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A VOICE TO OUR NATION. By David Phillips. Edited extract from 'Courage in a Hostile World - the story of FamilyVoice Australia'.             My wife Ros and I were driving along in our rental car during a 1990 holiday in New Zealand. We were enjoying the majestic scenery when suddenly we saw it - a large billboard saying: 'Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD!' (Ps 33:12) It challenged my thinking: What does it mean for a nation to serve God?

Sporting excellence and God’s plan for the nations David d’Lima - FamilyVoice Australia August 2020 Appreciating a biblical theology of sport Christian views on the value of sport arise from the Creator's interest in the goodness of the body and his pleasure in observing our astonishing physical capabilities. Those views continue as we appreciate how sporting analogies provided a compelling pattern for the early disciples, since several portions of Scripture describe the Christian life using athletic terminology. This is particularly the case in these excerpts from the Apostle Paul, whose love for athletics is clear, since sporting references are a persistent theme in his communications: “... if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace ....” (Acts 20:24). ... if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according the rules. ... (II Timothy 2:5). I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day... (II Timothy 4:7-8)...

THE TRUTH ABOUT TRANSGENDERISM: WHAT EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO KNOW. Edited by Roslyn Phillips, BSc DipEd.        Brett (not his real name) was only three years old when he discovered barbie dolls. His parents thought it was a phase he would soon out grow, but that didn't happen. He wanted to wear frilly pink dresses like those Barbies wore. At kindergarten, he only wanted to play with girls. He told people that he wanted to be a lady when he grew up.

The Australian Crown is at the heart of the civic system that has enabled Australia to enjoy a remarkable reputation as one of the oldest continuously democratic nations in the world. Our civic system, with the Crown at its heart, is characterised by constitutional stability. Yet the freedoms and the stability that we enjoy are appallingly taken for granted, and the role of the Australian Crown within our civic system is profoundly unrecognised, and is thought by many to be of no value at all. The Crown provides an essential ministry at the heart of our civic system. The Crown exercises a quiet but a profoundly important role, safeguarding the process of constitutional democracy in such an effective manner that it would be very difficult to replace. In the following short essay, several key features and benefits of our system of constitutional monarchy are explored....

THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE: WHY THE US SUPREME COURT GOT IT WRONG. Edited by Roslyn Phillips, BSc DipEd.         On 26 June 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled (5:4) that same-sex 'marriage' is a fundamental right under the US Constitution. This decision by five unelected judges has automatically legalised same-sex 'marriage' in all 50 US states, including those where voters had rejected same-sex 'marriage' via democratic referendums.     The majority ruling was splashed across world headlines - but very few media outlets reported the foud dissenting opinions, including that of US Chief Justice John Roberts. All four were scathing of the majority judgment, pointing out that it ignores both logic and precedent, and exceeds the Court's pwer. Each opinion expressed deep concern that the Court has ushered in a new form of tyranny.

Prepared by David d'Lima.

INDIGENOUS RECOGNITION: SHOULD WE CHANGE THE CONStITUTION? By Dr David Phillips, National Director, FamilyVoice Australia.         In a major 2007 address, former Liberal prime minister John Howard spoke of "the anguish so many Australians feel about the state of Indigenous Australia and the deep yearning in the national psyche for a more positive and unifying approach to Reconciliation."     Mr Howard promised that, if re-elected that year as prime minister, he would hold a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. However his government lost office.

The Coronation speech of Queen Elizabeth II - 2nd June 1953 - When I spoke to you last, at Christmas, I asked you all, whatever your religion, toprayformeonthedayofmy Coronation - to pray that God would give me wisdom and strength to carry out the promises that I should then be making. Throughout this memorable day I have been uplifted and sustained by the knowledge that your thoughts and prayers were with me. I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity...

In this issue: Death drug not yet finalised ... School anti-bullying plan announced ... ‘They Day’ government push ...  ‘Language madness’ restarts in Defence Force ... How to birth a pro-life culture ... Call for positive religious freedom protections ... Opt-out filters aren’t censorship ... Why the Lord’s Prayer matters ... Constitutional challenge to “safe access” speech ban

Prepared by David d'Lima.

The Lord’s Prayer: a resource prepared by FamilyVoice Australia - May 2021 - Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. - According to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, 1662 Purpose To help children and families understand and memorise the words of the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, as we comprehend its meaning and role to shape our civic culture. The lesson also enables the construction of a poster of The Lord’s Prayer, which may be displayed prominently to encourage memorisation and recitation. Students also appreciate the engraving skill of a soldier during the First World War who inscribed The Lord’s Prayer on a silver threepenny piece....

NO-FAULT DIVORCE: COUNTING THE COST. By Christopher Brohier LLB (Hons), CGLP.         The concept of no-fault divorce that became law in Australia in 1975 was part of a revolution in divorce law reform that swept through the Western world in the late 1960s and 1970s.     It was based on the idea that the law should aim to strengthen marriage, but if the marriage was finished in fact, the law should "enable the empty legal shell to be destroyed with the maximum fairness, and minimum bitterness, distress and humiliation".