A new association of Baptist churches, the Open Baptists , officially formed last weekend in Canberra as a body opposed to moves by the NSW/ACT Baptist Association to require pastors and churches to subscribe to a “position statement” that describes… Continue Reading
As Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor addressed a meeting of powerful people in London this week, a massive irony escaped him. Hailing the Victory of the “No” case in the recent Voice referendum. “A powerful well-funded, and vocal coalition supported the… Continue Reading
On a hill overlooking Lake Macquarie, on the Toronto peninsula that juts like a dagger into the lake, sits the Toronto Pub, a grand stone building festooned with colonial lace. The tourists and revellers that throng the pub don’t know… Continue Reading
Craig Bennett, a volunteer chaplain, has a great story about reaching people hurt by the church. We ran a suicide prevention and awareness program across Wollondilly Shire a long time ago. We had a memorial service to celebrate the lives… Continue Reading
A supporter of the German resistance, who carried the details of the plot to assassinate Hitler from Dietrich Bonhoeffer to the allies, Church of England Bishop George Bell spoke out against the carpet bombing of German cities. He probably ruined… Continue Reading
Yesterday was a good day to visit a Mosque. That’s because it was National Mosque Open Day. It would have been an equally good day to visit a Synagogue – but it was not their open day, which was a… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Monash University’s Chris Watkin deserved to win the Australian Christian Book of the Year for his Biblical Christian Theory, for sure. No question. And your scribe, Obadiah, is reading it. As Captain Oates, a member of… Continue Reading
Haberfield, a suburb full of heritage houses on Sydney harbour, is known for preserving things. Even churches, although you might not have thought that a couple of years ago. Haberfield Baptist had shrunk to services of ten. But since then,… Continue Reading
Gil Zohar Religion Unplugged (The Other Cheek has removed the videos supplied in the original version of this story.) TEL AVIV — Dead silence interrupted by anguished howls. That was the reaction among the 200 foreign journalists present at an… Continue Reading
By Nathan French, Religion Unplugged, The conversation (ANALYSIS) Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and internationally continue to make assumptions about Gazan public support for Hamas. Mistaken assumptions such as those by U.S. presidential candidate… Continue Reading