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When you aggressively work on draining the swamp, there is one thing you can be certain of: a whole lot of ugly, dark and disgusting stuff starts coming to the surface.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Four new executive orders from Trump’s administration end the LGBTrans takeover of medicine and the military. Continuing to lead from the front, Donald Trump doubled down on directing the government to end ‘irrational’ Biden-era policies.

Amidst the whirlwind of executive orders issued by incoming US President Donald Trump two weeks ago was the news that the US intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). The news has shone the spotlight on problems within the WHO that have until now been largely ignored.

The letter’s authors — including former PM Tony Abbott and former deputy PM John Anderson — warned that the use of so-called gender-affirming care was a “potential public health disaster of generational significance”.

The decision this week by Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls to suspend the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for gender-distressed minors is a significant step in the right direction for the care and protection of young people.

Donald Trump has taken the oath of office as America’s 47th president. Christians are commanded to pray for governing officials, regardless of politics. So, as the country enters a new chapter of its history, here are five ways that Christians can pray biblically for the current administration.

Here’s the reality: the United States will lead, whether we like it or not, through the example they set. Protecting religious freedom at home, as America's Constitution guarantees, indirectly benefits believers around the globe.