Fifty years ago this month, South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality, beginning a process that ended in 1977 when Tasmania was forced by a pending High Court challenge to pass a law. Until 1949, the… Continue Reading
Christians should carefully pick which social issues to fight, Patrick Parkinson, the former Dean of Law at the University of Queensland, told Freedom for Faith’s “Freedom 25” conference. Speaking as a campaigner for religious freedom, Parkinson told the gathering that… Continue Reading
The gambling industry has deep pockets and political power. But a bold call to churches to unite in prayer from Wesley Mission Sydney’s Superintendent, Stu Cameron, is a call to a much higher power. The call is for prayer on… Continue Reading
A desperate shortage of training for ministers in a rapidly growing church was the mesage from a key African leaders at the Sydney Anglican Synod. Representatives from Uganda Christian University, the Alexandria School of Theology, Nyakato Bible School in Tanzania,… Continue Reading
The most important speech was by someone we’ve never heard of. First, Charlie Kirk’s pastor, Rob McCoy, spoke “Thank you for coming out to honour Charlie Kirk. God bless all of you and all of you tuning in online around… Continue Reading
Anglicare Sydney plans to quadruple their housing stock to serve disadvantaged members of the community, increasing their holdings from 1,000 to 4,000 units within a decade. Their new Group Executive – Housing, Rob Stokes, a former Cabinet minister in the… Continue Reading
I heard a sound bite from Nicola Olyslagers, just after she’d won gold for Oz at the Worlds: “My identity is not in clearing the bar, but in Christ who cleared it for me.”. “Hmm..” I thought, “A sister in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Gold star award: John Steenhof, the lawyer who heads the Human Rights Law Alliance, a body fairly described as conservative, which defends the human rights of Christians in legal trouble – Jereth Kok, whose medical licence… Continue Reading
There are a lot more churches led by men than by women in Australia – a statement of the obvious. But the minority of churches that hold to a male-only leadership model are too small to be responsible for the… Continue Reading
Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Offered a choice, Charlie Kirk would have preferred not to enter a marijuana cloud to discuss theology, politics, science and the dangers of free speech.But the Turning Point USA activist — assassinated on Sept.… Continue Reading