After four years, Dr Jereth Kok is still suspended from medical practice because of stuff he wrote online. One of the things he wrote was for me when I was editing Eternity, the Christian newspaper and website of which I… Continue Reading
Obadiah was taken aback by an article on the Gospel Coalition website – not the one that caused a storm in a teacup last week but this one: “Help! My Child Wants to Go to a Different Church’s Youth Group”… Continue Reading
A world survey of teens places Australian young people towards the bottom on interest in Jesus, the Bible or even the thought that they can have an impact. “There’s a big gap, says Noddy Sharma, World Vision Australia’s Head of… Continue Reading
How to keep Christian organisations Christian. It’s a well-worn cliché that Christians create organisations, schools, charities and businesses that start out to be distinctively Christian but become something else. Immediate examples come to mind such as The Benevolent Society, one… Continue Reading
The Gospel Coalition (US) has now issued a statement about a Josh Butler book excerpt they published which was based on an odd and offensive metaphor involving the sex act and marriage and Christ and the church. The Gospel Coalition… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Missing: As the NSW election draws near (and Obadiah is making a point that people dwelling in other states will want to know about), Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition leader Chris Minns (pictured) faced questioning on… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Gospel Coalition has pulled their article down. This is the note that replaced the story “We recognize that the adapted excerpt from Josh Butler’s forthcoming book Beautiful Union lacked sufficient context to be helpful in this format. The excerpt was taken… Continue Reading
Spiritual abuse is the next scandal coming for churches, LGBTQIA activist Jayne Ozanne told a plenary session of World Pride’s Human rights Conference. And international law could be used to repress anti-gay religious practices. The mornings sessions ended on a… Continue Reading
Why would anyone be a professional fundraiser? Asked that question David Martin who has worked for four charities – including large Christian ones – has a good answer. “It’s one of those things where if you’re someone that doesn’t have… Continue Reading
Christians will be familiar with how different parts of Scripture tell the same story from different angles. (One of the most famous is the accounts of Judas’ sad death. Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 give two separate pieces of his… Continue Reading