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RI is important: Queenslanders defend school Bible and religion classes

Posted on 13/06/2023 by John Sandeman
RI headline

“Parents are choosing for this to be a part of a child’s, experience at school; Hundreds of thousands of parents are across the state, have said they want this,” David Baker, co-chair of the Multi-Faith RI Network Religious Instruction Network… Continue Reading →

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Evangelical Christians are crucial voters in Republican primaries. Would they support DeSantis or Trump?

Posted on 12/06/2023 by John Sandeman

OPINION: Analysis by David Smith, University of Sydney from The Conversation. Ron DeSantis’s re-election as governor of Florida was one of the few bright spots for Republicans in an otherwise disappointing 2022 midterm election. DeSantis originally won the governorship by… Continue Reading →

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Baptism artwork wins major art prize

Posted on 11/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Ramsay Art Prize winner Ida Sophia

A video piece reflecting on baptism has won the Ramsay Art Prize, worth $100,000 for artists under 40. Ida Sophia’s video Witness is the first time a performance piece has won a major Australian art prize, according to The Sydney… Continue Reading →

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Making people living with disability welcome: a local church gets off to a good start.

Posted on 10/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Minchinbury Anglican

They don’t want to be put up as doing a spectacular job because they have a long way to go. Still, Minchinbury Anglican Church in Sydney’s West is having a real crack at making their church a place of welcome… Continue Reading →

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Marc Fennell reports on Pentecostals for SBS, with a little help from me.

Posted on 08/06/2023 by John Sandeman
The Kingdom doco

TV presenter Marc Fennell asks, “Who will inherit the Kingdom?’ as SBS examines the future of Pentecostalism beyond the Hillsong controversies and his personal journey out of faith. The doco, now available on SBS on demand and screening on their… Continue Reading →

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Crocodiles can have virgin births. Why not a human?

Posted on 08/06/2023 by John Sandeman

Not a crock: Obadiah was stopped in his tracks, reading a New York Times headline. “Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile”.  An incubated egg from a female Croc living alone produced a stillborn baby. But the story by… Continue Reading →

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Celibate gay Christian calls on Gafcon to dissociate itself from Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality law

Posted on 06/06/2023 by John Sandeman
David Bennett, speaking at Holy Trinity Cambridge

David Bennett, whose journey from gay student activist to a celibate follower of Jesus is chronicled in his book A War of Loves, has called on the conservative Anglican movement Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference) to dissociate itself from new… Continue Reading →

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A unique Christian college that gets people jobs

Posted on 05/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Bedford College

The Other Cheek interviews Steve Dixon, who has just got behind the desk as CEO of the Baptist church’s Bedford College in north west Sydney. Steve, you have just become head of a unique institution – most Australian post-school education… Continue Reading →

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If you read one article on Trump v Desantis, this is the one; and a warning about ‘Biblical’ archeology

Posted on 04/06/2023 by John Sandeman

Deciphering the US Presidential race: Key reading gives clarity on the Donald Trump v Florida governor Ron DeSantis fight to gain the Republican Nomination for US President: Matthew Continetti in National Review pinpoints the differences between the two in this… Continue Reading →

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A great builder of churches: Andrew Evans remembered by his pastor sons

Posted on 03/06/2023 by John Sandeman
Andrew Evans (1935-2023)

Pastor Andrew Evans (1935-2023) led the Australian Christian Churches denomination through a period of great expansion, planting churches once every three weeks. Under his leadership, the Klemzig Assembly in Adelaide grew from a church of 150 to a church of… Continue Reading →

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