Chalking up a win: Richard Attieh, producer of the doco Written in Chalk about Arthur Stace, the Eternity man who chalked the one-word sermon over half a million times, reports the movie got a good reception at the Art and… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall I showed “The Truman Show” to my year 12 English kids this week, a rare end of term treat. It’s several decades since I saw it, and I was captivated. As were they. It viscerally and existentially moving,… Continue Reading
As foreshadowed in earlier reports on The Other Cheek, the NSW/ACT Baptist Association has voted to remove two churches from their association. Canberra Baptist Church removed from denominational association (168 votes to 88.). Hamilton Baptist Church removed from denominational association… Continue Reading
Adelaide’s Anglican Archbishop Geoffrey Smith has announced he will resign as Archbishop on November 8 and as Primate (leader) of the Anglican church of Australia effective October 8th. This will bring on the separate election process for both positions. “The… Continue Reading
Legal thinktank Freedom For Faith (FFF) has gathered commitments made by parties at candidate forums organised by FFF. Faith based schools In response to concerns about a minority Labor-Greens government and faith-based schools, Minister Chris Bowen (in a forum held… Continue Reading
From the SA/NT Baptist site Air Force Chaplain Karen Haynes has become the first woman to be ordained by Queensland Baptists, and the first female Baptist to serve as a chaplain in the Defence Force. Currently posted to Darwin, Karen… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Who goes there: “The people who go to heaven are all alike in one way: they are sinners who have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9).” is a good quote… Continue Reading
This is a story of an unfortunate split between two groups operating the Megavoice brand – but one has just announced a name change. Megavoice is known for producing audio Bibles, and has distributed over 3.6 million Bible machines, and… Continue Reading