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Easter Messages: AI Cannot Answer Life’s Deepest Questions — God Already Has

Posted on 02/04/2026 by John Sandeman
Kanishka Raffel

Sydney Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ After he said this he showed themhis hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. (NIV)John 20:19b-20One of the… Continue Reading →

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C. S Lewis, on Shakespeare and the presence of God in his play

Posted on 02/04/2026 by John Sandeman
Yuri Gagarin on a 1961 Romanian stamp

From C.S. Lewis’ 1963 Essay The Seeing Eye in the book Christian Reflections. The Russians, I am told, report that they have not found God in outer space… Looking for God—or Heaven—by exploring space is like reading or seeing all… Continue Reading →

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On sharing Christs suffering, N. T Wright and Helen Garner

Posted on 01/04/2026 by John Sandeman
wright and garner

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship,… Continue Reading →

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Protesting Aussie arming of Israel and the US

Posted on 31/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Protest Defence Dept Melb Naarm 24 March 2026

Queenslander and Christian war protester, Margie Pestorius, is in Melbourne/Naarm, and she sent The Other Cheek details of the action she is associated with. Her’s is a Christian voice not often heard, but The Other Cheek believes it should be… Continue Reading →

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Päivi Räsänen: ‘no one has to agree with me in order to defend my right to express my views’

Posted on 31/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Päivi Räsänen by Hanne Salonen

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen responds to the Finnish Supreme Court finding that a church pamphlet she co-wrote in 2004 was hate speech against gay people. The Supreme Court has today, 26 March 2026, issued its decision in a freedom of… Continue Reading →

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Two days in Newcastle surrounded by books

Posted on 30/03/2026 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column To the Newcastle Writers’ Festival, where The Mushroom Tapes authors Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, and Sarah Krasnostein show a respect for the Baptist beliefs of the victim families in the Erin Patterson case. With a generally… Continue Reading →

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A message for the joyful Christian nationalists and others after the One Nation surge

Posted on 29/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Pauline Hanson SA election night

OPINION “Shield the joyous” is a line from an Anglican version of the ancient office of Compline. Compline is a service that marks the end of the working day, with quiet prayer. And the “shield the joyous” line calls for… Continue Reading →

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Finnish MP found guilty of hate speech crime over church pamphlet

Posted on 28/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Päivi Räsänen 2026

The Finnish Supreme Court has found MP Päivi Räsänen guilty of hate speech related to her expression of her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 20-year-old church pamphlet. Räsänen has been criminally convicted with her co-author alongside… Continue Reading →

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Global Anglican Council official list

Posted on 28/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Gafcon Logo

The official list of the Global Anglican Council, set up to lead in a reset Anglican Communion, was released by the Gafcon General Secretary, Paul Donison, overnight. It differs from the list published by The Other Cheek recently – which… Continue Reading →

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UK Quiet Revival report retracted. YouGov researchers admit flaws

Posted on 27/03/2026 by John Sandeman

The Bible Society UK “Quiet Revival” report, which claimed an upsurge in faith among young men in particular, has been retracted. Here is the withdrawal statement issued on March 26 from Paul Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Bible Society. “Earlier this… Continue Reading →

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