Author: Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent.
Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent.
Dean Dwyer with more than two decades of leadership as Pastor and President of Eiser Street Baptist Church in Toowoomba, Australia, Dwyer brings sophisticated Biblical discernment and analysis to examine world events and issues through the lens of God’s Word.
Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. As recently reported, Australians huddled around their devices on the evening of 11 August 2026 to complete the census. Although the results will take time to tabulate, many are impatiently awaiting the results of one key question in particular: What is the person’s religion? Although this is an optional question on the census, secular groups have invested significant resources in urging Australians to tick the “no religion” box. Why? Because they argue that the number of Christians in Australia has been artificially inflated over many years through counting those who are nominal Christians but hold no personal conviction…
By Dean Dwyer/Australian Correspondent. (Queensland, Australia) — Westerners are used to delineating the years with the timestamps of BC and AD, but since 2020, we have also become accustomed to using BC in a different way—before COVID. Although many have attempted to whitewash the entire event, there are some who are unwilling to let their governments get away with the serious physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the mandates and lockdowns. In my home state of Queensland (Australia), one such man’s fight against the Queensland Government continues. But in attempting to absolve themselves of the claims, the Queensland Government has now…