Christians will be familiar with how different parts of Scripture tell the same story from different angles. (One of the most famous is the accounts of Judas’ sad death. Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 give two separate pieces of his… Continue Reading
Leader of the Labor Party, Chris Minns, has promised that an NSW Labor conversion therapy bill will not interfere with preaching and prayer while wishing to shield young people. But, as he puts it, the bill will be a needle… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column So what’s a nice moderate person like Obadiah saying nice things about Martin Iles? As Obadiah reported for Eternity, Iles had a good night on Q and A in 2021, when as many remember, he set… Continue Reading
Religion, Christianity in particular, will feature at Sydney’s world Pride LGBTQIA festival that started with the Mardi Gras march on the weekend. Sydney will host “the largest LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Conference ever to be held in the southern hemisphere”. Several… Continue Reading
The most interesting thing about Marty Iles was never the political campaigns the Australian Christian Lobby ran while he was the managing director of the lobby. Not even the Israel Folau campaign that supported the footballer, but also significantly added… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles has been removed from his position as managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby. The Other Cheek understands it was a decision of the board. Iles was taking the organisation in a direction the board disagreed with, namely… Continue Reading
Today is the closing date for personal submissions to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into the exemptions that religious schools currently have under anti-discrimination legislation, A consultation paper from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommends the removal of… Continue Reading
We probably wouldn’t do this if you or I were in charge of a revival. The revival continues at Asbury University, but the campus leaders have just done something you might not have done. They’ve turned away the thousands who… Continue Reading
A few days ago, Kate Forbes looked like she was taking over from Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National Party, which holds had of the seats in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba or Scottish Parliament – and become First… Continue Reading
For many Christians this is a special day, but for others ordinary. It’s simple: today is “Ash Wednesday” the first day of a time called Lent – marking the forty days until Easter. Having a time of preparation for Easter… Continue Reading