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What’s a good Baptist like you doing in the Uniting Church?

Posted on 27/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Graham Joseph hill

Graham Joseph Hill – has been a leader among Aussie Baptists, being a former Vice Principal of Morling College – the Baptist Theological College with campuses Sydney and Perth. But now he has taken up a challenge to serve in… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Baptists, Christian news, Uniting Church
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Worship and the “Never again” rallies, school palaces

Posted on 25/02/2024 by John Sandeman

Worshipping together: At the Never Again rally last weekend, organiser Mark Leach correctly acknowledged the debt Christians owe to the Jewish people. “Every spiritual blessing that any follower of Jesus has, they have because of the Jewish people. The New… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Christian schools, Israel/gaza

A Gaza Pilgrimage of repentance

Posted on 25/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Gaza Pilgrimage sets off from Mernda to Melbourne

Inspired by the act of James Harris, a Kiwi who walked 41km, equal to the length of Gaza in solidarity with the people suffering there, Nils von Kalm joined a group on a Gaza Pilgrimage. He’s given The Other Cheek… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel/gaza

Reports of revival at another US University

Posted on 23/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Revival, FSU baptisms

Christian Author Jennie Allen has posted reports of hundreds of students getting baptised at Florida State University. “They confessed their sin,” she posted on Instagram. “They came forward in droves tonight to trust Jesus.“We baptized hundreds in a fountain usually… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism, Revival

Why I called my post-Eternity blog The Other Cheek

Posted on 22/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Eternity covers

It only took me a couple of hours to come up with the name “Eternity” after an earlier working title was discarded because a denomination had used it. But after my involvement with Eternity, the newspaper and website that started… Continue Reading →

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Eternity comes to an end

Posted on 21/02/2024 by John Sandeman

The newspaper and website, Eternity, that I founded, and previously edited will be shut down on April 30. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the difficult decision made by Bible Society Australia Group to end Eternity News… Continue Reading →

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Effectively syncretist: Should Christian story be sponsored by Falun Gong

Posted on 20/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Firing Squad image

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran died signing praises to God before a firing squad in Indonesia in 2015. Their story of becoming Christian leaders in prison, from having been ring leaders in a drug smuggling gander, is one of redemption,… Continue Reading →

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‘Never again’ pledges as Jews and Christians rally together

Posted on 19/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Main stage at the Jewish solidarity rally

A rally in solidarity with Australia’s Jewish Community, opposing anti-semitic activity, drew a crowd of about 10,000 to Sydney’s Domain on Sunday February 18, featuring speakers Scott Morrison, Warren Mundine and a message from Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel. Rally… Continue Reading →

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Railway maps and why all Christian superbowl ads are flawed

Posted on 16/02/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Smokebreak via Jeannine Baird ### Warning – railway and design nerd item ahead: Watching a doco about the misunderstood genius Harry Beck, who designed the famous London underground map, Obadiah learned something now – Beck, it… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Christian PR, Same-sex marriage

Christians organise ‘Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages’ in solidarity with 2m displaced people

Posted on 14/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Gaza Damage October 2023

Springing from Downunder, a movement of ‘Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages’ calling for ‘prayerful solidarity’ with the people of Gaza has spread to 85 cities in 12 countries. The concept is based on the actions of a Kiwi, James Harris, who walked… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel/gaza

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