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Christian Sexologist Dr Pat Helps Parents Tackle Tough Sex Talks With Their Kids

By: Katrina Roe

“Boys on the school bus showed my nine-year-old son pornographic videos. He came home crying.”

“My little girl came home from school terrified. Her teacher told her that she can be a boy or a girl. She wants me to take her to the doctor to find out if she is a girl or a boy. She is six years old.”

“My 15-year-old daughter has decided that she is transgender and wants to be a boy.”

If these sound familiar to you, you’re not alone. Read more

How Could This Happen Again? Reflection on Hillsong’s Carl Lentz ‘Fall From Grace’

By: Laura Bennett

“Our time at Hillsong NYC has come to an end. This has been a hard ending to what has been the most amazing, impacting and special chapter of…” Read more

Western Australian Sheep Farming Life the Feature of ‘Rams’ Remake [Movie Review]

By: Laura Bennett

It may be slim pickings at the cinema this year but, if you can pull yourself away from your blockbuster cravings, smaller movies like Australian production Rams are deserving of a bit of the limelight. Read more

“It Just Feels Like It’s Been Piled On” – American Musician on Handling the Trauma of 2020

By: Laura Bennett

While the impact of this year has played out in unique way for all of us, one thing it has exposed universally is our capacity for change and how we handle the compounded crises and constant reminders that we are not in control. Read more

Get Your Teen Reading Again With New Sci-Fi Series About Choosing to Fit In or Do What’s Right

By: Laura Bennett

How do we get our young people to put down their phones and start reading again? Read more

2020 COVID Fashion Report – Does Your Favourite Brand Make the Grade?

By: Hope Media

The COVID-19 edition of Baptist World Aid Australia’s (BWAA) annual Ethical Fashion Report revealed that more than 70 per cent of companies assessed in 2020 could demonstrate that they had taken at least some deliberate positive actions to support vulnerable garment workers through the global pandemic. Read more

You Can’t Be a Perfect Christian and That’s OK

By: Laura Bennett

The Christian faith is a fickle thing. In believing in God and accepting Jesus as His son, our key life aim is to live as Jesus did: in perfect relationship with God, and with a divine love for humanity. But that’s impossible. You’ve probably already messed it up five times this morning and that’s OK because you can continually choose to correct it. Read more

New Print Magazine Trying to Combat Millennial ‘Scroll Culture’

By: Laura Bennett

Never in history has there been a generation with such rapid access to information as ours. In a matter of seconds you can find hundreds of thousands of articles, comments and ‘deep-dives’ on whatever subject suits your fancy. Read more

The Comey Rule – Is Telling the Truth Manipulative? [Review]

By: Laura Bennett

The world is fascinated by who becomes the next American President. It is hard to imagine any country whose political system is subject to more screen time, whether it be news coverage, special events, TV series or movies – both fact and fiction. Read more

“God is Not Offended By People Asking ‘Why?’,” Says Christian Apologetics Author

By: Laura Bennett

In the overwhelming malaise that has overshadowed much of 2020 for so many people, understandably, there are some who are asking, ‘where is God in it all?’ Read more