A Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockli – kidnapped from Timbuktu in northern Mali, in January 2016 – was killed only weeks before other hostages were freed by Islamist extremists. Stockli’s was allegedly ...

The four gospels of the Bible – the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – are considered the strongest historical sources for the existence of Jesus. But they consistently come under attack by ...

A review of Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCulloch. Published in Australia by Allen Lane. Our modern society is full of noise, and this affects our souls as much as our ears. I tried to ...

Glenn Davies, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, has a message for people who disagree with him, and his diocese, about same sex blessings – they should leave the church rather than fight. “My own view is ...

Like kindness, gentleness is one of those qualities we admire but don’t really want. As Coco Chanel once said: “Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.” It may be ...

Growing up in Iran, Amin prayed five times a day like all other Muslims, repeating verses in Arabic in an attempt to talk to Allah. “One day I started to think about, why, if Allah is God, he should ...

Tony McLellan had it all. From a boyhood on a sheep station, he had become a Concorde-flying business hero, hopping from CEO job to CEO job across the globe. Until he had a providential mid-life ...

“Nine-tenths of my work is meeting with sailors one-on-one,” says Senior Chaplain Paul Stuart of his work in the Royal Australian Navy. This gently spoken Catholic priest – or “Padre” as he is known – ...

A special online meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Australia’s top council, the General Assembly (GAA), has voted to suggest churches re-open when all – vaxxed and unvaxxed – can attend. The ...

David O’Connor pastors a local Baptist church in the northwest of Sydney, Australia.

He began the Christian revolt against Donald Trump. But just as his campaign scored a huge win this week, he finds he needs Jesus more than ever. If you read one thing about Christianity and Donald ...

What began as a conversation starter turned into a groundbreaking eight-year research project for clinical psychologist Leisa Aitken. First, she noticed that clients were going through similar life ...