Context is important; the pope was visiting a war-torn country when he made the speech on war that reverberated around the Middle East and Washington DC. Pope Leo was visiting Bamenda, a city in Cameroon’s north-west region, which is at… Continue Reading
NSW Presbyterians may be asked to take part in a worker health and safety survey about a proposed change to have only male elders. In his book Unshaken Allegiance, Professor Patrick Parkinson explains how a doctrinal dispute within a church denomination… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall I am a bit of a Victor Hugo tragic. I have been to his home in Paris and taken photos of many of the paintings there. Some of them are breathtaking and quite odd. My wife and I… Continue Reading
Bishop Keith Dalby of the Diocese of the Murray has been found unfit to remain in holy orders by the Episcopal Standards Board of the Anglican Church of Australia. This means the board considers Bishop Dalby should not be licensed… Continue Reading
As the Koorong bookstore chain enters a third life, after growth across Australia under its founding family ownership with the Bootes family, then a period in the Bible Society, and since March this year, Excelsia College, the chain is changing… Continue Reading
Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) In Western Christian churches, the highest holy day on the liturgical calendar is Easter — the Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord. A year ago, King Charles III, in an Easter message that… Continue Reading
Geoff Folland I don’t sit on the board of a Bible college. Nor do I want to. But I’ve been close enough to the system over a long period to notice a shift. And I can read a set of… Continue Reading
Australian Christian nationalists are here, but different from the American variety was one finding of “Christian Nationalism and the Australian Church,” a webinar hosted by the University of Divinity. The helpful discussion was hosted by Prof Glen O’Brien of Eva… Continue Reading
Mapping the Operating Systems of Australian Christian Higher EducationSeries: The Future of Formation (Part 1 of 4)By Geoff Folland I took my first Bible college class in 1992, during my first year working as an auditor with aBig 4 firm.… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall In 1994, in a small Rwandan town, a lady called Immaculée Ilibagiza hid in a 3 x 4 foot bathroom in a pastor’s house with seven other women, for 91 days, during the Genocide. Outside, neighbours, and people she had grown up… Continue Reading