Our Godly theology doesn’t have to change, but the way we build relationships with the wider world must be responsive to our current society
Conservatism: The false hope for Christians
Adam Duker: Pursuing freedom and keeping faith amidst adversity
Professor Adam Duker speaks out on unfair dismissal from the American University of Cairo after refusing to compromise on academic and religious diversity
God of the Heavenly Kingdom
福 is often something that Chinese wish upon on each other at Lunar New Year, but maybe it’s time to take a step back and think of the eternal blessing that has been offered to the world through Christ
Growing up Asian-Australian in Sydney Churches
The future of the Australian church may be Asian, but not Asian as you know it. There is a rising generation known as “third-culture kids”, given their Westernised yet traditional immigrant upbringing in Australia
Are we kissing evangelicalism goodbye?
In trying to get with the times to be mainstream and socially acceptable, many have forgotten that the Gospel is a timeless truth.
Bringing truth to all
Roydon Ng reflects on an interesting fortnight in Australia where politics, society and faith spectacularly collided with Graham, Peterson and Pell
How ought Christians vote?
As Christians seeking to make the most out of difficult political situations, we have the assurance that we don’t go in our strength, but prayerfully we have the support of the Jesus Christ because He is the One who has authority over heaven and earth.
A political or apolitical God?
It's not about whether you Vote 1 for a left or right wing party, Jesus cares about whether you've made Him number 1 in your life...
Hope Trumps Hate
Perhaps it’s wise to stop asking ‘why I didn’t report it’ but treat every claim seriously through a due process. Churches ought to be a place of hope and it can once again shine in the community as a beacon of such hope if it can heal among itself through the Holy Spirit.
Why Christian Culture?
Christianity is worth fighting for. There is so much that we owe to Christianity, it can be described as a debt that many in the world are either naive or blatantly ignorant about.
For a better world
As Australia grows in wealth, we are becoming an increasingly individualistic society – one that seeks less and less to relate to the community around us as well as growing distant from our Christian heritage.
Slavery is a choice but who’s your master?
“Keep America Great #Kanye2024. I love Donald Trump – he is my brother. Black people don’t have to be Democrats..." - Kayne West and Chance the Rapper
God’s Not Dead
Much of the Western world may have forsaken its Christian heritage and abandoned it for liberalism instead, but increasingly it is the ‘global south’ that is leading the way for the Gospel.
Being Genuine
When more people live as if they were “the temple of the Holy Spirit” in honour of God our creator (1 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 19 to 20), wouldn’t our society be a better place?
The milkshake duck
Let’s ask, test and seek the truth so that we can have a firm grasp not to keep it for ourselves but to be a bearer of the Good News of Christ into the world.
Jesus – a never expiring passport
Jesus is our passport that allows us to fly over the sinful and downfallen state of human power struggle (earthly politics) to a better future.
The church’s spiritual #MeToo crisis
As public opinion increasingly turns away from the church, the followers of Jesus ought to get their house in order or risk further undermining the Gospel of Christ
Youngest ever Willoughby Councillor, a committed Christian promising common-sense politics
Twenty-two year old UNSW law student Brendon Zhu is the second youngest councillor elected in the 2017 local government elections
It all ends up in a box or does it?
What does the board game Monopoly and human life have in common? Is it that both are about the accumulation of wealth and success? Or are both just a game that has winners and losers? Perhaps if we looked at them through the gaze of time, we can start to see how temporary both are.
“Religion is dying in Australia” … not so fast
Less religious people is actually a good thing. Faith, not religion that matters.
Fake news isn’t new, it’s been around since Biblical times
The "Report of the Guard" (Matthew 28:11-15) is example of how people have tried to use fake news to discredit Jesus