Just as Christian nationalism is gaining prominence with the latest example being the US defence secretary Peter Hegseth’s favourite theological pundit Doug Wilson declaring women should not have the vote, comes a message from Sydney’s Archbishop Kanishka Raffel. He turns… Continue Reading
Pastor Samir Yacco pastor of Christ the Redeemer of the World Baptist Church in Dwelia a suburb of Damacus has been in Australia speaking to Anglican Aid and churches about what happening in Syria. Pastor Yacco runs Damascus Church Aid, a project… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Last weekend, I heard a mature Christian chap say, “Maybe we should pray that someone assassinates Putin, Netanyahu, Kim Sung Un, Trump, the Hamas leader, the Saudi Arabian and Iranian guys, Xi Jinping, and the corrupt, despotic, African… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek Mediawatch The long-running case, known as Tickle v Giggle in the Federal Court of Australia, involves a discrimination case brought by NSW trans woman Roxanne Tickle against Sally Grover, the creator of a women-only app. Tickle claims… Continue Reading
By Tracy Simmons via Religion Unplugged More than 250 people packed the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center in Moscow, Idaho, [last] Friday evening for a live recording of “Sons of Patriarchy,” a podcast dedicated to exposing what its producers describe as… Continue Reading
One of the things I never asked my father was when he heard of the surrender by Japan on August 14, 1945, which ended World War II, when he was serving in North East India. Although he was an architect,… Continue Reading
As ministers as well as churches are now being required to conform to the traditional understanding of marriage as a “covenant relationship ordained by God as a lifelong faithful union of one man and one woman,” to remain in the… Continue Reading
Rev Emma Walsh, an accredited Baptist minister in Northern NSW, was interviewed about her theology last week by the Pastors Liaison Committee of the Baptist Association of NSW and ACT. Rev Walsh was asked whether she supports the denomination’s position… Continue Reading
A secret kept by the incoming Archbishop of Wales, Cherry Vann, will serve as a Rorschach test for the Anglican communion. The Rorchach psychological test involves presenting individuals with a series of ten inkblots, and asking them to describe what… Continue Reading
Mark McCrindle, founder and head of the McCrindle research company has been collecting data on Australians for two decades. The Other Cheek decided to find out what he has learned on that journey of discovery. 1. Mark, after twenty years… Continue Reading