A group of conservative churches and members of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) have issued a manifesto calling for “amicable separation. The group known as the Assembly of Confessing Congregations (ACC) wish to be allowed to leave the UCA,… Continue Reading
Mark Layson has been a chaplain for ten years. The Other Cheek asked him what he had learned in a decade. After ten years, what have you discovered about being a chaplain that you did not expect? I did not… Continue Reading
You may or may not agree with what the Artificial Intelligence writing program ChatGPT writes, but it turns out to have strong opinions. That’s what conservative Christian Bruce Lyon found out when he asked ChatGPT, “please write me a reformed… Continue Reading
The lawyers and bishops can’t get their story straight. There is a subtle but important difference between what the Church of England’s bishops and their lawyers are saying about the church’s move towards the blessing of same-sex civil marriages. Is… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Two ex-CEOs: NSW’s CEO Josh Landis lost his job yesterday because he attacked NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s religion, talking of Perrottet’s “conservative Catholic gut” as the reason for the Premier supporting cashless pokies. Last year Andrew… Continue Reading
An extract from “Busy: Tackling the problem of an overloaded Christian life” by Ian Carmichael, who has been busy running Matthias Media – and I think they published the book, not just because he’s the former CEO – but because… Continue Reading
A consultation paper from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommends the removal of exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act that some Christian schools have relied on for staffing and rules for students. Attorney General Mark Dreyfus is running a… Continue Reading
New Beginnings Church in Mandurah, Western Australia, is the first church in the new Diocese of the Southern Cross, (formed as a home for conservative Anglicans) to have a woman minister. The Revd Linley MatthewsWant was licensed as pastor by… Continue Reading
My twin received an AM, becoming a Member of the Order of Australia this week. It is worth discussing why. It was on April 15, 1971, at an event denounced by the crusty conservatives of our state upper house that… Continue Reading
Before You Lose Your Faith from The Gospel Coalition tackles a burning issue – the “deconstruction” of faith. Deconstruction is the pulling apart and examination of an object, an idea, or faith. And sometimes, as editor Ivan Mesa points out,… Continue Reading