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Baptist Ministers asked to conform to traditional marriage statement or they will lose accreditation

Posted on 09/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Baptist NSW ACT Logo

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 →

Latest, News Baptists, Christian news, LGBTQIA, Same sex marriage
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A Rorschach test for Anglicans: the Archbishop’s 30 year secret

Posted on 07/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Archbishop Cherry Vann

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 →

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What twenty years of research has taught Mark McCrindle

Posted on 07/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Mark McCrindle

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 →

Latest, News Christian news, Data

Dorcas squares and colonisation

Posted on 06/08/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column ### Funny bun: Archbishop Jeremy of Brisbane commits pun-ishment… and Obadiah notes the names of two other Bishops at least gave him a like. Giggling, no doubt! Tradition for sale: Spotted in the “preloved uniform shop… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Anglicans, Christian news, Presbyterians

A blinding flash brought death

Posted on 05/08/2025 by John Sandeman

8:15 am on August 6, 1945The first atomic bomb used against humans was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. As the US Boeing B-29 Bomber, named Enola Gay, flew away from Hiroshima, this picture taken from the plane shows to Atomic Bomb cloud… Continue Reading →

Latest, News World War 2
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Why we are marching across the Bridge

Posted on 03/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Palestine rally

It was all kefiyehs and umbrellas at the big Palestine protest in Sydney that was headed across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Christians joining the “March for Humanity” protesting the war in Gaza tell The Other Cheek why they are marching.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel/gaza

The name of an official young King Josiah asked to read the Bible discovered on a clay seal on Temple Mount.

Posted on 03/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Temple seal

A tiny clay seal bearing a clear inscription of the name of an official from the Bible has been found on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. A team of archaeologists, the Temple Mount Sifting Project, have been working for 20 years to find… Continue Reading →

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For a while it looked as though were were going to have two Gaza protests on Sunday in Sydney

Posted on 02/08/2025 by John Sandeman

Perhaps up to 100,000 people will join the Palestine Action Group’s march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge tomorrow (Sunday) now that the NSW Supreme Court has declined a police request to block it. The police were concerned that such a large… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel/gaza, Religious Freedom

Bible Society sells its main property, Hillsong the likely buyer

Posted on 02/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Hillsong Macquarie Park

An office and former warehouse tenanted by Hillsong and smaller renters in Macquarie Park in Northern Sydney has been sold by the Bible Society. It was the former Headquarters for the NSW Bible Society. “A service hall used by Hillsong… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Bible Society, Christian news, Hillsong
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A squeeze for Koorong but maybe good news for readers

Posted on 01/08/2025 by John Sandeman
little lost bookshop

Changes in Australia’s book wholesaling system might mean more chances for Christian books in mainstream stores. Some major distributors have picked up on the Christian market, which means a mainstream bookseller or independent Christian store does not need to go… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Books, Christian news

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