Baptist Irony: the campaign against Covid vaccination mandates popped up again in the wake of a court case that found that the Queensland police had not correctly set up their covid rules. The Other Cheek reported on the reaction of… Continue Reading
A new report estimates that the state of Tasmania benefited from over $70 million in social impact value from faith groups in the past 12 months. 209,057 Tasmanians were served by the work of paid and volunteer workers for churches and… Continue Reading
If you ask whether students at Bible Colleges use AI, the answer is a firm yes from across the spectrum. Chris Mulherin, who teaches part-time at a college in Melbourne, says the basic rule is “they must declare it.” He… Continue Reading
Ravaged by deforestation, Northern Kenya is on the front line of combating climate change: “Generate”, a project of Anglican Aid, is working on better techniques of water harvesting, revegetation, and improving the lives of the poorly paid church workers. Norm… Continue Reading
Major Christian publishers like IVP (both US and UK), Crossway and Tyndale are now being distributed by Booktopia, Australia’s largest locally-owned bookstore. This means Christian authors like A W Tozer and Don Carson are available on the Booktopia Publisher Services… Continue Reading
The devil and good tunes: “Why Christian cover songs are so cringe” is an intriguing post by YouTuber Gabi Belle. Obadiah was pointed to her by a family member who is actually in touch with popular culture in a way… Continue Reading
UPDATE / APOLOGY: This video dates from March 2023 – the Other cheek mistakenly thought it was from this year. We need to “publically distance” ourselves from our bishops, the Rector (Senior Minister) William Taylor of evangelical flagship church, St… Continue Reading
The Covid era dispute over whether to obey Government restrictions may be set for a replay if some Christian opponents have their way. In some parts of the Australian Christian church there was a real battle over how we should… Continue Reading
“High quality training that is free of cost” is the promise of the Understanding Scripture courses produced by young evangelical theological graduates, and tested at the recent Catalyst Bible conference in south west Sydney. A set of three courses are… Continue Reading
Fewer newcomers in church – meaning people who have not been in church before or not for five years – makes predicting a decline church attendance a virtual certainty. Taking the Sydney Anglican diocese (region) as a case study, a… Continue Reading