Australia in Focus

Please see this excellent flyer attached re the “Safe Schools” poison. Continue Reading →

Personal Matters Last week I was in Bandung Indonesia for an Asian Christian leadership conference. This Christ-centred event raised more sharply than ever the question of whether a spiritually mature Church can ever exist in a materially affluent culture. For… Continue Reading →

‘DISCUSSION ON THE MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE AND OTHER IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUES’ You are invited to a BREAKFAST with special guest Hon. KEVIN ANDREWS MP. in support of PETER ABETZ MLA Continue Reading →

The Coalition’s federal election victory – albeit narrow – has given new hope for a plebiscite on the meaning of marriage. More… Continue Reading →

Youth Forum: Dealing with the LGBT issue with sensitivity and conviction. by Haydn Lian is 18 years old and is a first year student in university in Perth more… Continue Reading →

SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. Is it “just” to encourage experimentation in losing virginity and that there are ways of losing it other than penis-in-vagina sexual intercourse – and to know your own sexual identity you should find out? Is… Continue Reading →

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake. Gender dysphoria should be treated with psychotherapy, not surgery. For forty years as the University Distinguished Service Professor… Continue Reading →

SHE’s the world’s first transgender teddy bear and she’s about to achieve worldwide domination. If only life was as beautifully simple and unprejudiced as a children’s book. Thomas-now-Tilly the teddy’s journey began five years ago when Jess Walton’s father came… Continue Reading →

WHEN John Maynard Keynes declared “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler a few years back”, he knew what he was talking about. The craziest trend in Australian politics is… Continue Reading →

Here is a truth you can bank on: Satan absolutely hates children and is doing all he can to destroy them. He hates all of mankind of course, but he knows that if he can get to us while still… Continue Reading →

A lot can happen in a week in the culture wars. The fight over the very unsafe Safe Schools program has certainly heated up, with a number of new developments. Just hours ago La Trobe University in Melbourne announced that… Continue Reading →

Politics can bring out the best and worst in people. This is why we base our analysis more on the actions taken during the last political term, rather than on the promises and persona currently on show. This material can empower your voting decisions and your conversations. Continue Reading →

Not only are there hard-core culture wars going on everywhere, but there is a monumental battle for truth which is unrelenting. Yet most believers think the Christian life is a picnic. They have no idea that all sorts of groups and individuals and ideologies have made formal declarations of war against the church, the faith, and against believers. Continue Reading →

2016 Australian Federal Elections: Are aware there are massive implications in the coming election that will impact freedom of speech, freedom of faith, God’s design of marriage and the sexualisation of children. Continue Reading →

 This Safe School Programme is an attacks the core values of a Normal society and is not about anti bullying it’s about sexual orientation normalizing for Same sex relationships – 4cminews   Source: kidsrights.org.au

Revival has hit my Noongar Community in Perth, we were so Hungry for God. The meetings with Pastor Abraham Charles from London, UK.  They were like nothing I have seen before nor him… the children were moving and playing but… Continue Reading →

      Personal Matters       “There is nothing left in Yarloop. Everyplace we have been working in and holding services in is gone…. You can make plans for another meeting on the 17th unfortunately.” (Dr. Bob Chapman).… Continue Reading →

Introduction Fear has become a part of our everyday life. This time last year I was in a meeting with some older people in our area whose primary concern was street crime. One had recently been bashed by a young refugee… Continue Reading →

Confession: I AM INTOLERANT. I really am! Like I see in some of my patients who, as they get older, become more intolerant of significant but relatively minor things like discourtesy. Yes, I hate it too but I have learnt… Continue Reading →

Personal matters The deepest revelation comes in the context of conflict, because it involves sharing in the sufferings of Christ (Heb 10:32). Such enlightenment however does not come automatically but through willing submission to God’s profoundly exacting purposes. The intimate… Continue Reading →

Personal Matters Watching the Swan winding towards Perth then walking across an overpass for rail lines and the Freeway headed towards our CBD I sensed the Lord speaking about cities as concentration points of natural and human resources. Then at… Continue Reading →

The entire case for embracing the homosexual lifestyle is built on lies, falsehoods and deception. I have now written three books on this topic, and in them I deal with these myths in great detail. In some 600 pages with… Continue Reading →

A message to MP’s or Senators “Marriage Definition” ACT TODAY: Can we encourage you to print it off, (see PDF below) and call in at your Federal MP or Senator’s office and drop it in to them as soon as possible.  Just go… Continue Reading →

 Menu Letter Argument Ideas Further Notes: Future Action:  . Letter Argument Ideas Rights of the Children Same-Sex Marriage dismisses any possible impact on children where the State deliberately intervenes and forces children to be raised either without their mother or… Continue Reading →

Open Letter from Catch the Fire Ministries Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:26:38 Dear Family and friends, Please urgently click on the link below, scroll down and vote NO, that you do not think the legalisation of same sex marriage is inevitable.… Continue Reading →

