Australia’s Largest Christian News Site

In a recent annual report from Buckingham Palace, the title “Defender of the Faith” has been replaced with a multi-faith alternative in describing King Charles III’s duties.

We have not only a personal relationship with the King and Creator of the universe, but we get to live with Him and enjoy His company forever. There is nothing more remarkable than that reality.

“Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” -- Hamlet On September 9, 2022, another post-Elizabethan age commenced. The trumpeting flourishes and age-old scripts proclaimed a new monarch, King Charles III. British Prime Minister Liz Truss [...]

Billy Graham is known for preaching to huge crowds all around the world. However, he also had the opportunity to develop personal and pastoral relationships with numerous world leaders, including Queen Elizabeth II. Billy Graham never wanted to be a preacher -- he wanted to [...]

Queen Elizabeth II is a wonderful role model for strong and steady leadership. Her life bears lessons for all parents, who must lead their families. If you are like me, you will have been staggered by how many people loved the Queen. I have always [...]

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was a mesmerising spectacle, a display of worldly wealth and power, but also a bold proclamation of the saving Gospel of Jesus, the truth which endures beyond death. Millions around the world tuned in on Monday to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. The [...]

A short tribute by the Canberra Declaration team to the late Queen Elizabeth II on this national day of mourning. We encourage you to watch the full funeral service to Her Majesty, held in Westminster Cathedral. The team at the Canberra Declaration acknowledges the life [...]

The world came to a screeching halt when Queen Elizabeth died. Few people in history have provoked such sorrow at their passing. And her funeral is probably be the most watched event in human history thus far. I must confess I felt sad (dare I [...]

A few thoughts on Queen Elizabeth’s faith-filled funeral. We shall probably not soon see her like again. Her passing marks the end of steadfast Christian governance in the highly secularised West. On Monday I watched the Queen’s funeral, as did so many millions of others [...]

Why did a celebrity queuing up like everyone else make global news? Last week George Clooney enthused that Australian state governments did the right thing by locking citizens down during the Covid outbreak. Of course, Clooney was given a special exemption by the Australian government, [...]

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service was a beautiful ceremony and a tribute to the United Kingdom’s longest-service monarch. But, more than that, it was a powerful witness to the hope that Her Majesty had in the Lord Jesus Christ. In his first letter, Peter commands [...]

Darling of the ABC and former Insiders host Barrie Cassidy cannot understand why the national broadcaster is devoting so much coverage to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. He tweeted during the week that the ABC had “misread its audience” and given in to rank [...]

A few thoughts on the passing of the Queen: how her reign has been a bedrock for people throughout the world down the years, and what we may face in her absence. It was not my intention to pen a piece on the passing of [...]

Australian Indigenous leader Ps James Dargin has paid a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, saying he has great respect for the Queen and urges Indigenous Australians to honour her as a mother and a grandmother. “She Will Be Missed” I have a lot of respect [...]

Yesterday, shortly before midnight AEST, Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, passed away in [...]

Was colonisation a wholly evil thing, or has it been, on balance, beneficial for the indigenous peoples of Australia? This question merits serious consideration, as progressives denigrate our monarch and our nation for supplanting the savagery of yore. Not so long ago, it used to [...]

Most Australians are familiar with Queen Elizabeth -- our head of state -- but few are aware of the depth of faith that the monarch possesses. Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II had two ceremonies to mark the beginning of her public office? The [...]

Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015, when she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who lived to the age of 81. On 6 February 2017, she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee, commemorating [...]