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Author: Lance Lawton

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The church’s latest social war

Posted on 02/02/2025 by Lance Lawton
Genders

OPINION: What happens when the meme illustrating this article does not work? Lance Lawton on why gender and chromosomes may not align as neatly as many suggest. Christian disputes about the now famous Bp Budde sermon have been unusually intense,… Continue Reading →

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The sharing economy and your cat

Posted on 06/06/2024 by Lance Lawton
Zoe of Cromwell

Retired Anglican Minister Lance Lawton reshared this story the other day. It’s about cats, so of course, The Other Cheek thinks it’s a great read. ~~ Meet Zoe of Crookwell (Pictured) ~~  So I have this awesome strategy combining the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Cats, Christian news
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The ABC, the seekers, and the One God

Posted on 11/04/2024 by Lance Lawton
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

A guest post by Lance Lawton, an Anglican Minister retired to Crookwell, NSW As the Islamic fast of Ramadan ends for this year, now might be a suitable time for Christians in particular to reflect on how we engage and… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Anglicans, Christian news, Interfaith

Would you like Maccabees with that? — I

Posted on 09/02/2024 by Lance Lawton
Gaza Damage October 2023

A guest column by Lance Lawton, an Anglican minister retired to Crookwell. You know all those memes and opinion pieces that have been flooding the internet linking the 2023-4 Gaza war with the second century BC Maccabean revolt? Neither do… Continue Reading →

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Why I trust science and scientists

Posted on 30/01/2024 by Lance Lawton
Computer Science Wordcloud

A guest post by Lance Lawton, an Anglican Minister retired to Crookwell, NSW From time to time, I find myself in a conversation with fellow Christian believers about science, whether a specific branch of science or science in general. It… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Science

Someone somewhere is lying

Posted on 20/07/2023 by Lance Lawton
Image: The death of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples

Guest Opinion by Lance Lawton Climate change, pandemic management, government regulation, Robodebt, the Voice referendum. All it seems are in dispute. Among the common threads is the all-important truth question. Someone’s lying. The question is who. How is any mug… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion conspiracy theory
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Christian identity crisis #157

Posted on 08/10/2022 by Lance Lawton
identity image

Opinion by Lance Lawton Romans 7:15-8:3, NIV 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do,… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Andrew Thorburn, Christian news, Essendon, Religious Freedom

Anglicans: We’re not homophobic are we?

Posted on 19/08/2022 by Lance Lawton
Anglican logo

Guest commenter Lance Lawton argues that placing LGBTQIA persons at the heart of a wider doctrinal dispute raises the issue of “why now?” So now we have a parallel Anglican jurisdiction in Australia, called the Diocese of the Southern Cross.… Continue Reading →

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