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Things can change, and one never knows what surprises God might have up His sleeve for us. Just when things might seem the darkest, the light of Christ might erupt with brilliance and power.

Atheists, like everyone else, will sooner or later die. Either that, or they will renounce their misotheism and turn to God, if not to Christ. There are so many atheists and non-believers who have abandoned their hatred of God and embraced Him and His great love for them.

Many believers struggle to fully experience and embrace the love that Father God has for us. So this piece will look at some further aspects of this.

How do we know how to disagree well? What issues are deal-breakers? Which are relatively unimportant? And how do we tell the difference? Thankfully, the Christian theological toolbox has some handy resources to help address this dilemma.

In the old days, most people knew they were sinful beings in need of salvation and rescue. Today, they see themselves as gods who need affirmation and self-realisation.

We have a new term – or at least a new way an old term is being used: "influencer". The truth is, we are all influenced by others, and we all have an influence on others. This can be for good or ill. Let me consider each in turn.

The head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Mike Burgess, stated that a former Member of Parliament had been a spy for an unnamed foreign regime. The regime is widely believed to be the Chinese Communist Party.

If we are being controlled, who or what is controlling us? If we are being controlled, would we know it? If we are not being controlled, are others being controlled, and how can we recognise this?

Men and boys are struggling mentally, physically, academically, economically, and spiritually because of the absence of fathers, the failures of our education system and policies, and changes in both the job market and our culture.

What was the state of Western Australia doing, by acquiescing to the health advice of entities tied to the Chinese Communist Party? Why have members of the WA parliament been so chummy with the CCP?

Xi van Fleet is one of the most important voices in America – nay, one of the most important voices in the West – today. The outspoken critic of cultural Marxism said, “2020 was when I realised, Communism is here. It’s taken root, and I have to do something.”

What became clear during COVID-19, especially in Australia, was that there has been a growing political paternalism, formerly known as statism. A large proportion of the population looks to the government for deliverance from whatever problem is facing them.

There are many facets to this war on the West. It is carried out across the media and airwaves, throughout the education system, from as early as preschool. It is rife within the wider culture.

Monica Smit was one of Australia’s champion resistance fighters during the Covid wars – and she still is. She keeps fighting the good fight for freedom and resisting repulsive Big Brother statism.

That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that He interacts with our world. But the question that needs to be addressed here is this: Can some believers over-rely on signs and wonders at times?

John Eldredge is the most credible voice for men in the world today. He has written 26 books, but his 2001 breakthrough book, "Wild at Heart – Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul" is still the bestselling book on manhood written in the last three decades.

"Diary of a Country Priest" was Bonhoeffer’s way of helping young theologians prepare for Christianity without a country, or the institutional church.

When Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples this question: “What are the people saying about Me, the Son of Man? Who do they believe that I am?”

The final figure in my random assortment of ‘Defenders of the Faith’ is American academic and self-styled ‘professional troublemaker’, James Lindsay.

In "Creating the Qur'an", Shoemaker, professor of religious studies and Christian studies at the University of Oregon, offers a closely argued account of how the Qur'an came into existence. It is a tour de force.