A report by Open Doors ALMOST 4,000 are dead after Turkiye and Syria were rocked by a huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake – the most powerful in the region for over 80 years. Open Doors has been in touch with their church… Continue Reading
Jim Blaxland July 29, 1943 – January 31, 2023 There was lots of lycra, or colourful cycling tops at least spread across a crowded church as Jim Blaxland, who inspired hundreds to Bike for Bibles was farewelled today. The Yellow… Continue Reading
By Terry Mattingley via Religion Unplugged Cardinal George Pell had no way to know, as he rose to preach during a spiritual retreat in southern Italy, that this was his last sermon — opening with the biblical cry, “Repent, because… Continue Reading
A group of conservative churches and members of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) have issued a manifesto calling for “amicable separation. The group known as the Assembly of Confessing Congregations (ACC) wish to be allowed to leave the UCA,… Continue Reading
Mark Layson has been a chaplain for ten years. The Other Cheek asked him what he had learned in a decade. After ten years, what have you discovered about being a chaplain that you did not expect? I did not… Continue Reading
You may or may not agree with what the Artificial Intelligence writing program ChatGPT writes, but it turns out to have strong opinions. That’s what conservative Christian Bruce Lyon found out when he asked ChatGPT, “please write me a reformed… Continue Reading
The lawyers and bishops can’t get their story straight. There is a subtle but important difference between what the Church of England’s bishops and their lawyers are saying about the church’s move towards the blessing of same-sex civil marriages. Is… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Two ex-CEOs: NSW’s CEO Josh Landis lost his job yesterday because he attacked NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s religion, talking of Perrottet’s “conservative Catholic gut” as the reason for the Premier supporting cashless pokies. Last year Andrew… Continue Reading
An extract from “Busy: Tackling the problem of an overloaded Christian life” by Ian Carmichael, who has been busy running Matthias Media – and I think they published the book, not just because he’s the former CEO – but because… Continue Reading
A consultation paper from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommends the removal of exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act that some Christian schools have relied on for staffing and rules for students. Attorney General Mark Dreyfus is running a… Continue Reading