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Would you wear a Jesus Brand?

Posted on 23/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Soul Submitted Design

Adele Latu, a homeschooler and entrepreneur from Jamberoo on the South coast of NSW, has produced a line of Christian clothing she calls “Soul Submitted Designs.” She calls it “Australia’s Newsest Christian”, Australia’s freshest Christian clothing brand”, which is undoubtedly… Continue Reading →

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A radical church design that challenges our theology

Posted on 22/05/2024 by John Sandeman
St Patrick's cathedral Parramatta

The queue stretched around the cloisters when the Parramatta choir River City Voices performed Mozart’s Requiem with the Western Sydney Philharmonic. The voices soared, the orchestra masterful, but the venue captured this observer. St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral was packed. When… Continue Reading →

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Gaza’s Christian presence dwindles following seven months of Israel-Hamas war

Posted on 21/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Gaza Damage October 2023

Diana Chandler of Baptist Press via Religion Unplugged At Easter, Gaza Baptist Church leader Shady Al-Najjar described those sheltered in the church’s remnants as “too tired to suffer,” living “very difficult” and “useless” days. Al-Najjar has since fled to Egypt,… Continue Reading →

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Will Graham makes it to the bigger smoke

Posted on 20/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Will Graham

Will Graham is on a mission – the same mission as his grandfather Billy, of proclaiming the Gospel. And like Billy he’s beena visitor preacher to downunder but out of the headlines in smaller towns. But this year he’s heading… Continue Reading →

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Orwellian task

Posted on 19/05/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column In a famous essay, ‘Such such were the Joys’ about the terrible boarding school he was sent to as an eight-year-old, George Orwell makes this statement about two contrasting aims of the school. “Broadly you were… Continue Reading →

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How Conservative Christians Can Support Queer People

Posted on 18/05/2024 by John Sandeman

Matthew Ventura writes on dignity and respect for LGBTQIA people. This week I’ve been thinking about how there’s so much more space for middle ground than we sometimes acknowledge. I don’t mean to say that being in the centre or… Continue Reading →

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Cancelling David French: Trumpy politics enters the church

Posted on 17/05/2024 by John Sandeman
David French

New York Times columnist David French has been canceled by the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination rather like our own PCA, the Presbyterian Church of Australia. A seminar featuring French has been dropped from their PCA General assembly,… Continue Reading →

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Armidale and Grafton: the great Anglican experiment

Posted on 16/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Ebor Falls

Travelling North from Sydney towards Queensland, the Inland route by train or car takes you through Armidale, seat of the evangelical diocese of the same name, and the coastal route takes you through Grafton, the cathedral city of a progressive… Continue Reading →

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Numbers of those killed in Gaza claimed by Israel and Hamas are are a lot closer than than you might think.

Posted on 15/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Gaza Damage October 2023

The Health Ministry in Gaza is claiming 35,091 people have been killed in the territory during more than seven months of war between Israel and Hamas as of May 13. The Health Ministry is run by Hamas, which is listed… Continue Reading →

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If people tell you that you are awesome this may not be the place for you

Posted on 13/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Simon Gillham, Moore College

This is not likely to be reported, Simon Gillham, Vice Principal of Moore College said during a talk he gave at the college’s open night last week. “I can see a few people with cameras around the newspapers haven’t got… Continue Reading →

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