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A review of how the Religious Discrimination Bill came to an ignominious end, with lopsided media coverage and emotive claims. Last Monday, many well-informed Christians thought Australia might have a Religious Discrimination Bill by the end of the week: a bill that would enshrine common-sense [...]

What is happening in Canada right now is shocking. How will the nation recover from Trudeau's heavy-handed governing? Concerned citizens are being crushed with state control. The disease destroying Canada right now is liberalism in general -- and Trudeau in particular. The despicable treatment of [...]

We must resist Big Brother assaults on the church. Mask mandates are not a reasonable excuse to interrupt a service. Would police have dared to interrupt another religion's sacred time of worship? Tyrants always target churches. These thugs know full well that churches are a [...]

The Citipointe debacle is a sobering revelation of where conservative Australian Christians stand in terms of our ability to forthrightly express our basic beliefs within our own institutions. Religious freedom is now a second-tier right in Australia. This is the obvious conclusion from the controversy [...]

Considering the probable timing of our upcoming federal election, it looks like the Religious Discrimination Bill has scant chance of being passed before that. The 2022 Australian federal election must be held on or before 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament [...]

The above heading doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Isn’t that what one would expect, that a school set up to educate students in a particular religious view would apply those beliefs in its practices? But the press in Australia sees it differently, apparently. “School [...]

In today's post-Christian Australian society which is increasingly hostile toward faith, the Religious Discrimination Bill merely aims to bring religious freedom protections into line with protections for other attributes. The Australian Parliamentary Joint Human Rights Committee on the Inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bill is [...]

Even those who think the vaccines are safe and ethical are wary of the widening divisions in society caused by governments imposing mandatory vaccination, curtailing employment, business and socialisation. Vaccine mandates are now government policy in many parts of the West. US President Joe Biden [...]

What the light from the Hanukkah menorah is really meant to illuminate. Hanukkah is supposed to be a minor Jewish holiday that comes in the early winter -- a way for Jewish kids to feel better about not having Christmas. In fact, of all Jewish [...]

Does religion oppress women, or liberate them to live with deep meaning and purpose? A new study undertaken by Harvard University suggests the latter. Author Margaret Atwood’s novel (and now TV series) The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian story set in the near future, when a [...]

Christianity is the world's most persecuted religion, yet Senator Lambie does not recognise the need to preserve the freedom of our religious institutions to maintain their identity and character. If you still don’t believe that religious freedom is under threat in Australia, then consider the [...]

The one-sided campaign that Australia's national broadcaster is waging against the religious discrimination bill is a disgrace, argues James Macpherson. Soon they'll be telling us that religious freedom will kill koalas, cause climate change, and create new Covid variants. It's only a matter of time [...]

Encouraging Christians to let their faith shape the political realm, God's Not Dead: We the People is an inspiring movie about religious freedom that every Australian Christian should see. No doubt you’ve seen some inspiring Christian movies over the years. Our personal favourite is ‘Amazing [...]

Vaccine Passports are increasingly controversial among some Christians. This is part two of a two-part series exploring the question of ‘what should Christians think of Vaccine Passports and the Coercing of Conscience?’ You can read the first post here. In this series, I aim to [...]

Vaccine Passports are increasingly controversial among some Christians. Nonetheless, it is important to consider how we should respond to difficult issues. The Ezekiel Declaration Controversy The recent ‘Ezekiel Declaration’ has garnered almost 3000 signatures from church leaders across Australia. It argues people should not be [...]

In a joint lawsuit filed today, Australian pastors and rabbis take the New South Wales, Victorian and Federal Governments to court to have religious freedoms restored. Is worship essential? That is the question that will be discussed today in the Federal Court of Australia after [...]

Tom Eglinton, an Elder at Smithfield Baptist Church, explains why his church has joined today's landmark Federal Court filing seeking injunction for religious groups to gather for worship like other essential services. We have a God-given responsibility to physically gather for corporate worship and community [...]

The fall of Afghanistan is a real worry indeed: It has happened so quickly. Kabul is fallen. The Taliban have captured the capital of Afghanistan and President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. The US Embassy there has been successfully evacuated, and some fighting is [...]

Gladys Berejiklian, the Premier of New South Wales, announced at her most recent press conference that the government is working on a “proof of vaccination app”. This will in effect take the place of the current QR Code by supplementing it with an affirmation that [...]

Australia’s beloved foreign affairs journalist Greg Sheridan has written his second book on God and his message is clear: Jesus is still the hope of our world. The way to be the very best at what you do, says The Australian’s Greg Sheridan, is to [...]