An Obadiah Slope column Please turn your irony detector on: Allegra Spender, Teal member for Wentworth, the weathiest part of Sydney’s East, has moved a bill to drastically trim religious schools’ right to hire staff and cut back their ability… Continue Reading
Gordon Charles Cheng 1961-2026 Bible teacher, author and earnest follower of Jesus, Gordon Cheng, died early this morning. In a varied career he was a staff worker for the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, the resources editor for Matthias Media… Continue Reading
Mekyal Keira, pastor of the Kush Southern Cross Anglican Church in Perth will be ordained as a presbyter in the Diocese of the Southern Cross today. I am Mekyal Keira. When I was 11 years old, I accepted the Lord… Continue Reading
Barry John Dudding (1944-2026) was rector of St Peter’s Burwood East from 1983 and St James’ Croydon, with which we amalgamated in 1990, until 2012. He previously served in Cowell and Kimba (in the Diocese of Willochra) and in Redfern. … Continue Reading
The caricature of Sydney Diocese is that wearing robes, and liturgical worship occurs only in church services that the diocesan centres of power mostly ignore, or even deplore. But reading the latest Moore Matters – the newsletter of Moore Theological… Continue Reading
A recording of a speech that sent shockwaves around the evangelical world, Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones speaking in 1966 in London, has been rediscovered and made public on the internet by the Martyn Lloyd-Jones trust. A Youtube version is here. (A… Continue Reading
Christians closer to the view that you need to be Christian to be truly British, are more likely to be ‘nominal’ when it comes to practice their faith, according to research by Theos, the think tank that is part of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column John Stevens, the National Director of the UK’s Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (similar theologically to the Australian fellowship), has made a bold statement. When Obadiah says Stevens was agreeing with Kemi Badenoch, who leads the Conservative… Continue Reading
SURABAYA,Indonesia, September 28, 2026 (Morning Star News) – A protest in Indonesia against a restaurant specializing in pork dishes reflects a trend of Muslims pressuring Christian-owned businesses serving food forbidden in Islam, sources said. The protest by dozens of Muslim… Continue Reading
Melbourne Anglicans have been called to a year of prayer by Archbishop Ric Thorpe in his first charge (presidential address) to Melbourne’s Synod (church parliament). “Prayer cannot simply be one activity within our strategy,” Thorpe told the synod delegates meeting… Continue Reading