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Month: June 2023

Making people living with disability welcome: a local church gets off to a good start.

Posted on 10/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Minchinbury Anglican

They don’t want to be put up as doing a spectacular job because they have a long way to go. Still, Minchinbury Anglican Church in Sydney’s West is having a real crack at making their church a place of welcome… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Disability

Marc Fennell reports on Pentecostals for SBS, with a little help from me.

Posted on 08/06/2023 by John Sandeman
The Kingdom doco

TV presenter Marc Fennell asks, “Who will inherit the Kingdom?’ as SBS examines the future of Pentecostalism beyond the Hillsong controversies and his personal journey out of faith. The doco, now available on SBS on demand and screening on their… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Pentecostals

Crocodiles can have virgin births. Why not a human?

Posted on 08/06/2023 by John Sandeman

Not a crock: Obadiah was stopped in his tracks, reading a New York Times headline. “Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile”.  An incubated egg from a female Croc living alone produced a stillborn baby. But the story by… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Obadiah Slope
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Celibate gay Christian calls on Gafcon to dissociate itself from Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality law

Posted on 06/06/2023 by John Sandeman
David Bennett, speaking at Holy Trinity Cambridge

David Bennett, whose journey from gay student activist to a celibate follower of Jesus is chronicled in his book A War of Loves, has called on the conservative Anglican movement Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference) to dissociate itself from new… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Gafcon, LGBTQIA

A unique Christian college that gets people jobs

Posted on 05/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Bedford College

The Other Cheek interviews Steve Dixon, who has just got behind the desk as CEO of the Baptist church’s Bedford College in north west Sydney. Steve, you have just become head of a unique institution – most Australian post-school education… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Baptists, Christian news, Education

If you read one article on Trump v Desantis, this is the one; and a warning about ‘Biblical’ archeology

Posted on 04/06/2023 by John Sandeman

Deciphering the US Presidential race: Key reading gives clarity on the Donald Trump v Florida governor Ron DeSantis fight to gain the Republican Nomination for US President: Matthew Continetti in National Review pinpoints the differences between the two in this… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news

A great builder of churches: Andrew Evans remembered by his pastor sons

Posted on 03/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Andrew Evans (1935-2023)

Pastor Andrew Evans (1935-2023) led the Australian Christian Churches denomination through a period of great expansion, planting churches once every three weeks. Under his leadership, the Klemzig Assembly in Adelaide grew from a church of 150 to a church of… Continue Reading →

News, Obituary Christian news, Pentecostals

‘It’s How You Play The Game:’ On meeting a childhood hero, Test Captain Brian Booth

Posted on 02/06/2023 by Paul Roe
Australian Cricket Captain Brian Booth

“Outback Historian” Paul Roe on his childhood hero “Greatness on the sporting field is wholly compatible with the highest standards of conduct and I can think of no finer example of these characteristics than Brian Booth.”         … Continue Reading →

News, Obituary Christian news, Testimony

Amy Brown, who lost her job in the Barilaro scandal, on navigating life’s catastrophe

Posted on 01/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Sydney Prayer Breakfast

A very practical application for prayer in a time of crisis was recounted by Amy Brown, who lost her job as a result of the attempt by National Party leader John Barilaro get a top job as trade commissioner for… Continue Reading →

Book Review, News Christian living, Christian news, Prayer

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