Charles Brammall on John Lance Tremlett’s Footprint of Word and Life. I have spent a little time with Lance and am impressed by his soft warmth, Christlikeness, and Gospel loyalty. His utter conviction of God at work, obvious personal relationship… Continue Reading
The birthday of the late, very public and credible Christian believer Sir Harry Secombe has just passed. And we are fast approaching the 25th anniversary of his death. He of “The Goons” fame is also the splendiferous quintessence of Mr… Continue Reading
Am I still Anglican? Ridley Melbourne’s Michael Bird asks in the wake of the Gafcon announcement of the Global Anglican Communion – a reset of the links between natiuonal Anglican churches. “Am I still Anglican? “Because, according to GAFCON, you cannot be Anglican and be… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column A treat not a trick: Christian Author and travelling Bible reader, Simon Camilleri, provides a note on Halloween to hand out with treats for visitors if you take part in that American day. It is a… Continue Reading
Professor, journalist and author, Wiradjuri man Stan Grant drew on sociologist Zigmunt Bauman’s characterisation of the present age as “liquid modernism” in painting a bleak picture of the new generation trapped in identity politics at the Richard Johnson memorial lecture,… Continue Reading
The conservative Anglican network Gafcon’s announcement last week that the Global Anglican Communion is here and the traditional links to the Archbishop of Canterbury should be ignored has been interpreted in different ways. So who is right? Have Gafcon left… Continue Reading
A communique from Gafcon, the conservative Global Anglican Futures network, which speaks for the overwheming majority of Anglicans as measured by church attendance, makes the strong claim that the future of Anglicanism has arrived. The communique declares that the old… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Offended: Section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act, which offers a low bar to establishing a case of discrimination. 18c “makes it unlawful to do an act in public if: the act is reasonably likely to… Continue Reading
Behind the current crises in universities, of issues of funding, trust, and relevance, is a deeper issue, a long-term process of secularisation in Western society in the form of this year’s New College, UNSW, lectures, held this week. The presenter,… Continue Reading
“I’ve got a million stories where I’ve just cried in my walk-in robe [It’s] because I’m not allowed to preach … it hurts. I’ve had that pain, but I’m not walking away from my [church].” This quote heads a paper featuring women… Continue Reading