An Obadiah Slope Column Unfair: Why an unfair fight? Well, one of Canadian author and psychologist Jordan Peterson and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, John Lennox, has the holy spirit, and the other doesn’t. We are weighing truth… Continue Reading
David Robertson, a Presbyterian Scot now ministering in the Hamilton that is a suburb of Newcastle only made it to lunchtime when attending Nexus, a conference attended by evangelical ministers mostly of the Sydney Anglican variety. His account of why… Continue Reading
Two initiatives by the Freedom For Faith (FFF)think tank make it easy for Christians to get involved in the upcoming – not-sure-quite-when – federal election. “As I write, over 70 churches are planning to hold a candidate forum for their… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles, the former Managing Director at the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), has left Answer In Genesis, the US-based creationist ministry he joined after leaving ACL. After six weeks of social media silence, he has announced he is “in transistion”.… Continue Reading
Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) One of the most impactful cultural changes in 21st-century America has been the steady decline in Christian vitality, as measured by membership, baptisms versus funerals, worship attendance, practices, and perceptions. Two major new social… Continue Reading
Michael Kellahan Executive Director of Gafcon (Global Anglican Future Conference) Australia on being globally aware. I bought a beaten-up second-hand globe from a charity shop for $12. It looks a bit faded and fragile, but it does the job. It… Continue Reading
Quiz Worx, which has been introducing kids to Jesus through puppetry and gospel-focused scripting since 1998, have just launched their 2025 video Jesus is in Control. “How often do things around us feel out of control? People get sick, families… Continue Reading
Jesus is “true God from true God,” “begotten not made,” and “of one substance with the Father.” These truths that lie at the heart of our Christian faith were formed into these words 1700 years ago, at Nicaea, now Izmir,… Continue Reading
Trump’s “might is right” foreign policy should concern Christians according to evangelicals, New York Times columnist David French and public theologian Curtis Chang, a consulting faculty of Duke Divinity School. They dug into a theology of foreign policy in a… Continue Reading
Re-lent: Canon Phillipa Lohmeyer-Collins preached at St Paul’s cathedral, Melbourne, on the “heart work” of Lent, which is the effort we owe in repentance. Lent, it strikes me as a person who attends a church which does not emphasise the… Continue Reading