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Presbyterians vote to ban Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country from public worship

Posted on 07/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Presbyterian logo

Welcome to Country (WtC) or Acknowledgement of Country (AoC) will not be able to be performed at public worship services of the Presbyterian Church of Australia after a vote in their General Assembly of Australia, the church’s peak council that… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Presbyterians
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A new twist on teacher education – go to a secular uni, but come to us as well

Posted on 06/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Centre for Christian Education

A new course for students aiming to become teachers from a Christian college comes with an innovative approach – don’t come to us for your teaching degree, but come to us first to learn a Christian approach to education. Youthworks… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Higher Education

How my friends showed me the Gospel

Posted on 05/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Friends

Amy Isham writes on how her friends helped her discover Christ. Amy works at City Bible Forum as their Marketing and Content Manager, and co-hosts CBF’s Deeper Questions podcast.  When I first started having conversations with Christians, I was a lapsed-Catholic-turned-New-Ager who practised… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

Christian self control’s enemies are romanticism and western capitalism

Posted on 04/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Crowd

Asked how Christian self control differs from stoicism – the dour “grin and bear it” philosophy – David Höhne the Academic Dean at Moore College gave a great answer: “There are nine fruits of the spirit, and self-control is the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian living, Christian news

Instant gratification, the voice, Melbourne Anglican Mediawatch

Posted on 03/09/2023 by John Sandeman

Quicktime: A small but heated discussion has got Obadiah thinking about how the internet leads us to want instant gratification in arguments. A post by Sydney Anglican Dani Treweek on her substack site had just been up long enough for… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Anglicans, Christian news, First nations

Tim Costello: Let’s heed the lessons of history from Botany Bay to Uluru

Posted on 02/09/2023 by John Sandeman

An open letter from Rev Tim Costello to church leaders on the Voice This week marks the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech. Those prophetic words for all Americans are now etched in history. Less… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Christian news, First nations, The Voice
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Generously considering the ‘yes’ case for the voice.

Posted on 01/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Voice poster

A “The Voice” Why Yes forum held to discuss the referendum in the light of a Sydney Anglican Synod (church parliament) motion “to give generous consideration to the case to vote ‘Yes’ to the referendum question” heard from a lineup… Continue Reading →

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The song that exposed the class basis of the culture war

Posted on 31/08/2023 by John Sandeman
Rich Men North of Richmond

Terry Mattingly / Religion Unplugged on an unknown who went to number one in the US. Conservatives, by endorsing this song of working-class lament, has undercored the class dimension of the US culture war. (OPINION) Oliver Anthony counted about 20… Continue Reading →

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Bad reasons to vote ‘No’ (a list for people leaning ‘No’)

Posted on 30/08/2023 by John Sandeman
Three flags of Australia
Latest, News Christian news, The Voice

Small disaster in Adelaide (not many dead)

Posted on 29/08/2023 by John Sandeman
Adelaide skyline

Official prayer in parliaments and other places of government – a sleeper issue that divides Christians -has caused a minor ruckus in the sedate city of Adelaide. The ornate Adelaide Town Hall had been the unlikely setting for a defeat… Continue Reading →

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