Last year Andrew Turner the director of the Australian Baptist Ministries “Crossover” evangelism group noticed a outstanding stat that he had to look at twice: “I blinked and had to look at the number a second time: 34%! Each year… Continue Reading
John MacArthur spoke about slavery in a “Grace to you” talk in 2012, a talk that has been raised in a lot of discussion following his death. The Other Cheek has verified that it is on the Grace to You… Continue Reading
There’s two views of hell to be found among today’s evangelicals, not one. This piece will quote two Aussies, both well regarded evangelicals. Let’s start with the traditional view of an everlasting punishment. A nuanced traditionalist view of Hell comes… Continue Reading
Church attendance in Australia has risen each year since Covid reaching 1,305,200 in 2024 according to a new report from NCLS. Church Pulse Check 2021 to 2024 records a bounce back from a low of 1,025,200 in 2021. The data… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column John McWhorter the idiosyncratic columnist of the New York Times is on to something when he describes two movements both obsesssed with “white power”: one wanting to destroy it the other seeking to defend it. His… Continue Reading
Chaplain Ben Boland has written Priceless People – Loving Older People & People Living with Dementia Its a very practical book, as this piece will demonsatrate. In this excerpt Boland explains we can all make a difference. The Bible tells… Continue Reading
Church leaders from the town of Taybeh in the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) have appealed for help from Christians around the world follwing fires being set near their 5th century church and an ancient Christian cemetery being… Continue Reading
For over 20 years, First Nations Bush Chaplain Julia Lennon (Picured) has faithfully served the people of Oodnadatta. The town, 1000 km north of Adelaide, once a bustling railhead, is now a home to an indigenous community. Without a permanent… Continue Reading
By David Voas, UCL via the Conversation The Bible Society recently published a report claiming that church attendance in England and Wales increased by more than half between 2018 and 2024. The revival was especially striking among young men, with… Continue Reading
Imagine a new tall building plonked on the Sydney Opera House forecourt, or in Melbourne’s fed Square on in Brisbane’s Botanic gardens. That’s the sort of thing Adelaidians are protesting about, a skyscraper in their Festival Plaza. The protest is… Continue Reading