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Editor’s Note: We reproduce this insightful article, “Faith, hope but no clarity in religious discrimination bill” by Greg Craven, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University. Full credit to The Australian Newspaper for publishing Greg's always-articulate articles. See more of Greg Craven’s stories here. Photo: Attorney-General [...]

As most of you would know by now, a draft bill on religious freedom has been released by the federal government. The week before last, Attorney-General Christian Porter released the draft bill, and already plenty of discussion and debate has ensued. The public is able [...]

Religious freedom is a hot issue in Australia today. Many Christians are concerned about it, and some commentators claim this concern impacted our recent Federal election. Here in the West we’ve had religious freedom for many centuries. Classical western liberalism has formulated a doctrine of [...]

By MARK SPENCER Editor's Note: Mark Spencer is executive officer at Christian Schools Australia. We give full credit to the Australian Newspaper for publishing this very important viewpoint that the profound concern that the Morrison government is ignoring the Christian community. It is the very [...]

Dear Friend, Once again it all seems overwhelming, and it is a time for miracles. Yes, to make our voices heard on earth, but also in Heaven, realising we wage war against principalities and unseen powers (yes, I know, Ephesians 6), praying that the Hosts [...]

The cultural left has a haunting fear: That somewhere, someone hasn't had their identity validated – hasn't been made perfectly comfortable with whatever weird and repulsive things they're into. In this great, humanitarian crusade, in New Hampshire in the USA, there will now be a [...]

Dear friend, as outlined in a previous article, our freedom to believe, to speak of that which we believe – yes, even around the kitchen table – to teach that which we believe, and have it taught in our chosen educational facilities by teachers that [...]

It’s been three months since Israel Folau’s sacking, but the nation’s big news outlets are still finding stories to publish about the saga. Last week, the Sydney Morning Herald carried two hit pieces on the former rugby star, and they’ve unsettled many who’ve sided with [...]

Our society values equality, tolerance and liberty. We see it as our duty to stand up for justice, to be a voice for the underdog, and to ensure that the freedoms we enjoy are extended to everyone—right? Not entirely. There’s a group we’ve forgotten. Because [...]

I was waiting for it to happen, and finally it has. In a Sydney Morning Herald article criticising the current political push to enshrine religious freedom into Australian law, prominent secular commentator Elizabeth Farrelly has invoked the spectre of The Handmaid's Tale to warn about [...]

Editor's Note: This uplifting news from Stephen Fogarty at the Sydney Morning Herald pinpoints the momentousness of our Prime Minister's public demonstration of faith and prayerful concern for his nation. Christianity is intrinsic to his identity and mission of public service; to hide it under [...]

Freedom of speech, belief and association of freedoms for which our forebears sacrificed. They understood the importance of nurturing these freedoms. These freedoms have allowed us to explore, develop and nuance ideas, philosophical, political, scientific and religious, amongst others. Today, our society is in grave [...]

"Hate speech" needs to be defined with respect to the Israel Folau saga. It can be defined as “abusive or threatening speech or writing against a particular group”, but as with many other terms that have been hijacked by LGBT ideology, this is also equated [...]

Editor's Note: This fantastic article by retired Anglican minister Neil Bach in The Australian highlights the outrageous disproportionality of Rugby Australia's punishment of Folau. The Gospel is spelled out time and time again throughout this saga. Subscribe to The Australian here. ___ Star’s thought-crime punishment [...]

When Israel Folau is asked to swear on the Bible before he gives evidence in the High Court, will someone from the legal team of Rugby Australia object that it is an example of ‘hate speech’? That’s a serious question now, because as Miranda Devine [...]

That there is a lot of sloppy thinking about Christianity should not surprise us – at least when it is non-Christians who are doing the thinking. What is surprising – and quite worrying – is to find so much sloppy and unbiblical thinking about Christianity [...]

There has obviously been a lot written on the whole fiasco involving Israel Folau and Rugby Australia, but the reporting has been far from accurate. Take for instance the evidence provided by former Wallaby captain, Nick Farr-Jones, who was interviewed at the start of the [...]

A giant boomerang painted in designs with the red and yellow of the Aboriginal flag and the blue and green of the Torres Strait Islander flag will be featured in the NAIDOC march today. It was made and will be carried by Munganbana Norman Miller, [...]

Like Australia’s Israel Folau, Felix Ngole from the UK is a litmus test regarding freedom of religion, as well as freedom of speech, in the Western World. Just in case you’re not familiar with his case, Mr Ngole had been previously dismissed from his postgraduate [...]

If you were one of the 20,000 people “who donated to Israel Folau’s bogus fundraising campaign” then you are a hard-core homophobe. At least, that’s what Claire Harvey, the deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph thinks! According to Harvey, she is the only true believer, [...]