20 May 2024
3.1 MINS
Wayne Alcorn has recently released a new book, "My Father's Son". International speaker and leadership consultant Sam Chand said, “'My Father’s Son' will make you laugh and cry at the same time, inspire and challenge you simultaneously.” I agree with Sam. It really is fantastic!
1 May 2024
2.9 MINS
The Christian bishop stabbed multiple times in Western Sydney is defending X, and forgiving his young Muslim attacker. Mar Mari Emmanuel used his first sermon since leaving hospital to double down on Christian forgiveness.
25 April 2024
8.3 MINS
ANZAC Day is a solemn remembrance of the fallen. But due to its rich spiritual heritage, it is so much more. The ANZAC spirit is truly sacred.
25 April 2024
2.8 MINS
For the pro-Palestinian lobby of Australian teachers to denigrate the ANZAC legacy by rewriting it emphasising Surafend, tying it erroneously to the Israel-Gaza war and belittling the sacrifice of so many Australian soldiers and their families on the eve of ANZAC Day is disgusting.
25 April 2024
1.9 MINS
As the bugle blew and the sun crested the horizon, I realised that, as a young person, it is easy to view Anzac Day as insignificant. Many Australians do not think of it at all. I pondered, not for the first time, why this day is so important.
22 April 2024
2.6 MINS
Australian singer-songwriter Colin Buchanan is a national living treasure. My family and I are BIG Colin Buchanan fans! So when I logged into Spotify the other week and saw Colin had released a new song, "Stick Together", I immediately had a listen.
5 December 2023
3.8 MINS
The Grinch that is the ALP has stolen not just Christmas, but also Anzac Day and Australia Day from the state’s official calendar.
24 September 2021
2.9 MINS
Most Australians know of the Battle of Beersheba, but far fewer realise that its architect, Sir Harry Chauvel possessed a sincere Christian faith. The horses were restless, pawing the ground in the relentless heat. A shimmering haze hung over the desert, taunting the waiting riders [...]
26 April 2021
8 MINS
The subject matter relating to soldiers of Aboriginal and Indigenous heritage is very important -- and broad, but here I concentrate upon several areas where I have some understanding: my own family involvement, and the service of soldiers of Indigenous heritage in the Middle East [...]
25 April 2021
4.9 MINS
Today is Anzac Day, 25th April. The most holy day in the Australian calendar. It is a day when we remember the men who gave their lives for us all, that we might walk in freedom. Dawn Remembrance Services are held across the nation. This [...]
24 April 2021
4.3 MINS
The ANZAC Day Phenomena Amidst all the anti-war sentiment of the Vietnam War, it looked like ANZAC Day was on its way out. Now attendance is at an all-time high. It’s importance as a national day of identity and reflection even rivals Australia Day. Despite [...]
18 September 2020
3.9 MINS
New Year’s Eve 2000 was celebrated on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by recognition of Arthur Stace’s Christian message, repeatedly chalked on Sydney streets over many years. My daughter asked: "Why that word -- 'Eternity'?" I typed up the history, as she wished to place it [...]
11 May 2020
2 MINS
Prayer leader Lou Engle has said, “You should look for the answers to corporate days of prayer and fasting in the headlines of secular newspapers.” From the drought to the bushfires to Australia’s effective response to the virus, we are seeing this prove true time [...]
25 April 2020
6.1 MINS
It is well known that most who served in the Anzac forces were believers in our Lord Jesus. Many carried Bibles. I share three stories here. First, Harry Bell who lied about his age to join the Australian Light Horse and gave his life at [...]
25 April 2020
0.5 MINS
Silent tears well in my saddened eyes As the men and their memories march, They are old and grey, but world-war wise Their demeanour stiffened as starch. The lump in my throat tries to comprehend The perils they faced and fought, The calls of justice [...]
25 April 2019
1 MINS
Help us Lord God – as we think of Gallipoli and Villers-Bretonneux and Passchendaele and Fromelles and Bullecourt and Pozieres – and so many other places such as Burma and Vietnam – help us as we feel that grief to also feel and know enormous [...]
25 April 2019
2.6 MINS
Today we celebrate Anzac Day. For some, it’s a day of national pride. For others, it’s a chance to mourn our nation’s injustices. So which should it be? And why is our civilisation so divided over this? For most majority-world nations, on days of remembrance [...]