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The ACL missing in action, The Gospel Coalition’s non-apology, a helpful comment at World Pride

Posted on 04/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Monica Doumit

An Obadiah Slope column Missing: As the NSW election draws near (and Obadiah is making a point that people dwelling in other states will want to know about), Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition leader Chris Minns (pictured) faced questioning on… Continue Reading →

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Gospel Coalition publishes an odd article on sex

Posted on 03/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Josh Butler

UPDATE: Gospel Coalition has pulled their article down. This is the note that replaced the story “We recognize that the adapted excerpt from Josh Butler’s forthcoming book Beautiful Union lacked sufficient context to be helpful in this format. The excerpt was taken… Continue Reading →

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A growing challenge for the church: LGBTQIA activists speak out on religion at World Pride

Posted on 02/03/2023 by John Sandeman
World Pride

Spiritual abuse is the next scandal coming for churches, LGBTQIA activist Jayne Ozanne told a plenary session of World Pride’s Human rights Conference. And international law could be used to repress anti-gay religious practices. The mornings sessions ended on a… Continue Reading →

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Three things that hold a charity back

Posted on 01/03/2023 by John Sandeman
David Martin

Why would anyone be a professional fundraiser? Asked that question David Martin who has worked for four charities – including large Christian ones – has a good answer. “It’s one of those things where if you’re someone that doesn’t have… Continue Reading →

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Martyn Iles and the ACL: two stories that almost, but not quite, match. Let’s try.

Posted on 28/02/2023 by John Sandeman

Christians will be familiar with how different parts of Scripture tell the same story from different angles. (One of the most famous is the accounts of Judas’ sad death. Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 give two separate pieces of his… Continue Reading →

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Labor’s Chris Minns promises no ban on preaching, prayer in conversion therapy bill

Posted on 28/02/2023 by John Sandeman
Monica Doumit

Leader of the Labor Party, Chris Minns, has promised that an NSW Labor conversion therapy bill will not interfere with preaching and prayer while wishing to shield young people. But, as he puts it, the bill will be a needle… Continue Reading →

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Martyn Iles’ best moment, what’s next for the ACL, and wise words from Waleed Aly

Posted on 27/02/2023 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column So what’s a nice moderate person like Obadiah saying nice things about Martin Iles? As Obadiah reported for Eternity, Iles had a good night on Q and A in 2021, when as many remember, he set… Continue Reading →

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World Pride will talk religion

Posted on 26/02/2023 by John Sandeman

Religion, Christianity in particular, will feature at Sydney’s world Pride LGBTQIA festival that started with the Mardi Gras march on the weekend. Sydney will host “the largest LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Conference ever to be held in the southern hemisphere”. Several… Continue Reading →

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Why Martyn Iles is better off without ACL

Posted on 25/02/2023 by John Sandeman

The most interesting thing about Marty Iles was never the political campaigns the Australian Christian Lobby ran while he was the managing director of the lobby. Not even the Israel Folau campaign that supported the footballer, but also significantly added… Continue Reading →

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Breaking News: Martyn Iles leaving ACL

Posted on 24/02/2023 by John Sandeman

Martyn Iles has been removed from his position as managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby. The Other Cheek understands it was a decision of the board. Iles was taking the organisation in a direction the board disagreed with, namely… Continue Reading →

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