Babies Born Alive and Left to Die
Concerned Christians across Australia are lobbying for long overdue policy change to protect babies born alive after failed abortions. On 17 August (2026) a bill was reintroduced in the lower […]
Preaching Politics
The lady was quite insistent on speaking to me. She wanted to tell me what was wrong with my sermon. “I was going along fine until you brought politics into […]
Whom will we follow? The Sydney Morning Herald or the Scriptures
When I worked with Sydney Anglicans I came across what was termed ‘the Sydney Morning Herald test’: Will anything we are going to do land us in the SMH? Well, […]
A Memo to the Media from a Presbyterian Minister
The Presbyterian Church of New South Wales has decided to go along with all the other Presbyterian churches in Australia by upholding the biblical teaching that only men can be […]
Ten Problems with the Greens’ Anti-Conversion Bill
Can I ask that you would stop what you’re doing and please pray for Tasmania? As with what we have seen occur in many other states in Australia, the Greens […]
Social Media Bans: Vanity, Vanity
On 10 December 2025 the Australian government brought in age restrictions for those wishing to use social media – the age being sixteen. Predictably, there were outcries of ‘Censorship’, […]
How the World has Changed since Same-Sex Marriage
Nothing was Going to Change…or Was It? The challenge for Christians today is the same as it was for God’s people when they were in exile in Babylon. Whenever an […]
The Australian Christian Freedom Index
The Australian Christian Freedom IndexA significant event occurred in the parliament in Canberra today (Thursday 28th May). It was not broadcast live on the ABC. I doubt that you will […]
The Ab-Smash Debate
Introduction to the Introduction “The Ab-Smash debate”, to clarify, has nothing to do with crunches or six-packs. It’s just my idiosyncratic way of referring, in five syllables, to something which […]
Federal Report Finds Anti-Christian Bias in US
Pursuant to Executive Order 14202, a report titled “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias with the Federal Government”, was released on the 30th of April, 2026. The 200-page report contains no less than […]
SEX SELECTION ABORTION
On 22 October 2025 the Libertarian Member of the NSW Legislative Council, John Ruddick, introduced a private members bill which is designed to outlaw sex-selective abortion, and even punish it […]
Only the Gospel Can Deal with Human Evil
Say “Yeah . . . Nah” to drink driving. Drink drivers are full of it. These are slogans of recent anti-drink-driving campaigns. Dozens of similar ads campaign against all manner […]
Pastors, Pulpits and Politics
There are many ways to lose friends. We live in days when everybody is an expert, with or without expertise. There is much that is decidedly unhealthy about the zeitgeist. […]
ISLAM IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
ISLAM IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE I have been engaging publicly with Islam for over 30 years and have a noticed a recent change in the way it is discussed in […]
Taking Grandma To Be Put Down
Taking Grandma To Be Put Down How Euthanasia Opened the Door to Massive Assisted Suicides in Canada In 2016, Canada legalized what it calls Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)—physician-assisted death […]
Liberty, But At What Cost?
Liberty, but at what Cost? We owe a great debt to Bishop John Hooper (1495-1555), even if this is the first time you have heard his name. He gave us […]