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Month: September 2024

The best writing on the US election – so far

Posted on 21/09/2024 by John Sandeman

Kevin Williamson, a conservative writer in The Despatch written by people who lean right but despair of Trump, has written engagingly from Springfield, Ohio, on eating cats and dogs. Read his intro and enjoy: “SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—They come to Ohio from… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Politics

Wise words from the Catholic Weekly – Pro-lifers are free to vote either way.

Posted on 20/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Donald Trump in Iowa

Simcha Fisher, Columnist for Sydney’s Catholic Weekly – the only weekly religious paper in Australia – summed up the new situation for US pro-lifers: “We’ve never been so free to vote however we want, as long as we’re not voting… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Abortion, Christian news
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‘This is a brutal facts moment for us’: Sydney’s Anglicans have their attendance issues laid bare

Posted on 19/09/2024 by John Sandeman

Dominic Steele, Senior Minister at inner-city Annandale, delivered a no-holds-barred speech calling on Anglicans to respond to the fewer people in their churches. In a statistic-laden speech, Steele introduced a frank and detailed report on attendance patterns to the Sydney… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, evangelism

When Charles Spurgeon took on slavery and Billy Graham took on Segregation

Posted on 18/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Billy Graham 1954 London

Dr. Michael Brown via Religion Uplugged (OPINION) Without a doubt, Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) and Billy Graham (1918-2018) were gospel preachers rather than social justice warriors. Yet both of them addressed some of the greatest social evils of their day without… Continue Reading →

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Sydney’s Anglicans decline to make school leaders sign up to marriage doctrine

Posted on 17/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Sydney Anglican Logo

Anglican school council members, school principals and board members of diocesan organisations will NOT have to sign up for a Sydney Anglican statement of marriage after a vote by their synod (church parliament) on Monday. The Executives and board members… Continue Reading →

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For love of libraries, eating cats and dogs, and witchcraft

Posted on 16/09/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Britain is truly in decline: The Guardian sums up a crisis “When Liverpool’s Spellow Hub library was torched in this summer’s far-right riots, an appeal quickly raised more than £250,000 to restore the facility. That was testament to… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news

An instant city at the end of the metro line

Posted on 15/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Tallawong developer Deicorp's vision

The very end of Sydney’s shiny new Metro line is Tallawong station, a place destined to be a high-rise-only suburb. The sort of “Transport Oriented Development” (TOD) that strikes fear into the heart of inner city NIMBYs is here at… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, evangelism

Why I joined the anti war protest in Melbourne

Posted on 13/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Land Forces protest September 2024

This week protestors have targeted “Land Forces 2024” a massive expo featuring the latest ways of waging war. Margie Pestorius, a Queenslander Christian, tells The Other Cheek why she joined the protestors. Pestorius is a long-time peace protestor – one… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Politics, Religious Freedom

Up or down: What’s happening to Theological Colleges’ numbers

Posted on 12/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Moore College library

The recent sale of the Lutheran Vatican in North Adelaide that housed their theological seminary, the closure of two indigenous tertiary colleges or faculties, and continuing merger of theological colleges beings the question – are there any green shoots despite… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Higher Education

Queensland and NSW kids get the message

Posted on 12/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Christmas is Merry Quiz Worx

Quiz Worx children’s ministry team ran 767 live puppet shows to over 87,000 kids last year – 362 of them were performed in five weeks in our Christmas period, Quiz Worz supporters’ nights gatherings were told this week. That’s not… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Children, Christian news, evangelism

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