, it could spell the end of our democracy. Speaking of this danger, [...]