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Month: September 2022

Is Charles III a Christian?

Posted on 23/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Charles III

The new King, Charles III has walked back a statement that troubled many Christians. Rather than be the defender of the faith – a title Defensor Fidei – that dates back to Henry VIII even before he defected from Catholicism,… Continue Reading →

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Can anything good come out of the Uniting Church?

Posted on 22/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Paul Clark Redcliffe Uniting

Paul Clark on being an evangelical who wants to stay IN the Uniting Church. Not a year seems to go by without the Uniting Church becoming the punching bag of conservatives for seemingly weird or heretical positions taken on an… Continue Reading →

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Martyn Percy takes on Sydney Anglicanism

Posted on 22/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Martyn Percy

Martyn Percy, eminent English Academic and until recently Dean of Christ Church, Oxford has written a severe profile of Sydney Anglicanism. “In terms of character, the muscular, masculine Victorian- Edwardian Christianity comes through at every level, Percy writes of Sydney… Continue Reading →

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They called the Queen our ‘sister.’ Death is egalitarian.

Posted on 21/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Our sister here departed

An Obadiah Slope column I love the word “radiance” It used of Jesus just once in the Bible. “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.… Continue Reading →

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Sydney Anglicans flatline, Uniting church’s big drop: Updating some key church attendance statistics.

Posted on 20/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Knoxville Jubillee Bible church

A “Future Directions for the People of God” proposal to the 2021 Synod of the Uniting Church NSW/ACT gives the church attendance figure of 21,000. (The Synod wants to increase it to 30,000) The NSW and ACT are a third… Continue Reading →

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‘Service in life, hope in death’ The Queen’s funeral sermon

Posted on 19/09/2022 by John Sandeman

Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury preached this sermon at the funeral for Queen Elizabeth 2. The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death. The pattern for all who serve God – famous or… Continue Reading →

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Anti War Christians will protest at Arms Exhibition

Posted on 19/09/2022 by Margie and Jo Pestorius
Protesting arms dealers

Anti-war Christian Activist Margie Pestorius explains why she will protest at the upcoming “Land Forces” weapons expo in Brisbane. From the 4th- the 6th of October this year the Brisbane Exhibition Centre will host the Land Forces weapons exhibition. Not… Continue Reading →

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God spoke very clearly to me, ‘Now’s not the time to step back’

Posted on 16/09/2022 by Stu Cameron
Stu cameron

A sweet memory from Stu Cameron, CEO and Superintendent of Wesley Mission, Sydney A friend emailed me this photo a couple of days ago. It’s a picture of a fibro house located in Munda in the Western Province of the… Continue Reading →

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The church is like a doughnut – but we can save the city centre

Posted on 16/09/2022 by John Sandeman
Scots' church Melbourne

Real church in the middle of the city, we can do that Continue Reading →

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Uniting Church conservatives call for a ‘just separation’ from progressives

Posted on 15/09/2022 by Hedley Fihaki
Hedley Fihaki

“Two integrities is a lie” Uniting Church Conservatives say Continue Reading →

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