Today, Saturday, the 10th of October, 2026, sees the Diocese of the Southern Cross grow towards 12 churches. In Brisbane, two lay ministers will be ordained as deacons, and their congregations will become Member Churches of the Diocese of the… Continue Reading
Anglican Bishop Matt Brain of Bendigo has been elected Bishop of Bunbury in Western Australia. In a letter sent today to the Bendigo faithful, he says he has been praying for some time about where he should serve. Last year… Continue Reading
Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) By count of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, the famous evangelist preached to some 215 million people in 185 countries during mass revival meetings between 1947 and 2005. People have naturally discussed who his… Continue Reading
Here is a story on FB that the author, “Pastor Jesse”, begged people to share. She is referencing a story about a murder that has transfixed part of the Christian interweb. Let’s read along. “All week I have been following… Continue Reading
By Rose McCann Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, the biographer Mark McGinness concluded that Charles Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister (2026) is “a plucky and plausible achievement” and a “fascinating” younger brother’s tribute written without a ghost. I… Continue Reading
Alleged death threats and an alleged home invasion of the Cobbitty property of Pastors Andrew, Noline Martin and Millicent Sedra of Echo Church in south-west Sydney have raced around the Christian Media, including Daystar TV and Premier Christian News in… Continue Reading
Faith, rhetoric and the ballot box: How religion has shaped Brazil’s current presidential election Manuela Lowenthal, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) In the last few days before the 2026 elections, Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva —… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall The Final CUT Lights up. A woman lies on a gurney. She is fifty years old. Thirty-one years earlier she murdered another young woman. She has spent more than three decades on death row, much of it in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Mushrooming: Obadiah has a confession – he has not been a big fan of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney’s Circular Quay: too many video installations for his curmudgeonly tastes. He has a modified earworm:… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall The Bible, tradition, experience, and our logic seem to be disquietingly clear- we are saved by works alone, and not by works. But then there’s Milano. Ahh… Milano. My wife’s aunt, a retired fashion model, lives in Milano.… Continue Reading