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Month: September 2023

Male led, Presbyterians work on hearing the voices of women

Posted on 10/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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The very male General Assembly of Australia (GAA), the peak body of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA), received a report on how the church can listen more carefully to the voices of women at its meeting in Hurstville in… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, complementarianism, Presbyterians

The Anglican Marks of Mission and the Voice to Parliament

Posted on 09/09/2023 by Peter Sandeman
Three flags of Australia

Opinion: On The Other Cheek, we welcome “the other twin,” Peter Sandeman writing on the Voice. He is Canon for Social Justice in the diocese of Adelaide. Now that the referendum is approaching and the contending arguments have been coloured… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Anglicans, Christian news, First nations, The Voice
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Awkward facts about ‘Sound of Freedom’ movie

Posted on 08/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Lauded as the latest Christian blockbuster movie, Sound Of Freedom was claimed to be the number two movie in Australia last weekend by some enthusiastic supporters. After who wouldn’t want to see an action-packed Christian movie based on a true… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Movies
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Presbyterians vote to ban Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country from public worship

Posted on 07/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Welcome to Country (WtC) or Acknowledgement of Country (AoC) will not be able to be performed at public worship services of the Presbyterian Church of Australia after a vote in their General Assembly of Australia, the church’s peak council that… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Presbyterians
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A new twist on teacher education – go to a secular uni, but come to us as well

Posted on 06/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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A new course for students aiming to become teachers from a Christian college comes with an innovative approach – don’t come to us for your teaching degree, but come to us first to learn a Christian approach to education. Youthworks… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Higher Education

How my friends showed me the Gospel

Posted on 05/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Friends

Amy Isham writes on how her friends helped her discover Christ. Amy works at City Bible Forum as their Marketing and Content Manager, and co-hosts CBF’s Deeper Questions podcast.  When I first started having conversations with Christians, I was a lapsed-Catholic-turned-New-Ager who practised… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

Christian self control’s enemies are romanticism and western capitalism

Posted on 04/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Asked how Christian self control differs from stoicism – the dour “grin and bear it” philosophy – David Höhne the Academic Dean at Moore College gave a great answer: “There are nine fruits of the spirit, and self-control is the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian living, Christian news

Instant gratification, the voice, Melbourne Anglican Mediawatch

Posted on 03/09/2023 by John Sandeman

Quicktime: A small but heated discussion has got Obadiah thinking about how the internet leads us to want instant gratification in arguments. A post by Sydney Anglican Dani Treweek on her substack site had just been up long enough for… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Anglicans, Christian news, First nations

Tim Costello: Let’s heed the lessons of history from Botany Bay to Uluru

Posted on 02/09/2023 by John Sandeman

An open letter from Rev Tim Costello to church leaders on the Voice This week marks the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech. Those prophetic words for all Americans are now etched in history. Less… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Christian news, First nations, The Voice
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Generously considering the ‘yes’ case for the voice.

Posted on 01/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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A “The Voice” Why Yes forum held to discuss the referendum in the light of a Sydney Anglican Synod (church parliament) motion “to give generous consideration to the case to vote ‘Yes’ to the referendum question” heard from a lineup… Continue Reading →

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