By: Akos Balogh
How should Christians respond to an increasingly hostile culture? Continue reading “The Unintended Consequence Of Silencing The Christian Voice”
The Unintended Consequence Of Silencing The Christian Voice
Why I Let My Kids go to Schoolies
By: Susan Sohn
Schoolies is an interesting topic and one that seems to evoke a lot of emotion within parents. To send or not to send, to allow or not seems to be the question for most parents. Continue reading “Why I Let My Kids go to Schoolies”
The SSM ‘Yes’ Vote One Year On
By: Akos Balogh
It’s been one year. One year since Australia voted ‘yes’ to Same-Sex Marriage. You might have missed the anniversary last Thursday (it wasn’t headline news – which is surprising, considering the airtime it took up a year ago). But it was picked up by the likes of The Project, where presenter Carrie Bickmore confidently asserted that ‘the sky hasn’t fallen in’ since SSM became legal. Continue reading “The SSM ‘Yes’ Vote One Year On”
Responding to a Society Becoming Increasingly Hostile Towards Christian Views
By: Akos Balogh
Christians are increasingly marginalised by a society growing suspicious of our views (especially our views on sexuality). In response, Christians should be ready to ‘lose well’, whenever we face such opposition. Continue reading “Responding to a Society Becoming Increasingly Hostile Towards Christian Views”
NAIDOC Week – Celebrating Women
By: Warren Nunn
The invaluable role that woman play throughout society inspired the theme “Because of her, we can!” which highlights this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations. Continue reading “NAIDOC Week – Celebrating Women”
Most Aussies Have Never Met an Indigenous Person, Let’s Change That
By: Clare Bruce
NITV journalist Natalie Ahmat says 6 or 7 Australians in every 10 have never actually engaged with an Aboriginal person, according to research. And many Aussies are still in the dark about our Aboriginal history. Continue reading “Most Aussies Have Never Met an Indigenous Person, Let’s Change That”
How Christians Can Go Beyond The ‘Culture War’
By: Akos Balogh
Many Christians feel we’re losing the ‘culture war’.
From SSM to euthanasia, the traditional Christian perspective has lost ground in much of mainstream society. We’re a minority. Continue reading “How Christians Can Go Beyond The ‘Culture War’”
God’s Not Dead 3 – Should the Church Still Have a Place in My Community?
By: Laura Bennett
Even if the numbers of people who call themselves ‘Christian’ has fluctuated in Australia over the years, there’s a lot about our nation that finds its origin in the faith. Our settlement represents a complex time in history, but part of what the Europeans brought with them, was their Christianity. Continue reading “God’s Not Dead 3 – Should the Church Still Have a Place in My Community?”
Starting Conversations That Can Change Culture
In his seminal work How Should We Then Live?, Francis Schaeffer brought the idea of worldview to bear on the church in the Western world. As he chronicled the rise and decline of Western thought and culture, one thing became clear to his readers; something must be done before the church as a whole is lost. Continue reading “Starting Conversations That Can Change Culture”