Thirty-eight of Australia’s religious leaders, representing major religious traditions and a broad diversity of faiths and cultures, have written a public letter to the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, urging him to resist attempts in Federal Parliament to redefine the meaning… Continue Reading →

Open Letter: From: Richard Chieng,  Friday, 29 May 2015 4:14 PM Dear friends, The Labour Party in cohort with the Greens and the Gay lobby groups are trying to tire us out by their deadly persistence to change the definition of… Continue Reading →

Albanese; Anthony :A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au Alexander; John :john.alexander.mp@aph.gov.au Andrews; Karen :karen.andrews.mp@aph.gov.au Andrews; Kevin :menzies@aph.gov.au Baldwin; Bob :Bob.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au Bandt; Adam :adam.bandt.mp@aph.gov.au Billson; Bruce :B.Billson.MP@aph.gov.au Bird; Sharon :Sharon.Bird.MP@aph.gov.au Bishop; Bronwyn :Bronwyn.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au Bishop; Julie :Julie.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au Bowen; Chris :Chris.Bowen.MP@aph.gov.au Briggs; Jamie :Jamie.Briggs.MP@aph.gov.au Broad; Andrew :Andrew.Broad.MP@aph.gov.au Broadbent;… Continue Reading →

29 May 2015. Open Letter: by Lachlan Dunjey  Dear Christian, Re strategy to force same-sex “marriage”. The unseemly push for acceptance, “right now”, is fuelled (I consider) by realisation that arguments for traditional marriage are gaining ground, that the consequences to… Continue Reading →

at 4:44 pm today. More than 539,175 people have had their say in 9News.com.au’s poll on same-sex marriage, with the “yes” vote starting to pull ahead. Please vote on this poll regarding whether Australia should maintain its marriage law. Article: Marriage equality… Continue Reading →

The Meaning of Life is the title of a privately distributed communication from Andrew Chan to the Indonesian Church a few months ago. (Excerpts below retain the original wording.) Personal Matters I have a sense of deep sadness about the… Continue Reading →

Many Perth churches minister into the Third World but few preach the plight of the global poor as an issue of biblical justice. The fate of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran incites frenzied interest but few interceded for refugee and… Continue Reading →

by Dr. John Yates Introduction A few weeks back I had a terribly disturbed sleep. As I prayed into this I sensed that I was functioning as a spiritual barometer, in this case about issues of disorder in our society… Continue Reading →

Australian Indigenous Ministry Seminar Sat Nov 30, 2013 Thank you for your prayers and support for our first Australia Indigenous Ministry Seminar in Perth. On Friday evening we had a great time of Worship & Word with about 80 –… Continue Reading →

by Charles Slack John 8:34-36 (KJV) 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36… Continue Reading →

Another Word for Australia. by Dr. John Yates October 31, 2011 Background This is the substance of a prophetic message I shared at the Commonwealth Prayer Initiative (CPI) in Perth on October 29th 2011. It lacks the footnoting, biblical detail and… Continue Reading →

Why we (also) need to be political to change our culture. Yes, we need to change people’s hearts and minds by bringing them into the Kingdom of God. Yes, we need to educate the public – but will they read,… Continue Reading →

Open letter to the people of God in Victoria. June 2010. A state election is due in Victoria in November this year. Will you vote for good or for evil? Now I know some of you will be bristling already… Continue Reading →

Recent atrocious laws about abortion and embryonic stem cell research only passed by one or two votes. Will the same happen with euthanasia, assisted suicide and cloning?  Why wouldn’t it?  If we do not encourage people with strong Christian values… Continue Reading →

by Timothy Tay 2010 No other Australians, Christians or otherwise, can claim to hold more political clout than the two party-bosses who stood before a gathering of Christian leaders in Canberra on Monday evening put together by Australian Christian Lobby… Continue Reading →

 Downloadable Copy by Dr. John Yates 28 Dec 2009 Background This paper attempts to thread together various scriptures, prophetic words and convictions shared by a diverse group of people concerning God’s plan for Western Australia1)Without the inspiration of the below… Continue Reading →

Lachlan Dunjey November 2009 Nicola Berkovic in The Australian  October 23, 2009 writes:  THE nation’s most powerful church leaders have united in a bid to scuttle efforts to create a national charter of human rights, warning the Rudd government it could curtail religious freedoms… Continue Reading →

Conflict in Medicine – Reflections on the Abortion Bill That such a bill could be approved by MPs in Australia really stretches credibility e.g. a doctor must perform an emergency abortion when the mother’s life is in danger. As has… Continue Reading →

by Dr. John Yates Australia Day 2007 When the Spirit of the weeping Father is released through the church the hard – hearted Aussie culture1)Years ago I was given Matthew 25:24 – 25 as a description of how most Australians… Continue Reading →