In a society anxious about danger and calamity, increased surveillance of citizens is a temptation. The prophet Samuel was confronted by a people seeking certainty through strength. Can Christian communities live differently amidst such uncertainty?

Christians must find ways of accurately give an account of what has happened, ‘unspeakable’ or not, in the midst of war in Ukraine. We also need to contribute to public conversation about how we should act in response to this.

In recent months a number of extreme cases of Christian persecution have been reported in the media. Why is the Western media generally so disinterested in the subject of Christian persecution?

"There is nothing to be cherished about speech that offends, insults, or humiliates on the basis of the colour of one’s skin or ethnic background. I know this personally... I have always considered my cultural and ethnic background as something that enriches, rather than diminishes, me as an Australian."

One of the objections commonly heard to both taking in asylum seekers and our wider immigration program is a fear that we are being Islamicised. This reflects a worry that most Muslims, if they had the chance, would vote to see sharia law imposed on the Australian population; that Muslims bring with them a violent culture; and/or that Muslim people simply won’t integrate into Australian society. Some see a conspiracy theory, believing that Muslims are plotting to take over nations such as Australia by first settling here and then having large families, so that the population eventually becomes majority Muslim.

Amidst controversy and misinformation, just what is the school chaplaincy program? Jim Reiher gives needed clarification.

There is a startling disconnect between Scott Morrison's maiden address to parliament and his implementation of current government policies regarding asylum seekers.

We believe strongly in the equality and dignity of all people before God, but we also know that to maintain these values in a modern democratic society requires the opportunity and ability to defend them vigorously. And that requires a degree of freedom of speech that some people and groups may find uncomfortable.

Miroslav Volf discusses malformed faith and the challenges of passing on and communicating a transformative faith today.

The ‘world’ of global Christianity has changed radically. Lesslie Newbigin called the Western Church the most culturally captive church in the history of Christianity. Charles Ringma looks for signs of hope to help us ask: what might be the shape of re-evangelization of the West?