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Prof. Patrick Parkinson’s "Unshaken Allegiance" is a courageous, insightful call for Christians to live faithfully amid shrinking religious freedoms—combining legal expertise, biblical conviction, and practical wisdom for today’s cultural challenges.

Aspects of the totalitarian dystopias described in the seminal works of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell have sadly come to pass in our lifetimes. Let us take heed of their warnings, lest we further succumb to the creeping encroachments upon morality and freedom. Decades ago [...]

‘Is that lady a Christian?’ asks my son. We’re sitting at Carols in the Domain, listening to Robyn Hobbs, the founder of the Sydney Carols in the Domain. She’s being interviewed by the on-stage host, talking about the importance of hope, joy and love. ‘It [...]

It seems I have upset Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. The Liberal Party leader wrote a scathing letter, published in The Spectator, about an article I wrote quoting his comments concerning sacked Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn. Here is Mr Dutton’s letter to The Spectator: I would [...]

But the Bombers CEO doesn't get his job back. The Essendon Football Club has apologised to Andrew Thorburn, who was forced from his role as club CEO for the crime of attending an Anglican church. What a pity it took legal action for one of [...]

The left is in a real quandary over Qatar, where their LGBT activism clashes with Islam. To chronicle the hypocrisy and double standards of the left is a full-time job, and my site has tried its best to keep up with it all. It is [...]

Politicians who had nothing to do with it celebrate like it was their achievement. It’s five years since Australia voted to change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Now we have 72 genders, the words mother and father are considered controversial, and drag [...]

Five years ago today, the results of the ‘Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey’ were announced. As one of the board directors of the ‘no campaign’, the Coalition for Marriage, I remember 15 November 2017 only too well. The feeling that, no matter how many votes [...]

When we observe growing hostility to the Christian faith, it’s easy to begin questioning our own beliefs. Are we really as extreme and fringe as the media makes us out to be? However, it’s not conservative Christianity that has changed; it’s the culture around it. [...]

Pushing Andrew Thorburn out of his job as chief executive of Essendon Football Club ignored/violated the AFL’s own code of conduct, and probably Victoria’s Equal Opportunity Act, sparking a nation-wide debate on religious freedom. Andrew Thorburn was recruited for his top managerial experience in the [...]

Liberal supporters disappointed that Scott Morrison wasn’t interested in fighting the Culture Wars will be dismayed to discover that Peter Dutton seems intent on fighting them, but for the other side. The Opposition leader took time out from not opposing Net Zero madness to vilify [...]

How should we live in these changing times? How do we continue to bear witness to Christ's Gospel in the face of outright hostility and incomprehension? My theme is simple. As I have said so often over the years, the once-Christian West is no more. [...]

An open letter to Essendon Football Club on how their recent kerfuffle over Andrew Thorburn's religious values sends a message to conservative immigrants and refugees that they aren't welcome either. Dear Essendon FC, I realise you've been in the news recently because of the resignation [...]

Andrew Thorburn, who was recently appointed CEO of the Essendon Football Club, has been pushed out of his job on account of the views and moral beliefs of the church he belongs to and on whose board of management he sits. Those views, which even [...]

The Presbyterian Church of Tasmania expresses its deep concern at recent events surrounding the resignation of Andrew Thorburn as chief executive of the AFL’s Essendon Football Club.

Churches in Victoria must mobilise their congregations to vote Daniel Andrews out of office. Sure the Liberals are hopeless, but at least they don’t hate Christians. The same cannot be said for the Andrews government. Not only does the Victorian Labor government continually enact legislation [...]

The mob now attacking Andrew Thorburn for his faith was first discipled by Thorburn while he was NAB's pro-LGBT chief executive.

Just how should believers respond to persecution? Some things are worth writing about -- and often. The rise and rise of anti-Christian bigotry, hatred and discrimination in the West in general is one such topic. So too is the ruthless hounding out of a job [...]

What does the Essendon Football Club debacle demonstrate about how the "virtue" of "tolerance" has changed in modern Western society? There has been a great deal written in the past day or two by a number of Christian commentators on the “resignation” of the new [...]

After just a day on the job, new Essendon Bombers CEO Andrew Thorburn was pressured out of his role because of his unacceptable beliefs. His beliefs have been called not “compatible with leadership”.