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...
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…”This was the first post I saw on Instagram that day – from Hillsong East Coast’s lead pastor Carl...
By: Fred PorterPorn. I hate porn. I think it’s one of the biggest tools of the enemy in our current time. The amount of people viewing it is alarming. The amount of Christian leaders consuming it is saddening (no judgment from me, I battled that filthy addiction for 6 years 2008 –...
By: Laura BennettNever 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.But, have you ever considered whether or...
By: Akos BaloghA fascinating article appeared in the Wall Street Journal late last year. Erica Komisar, a well known and respected author and Psychoanalyst wrote a piece entitled ‘Don’t believe in God? Lie to your children’.In her article she writes:I am often asked by parents,...
By: Tania HarrisChristians can have a reputation for being simple-minded. People could be forgiven for accusing those of us who believe in a virgin birth and a resurrection for being ignorant about what really goes on in the world.But the accusation also reveals a misunderstanding of what it means...
By: Alex CookHave you heard of Aesop’s fable about the grasshopper and the ant? The grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content one summer day when an ant passed by.It was carrying an ear of corn bigger than its size and it was on its way back to the...
By: Laura BennettIn 2018, author Kayla Stoecklein’s husband tragically took his own life – shocking the Christian community around the world. Andrew Stoecklein was only 30 years old, a father of three and a well-known US pastor. Christians were uncertain of how to handle suicide...
By: Brittany AnnReligion may not make it into the top five topics that couples fight about (that’d be money, sex, work, parenting and housework, if you’re curious), but that doesn’t mean that religion doesn’t cause its fair share of conflicts–especially when both...
By: Tania HarrisEverybody dreams. Scientists tell us that we all dream for one to two hours a night.1 Dreams are a normal and healthy part of being human. But where do they come from?A middle-aged woman named Karen once told me her dream. Karen was in her bedroom trying to look in the mirror, but...
By: Laura BennettWhen Hillsong youth band Young & Free recorded their new album All of My Best Friends, Australia was in the throes of what’s been dubbed the ‘Black Summer’.Bushfires were circling Sydney as thousands of teens prepared for the church’s annual Summer Camp...
By: Clare BruceTwo leading Christian medical ethicists believe there’s nothing morally wrong with accepting a coronavirus vaccine made using foetal cell lines from an abortion, if there aren’t alternatives – but that people of faith have every right to ask questions, and push for...
