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Month: June 2024

Two ways to politic – Michael Jensen on a Biblical recipe for politics

Posted on 11/06/2024 by John Sandeman

Given the noise from the US Presidential campaign, one understandable reaction might be that there’s been too much linking of the Bible with politics – and that maybe it’s time to take a break from linking the two. Politics appears… Continue Reading →

Book Review, Latest, News Christian living, Christian news, Christian politics, Politics

Author Charles Ringma gains AM honour

Posted on 10/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Charles Ringma

Charles Ringma, a contender for the most prolific Australian Christian Author, has been made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday Awards. His citation reads, “The Reverend Dr Charles Richard Ringma For significant service to… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news

Jesus movie gets a reboot: a new animation is on the way

Posted on 08/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Jesus movie 2026

A feature-length animated film about the Life of Jesus, currently in production, is set for release on Christmas 2026 in 34 countries and 100 languages. The movie comes from Cru Global (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), which produced the 1979… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

On Religion: The United Methodists Steer Left — And Into A Sea Of Red Ink

Posted on 07/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Delegates, visitors and staff of the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., dance in the aisles following morning worship on the final day of the conference. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

By Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) While the “Kingsfold” hymn melody was traditional, the modern text of “Creator of the Intertwined” captured the progressive course steered by the recent General Conference of the embattled United Methodist Church. “Creator of… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Religious Freedom, Same-sex marriage

The sharing economy and your cat

Posted on 06/06/2024 by Lance Lawton
Zoe of Cromwell

Retired Anglican Minister Lance Lawton reshared this story the other day. It’s about cats, so of course, The Other Cheek thinks it’s a great read. ~~ Meet Zoe of Crookwell (Pictured) ~~  So I have this awesome strategy combining the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Cats, Christian news

The Suffering God after Auschwitz, Gaza, and after Jurgen Moltmann

Posted on 06/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Auschwitz gate

It was not only the Jewish religion that recoiled and rethought things after the Holocaust. Jurgen Moltmann, the highly regarded German theologian who died this week aged 98, was of the generation of Christian writers who faced up to the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian living, Christian news
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Evangelicals, social justice, and their future in the Uniting Church

Posted on 05/06/2024 by John Sandeman
UCA logo

Anne Hibbard completed a 65,000-word thesis on the experiences of Uniting Church evangelicals in NSW for her 2023 Doctor of Ministry degree through Tabor College. She kindly agreed to be interviewed for The Other Cheek. Hibbard formerly was a minister… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Evangelicals, Uniting Church

Dreyfus and Cash clash puts religious schools laws on hold

Posted on 04/06/2024 by John Sandeman

David Speers, host of ABC Insiders, reported that a meeting between Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash (the only opposition member to have seen the Labor package of proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) and a proposed Religious Discrimination Act)… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Religious Freedom, schools

YouVersion, Bible Project and others invite you to an AI-enabled global prayer meeting

Posted on 03/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Gather 25

On March 1st, 2025, Gather25 will bring together Christians across the world for 25 hours of prayer, worship, repentance, and commissioning on an unprecedented scale. Using technology and AI, connecting the global Church across a single 25-hour period is now… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Prayer

You can’t get me, I’m part of the union

Posted on 02/06/2024 by John Sandeman

Union dues: It was a pressured day in The Sydney Morning Herald newsroom, as it was during a strike. “You don’t like being here, do you?” one of the paper’s deputy editors asked. “Your making that obvious.” It was Obadiah’s… Continue Reading →

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