War has been part of human experience since people first formed alliances and fashioned themselves into nations. War takes many shapes and is wrought for many reasons. Men take up arms in revenge, for greed, to achieve political goals, to obtain geographical advantage. Wars are fought for religious reasons, on ideological grounds, in self-defence and to protect the vulnerable.

Do you ever feel as though there’s just not enough time in the day to do everything you need to do? At the end of a busy day at work it’s hard enough to remember to take the garbage out, let alone to call mum. Dr Michael Schluter, in Australia last month to see his new book The R Option launched by the Australian Labor Party’s leading public policy thinker, Lindsay Tanner, may have an answer. Indeed, Tanner’s endorsement offers a remarkable testimony to the hearing Dr Schluter’s work is receiving in political circles.

Dr Bruce Winter explains the Bible's teaching on fashion

Other women want the lifestyle, but one former international fashion model says the glamour is not what it's cracked up to be.

As Katoomba Christian Convention celebrates 100 years of Bible teaching, the future may lie in helping to train Christians for ministry in the local church, found Geoff Robson

The year was 1947. During a choir practice at St Clement's, Mosman, Trevor Young was, by his own reckoning, ‘overwhelmed by Jesus'. Not having had much to do with church, Trevor was now passionately committed to serving the Lord. He recalls, “at home, in sport, in friendships, every moment was taken up in finding people with whom I could share Christ.”

For several years, plans have been drawn up to plant churches in the new housing areas of western Sydney. Work has been proceeding steadily in the ‘North-West Sector' (centred on the parish of Kellyville). While three years ago a church was planted in Arndell Anglican College.

When Niki Shepherd committed her life to Christ at the age of 12, one of the consequences was the merging of two passions that would shape her future: music and God.