From C.S. Lewis’ 1963 Essay The Seeing Eye in the book Christian Reflections. The Russians, I am told, report that they have not found God in outer space… Looking for God—or Heaven—by exploring space is like reading or seeing all… Continue Reading
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship,… Continue Reading
Queenslander and Christian war protester, Margie Pestorius, is in Melbourne/Naarm, and she sent The Other Cheek details of the action she is associated with. Her’s is a Christian voice not often heard, but The Other Cheek believes it should be… Continue Reading
Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen responds to the Finnish Supreme Court finding that a church pamphlet she co-wrote in 2004 was hate speech against gay people. The Supreme Court has today, 26 March 2026, issued its decision in a freedom of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column To the Newcastle Writers’ Festival, where The Mushroom Tapes authors Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, and Sarah Krasnostein show a respect for the Baptist beliefs of the victim families in the Erin Patterson case. With a generally… Continue Reading
OPINION “Shield the joyous” is a line from an Anglican version of the ancient office of Compline. Compline is a service that marks the end of the working day, with quiet prayer. And the “shield the joyous” line calls for… Continue Reading
The Finnish Supreme Court has found MP Päivi Räsänen guilty of hate speech related to her expression of her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 20-year-old church pamphlet. Räsänen has been criminally convicted with her co-author alongside… Continue Reading
The official list of the Global Anglican Council, set up to lead in a reset Anglican Communion, was released by the Gafcon General Secretary, Paul Donison, overnight. It differs from the list published by The Other Cheek recently – which… Continue Reading
The Bible Society UK “Quiet Revival” report, which claimed an upsurge in faith among young men in particular, has been retracted. Here is the withdrawal statement issued on March 26 from Paul Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Bible Society. “Earlier this… Continue Reading
At the recent Abuja meeting of bishops, Gafcon, a conservative network of Anglicans, called on all leaders in the reset Global Anglican Communion to stay away from events organised by the Canterbury-centred communion. This has been seen as a test… Continue Reading