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THE DANGERS OF REDEFINING MARRIAGE. By Dr David van Gend, family doctor and president of Australian Marriage Forum.             Redefining marriage is a dangerous idea. It redefines everything from parenting and kinship bonds to sexual morality and acceptable religious doctrine. G.K. Chesterton warned "This triangle of truisms - father, mother and child - cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilisation wich disregards it." 

Rendering honour on the Queen’s Birthday public holiday David d’Lima - FamilyVoice Australia, June 2020 As the first and oldest Australian public holiday, the Queen’s Birthday gives the opportunity to render honour to our Sovereign Lady, along with various noteworthy people who are recognised by awards that are conferred on that day each year, under the Order of Australia, of which Her Majesty is head. Action to honour the Sovereign, as the nation’s highest authority, is a virtue that is commendable to all Australians, regardless of their political views. Such action accords with the way we have arranged our civic system in Australia. Furthermore, it is coherent with the following biblical precepts: Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honour, then honour (Romans 13:7); Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him ... (I Peter 2:13); Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honour the king (I Peter 2:17).

Shaping the Australian identity David d’Lima, FamilyVoice Australia - November 2020 The identity of the Australian people is the set of qualities that characterise those who live on our great island continental landmass. Those characteristics include the predominantly English heritage of the people, including the language, religion, customs, civic institutions, food and clothing exported by England in the colonial era. The First Fleet arrived in 1788, bringing convicts and colonists who carried the English language, the Christian faith, the Crown, with the law code and customs of Britain. Indigenous culture flourished prior to the arrival of British people, but Aboriginal influences on colonial and modern Australian mainstream identity are minimal. The greatest indigenous influence on Australian culture is perhaps the use of the didgeridoo by some musicians, and the use of certain indigenous nouns including kangaroo, koala, boomerang, Uluru, and Kata Tjuta...

Solomon David d’Lima - FamilyVoice Australia, June 2020 King Solomon is regarded as a man of tremendous wisdom as he led the united monarchy of Israel and Judah, and as he built the temple of God. Solomon was born in about 990 BC as the most famous son (and successor) of King David. He built the temple of God in Jerusalem, but is most famous as the author of three books of Scripture: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. Solomon commenced his reign by the remarkable adjudication of a dispute between two women who both claimed one baby (1 Kings 3) as he applied a remarkable appreciation of human psychology....

THE SCHOOL BULLYING PROBLEM By Roslyn Phillips, BSc DipEd. National Research Officer, FamilyVoice Australia             "Throughout school I was always a geeky kid," Stuart McGregor (41) says. "A nerd if you will. The kind of kid bullies love. Except I had one feature that stood out. I was a coppertop. A red dog. A ranga. A redhead. With freckles."That feature made me a target for bullies. On a daily basis I would be beaten. I was afraid to go to the toilet at school for fear of my head being flushed. "Let's get that red out of your hair, ranga," the bullies would say as they tipped me upside down. Blue Loo tastes as awful as it looks and smells."

In this issue: Euthanasia bill voted down ... Health Minister opposes euthanasia ... ‘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  

Spectacular Australian Flag glasses Prepared by David d'Lima May we ... lift up our banners in the name of our God (Psalm 20:5) Print these images on thick paper (perhaps 250 gsm) to make two A5 worksheets.

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....