The best thing you can do for children at Christmas if you are a volunteer Scripture or Sunday school teacher is to get the Quizworx team to do a live puppet show, that tells your class the very good news.… Continue Reading
Hillsong’s founding pastor Brian Houston has spoken of loss, blame, hurt and “getting back up again” in a short video live on Facebook and Instagram. “Hi there. I pray that you are doing well and that you can see God… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column A mystery explained: There was a great passage of world-weariness, from a memoir in Good Weekend by Nadia Wheatley of George Johnson and Chairman Clift, both great Australian writers retreating from success in London and seeking… Continue Reading
Members of the Mooloolaba Christian Church in on the Sunshine Coast Queensland have issued a statement backing their minister Hedley Fihaki who has been removed as a Uniting Church Minister by the Queensland Synod Standing Committee. “Mooloolaba Christian Church will… Continue Reading
It sounds daggy, a hopelessly old-fashioned way to witness to Jesus. But it works. Michael J. Smith sits by a sign in Martin Place in the Sydney CBD that simply says “Chaplain. We are here for you to chat, encourage… Continue Reading
Jovan Tripkovic Religion Unplugged The Other Cheek note: Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option and Live not by Lies have been influential in many Australian evangelicals. This interview from Religion Unplugged is helpful in updating readers on how Dreher has moved… Continue Reading
Transforming Vocation a little book that seeks to bring the work you do for a living, and the living you do as a Christian much closer together, slipped into the world without the big splash it deserved due to Cov… Continue Reading
Halloween is almost upon us. Here are a few very brief comments that you may be able to use or incorporate this weekend in your church, youth group etc if you wish. HALLOWEEN In the liturgical calendar, All Saints Day… Continue Reading
When a Bible verse sets off a tweetstorm is the best response to hide till it blows over? What if it becomes the front page of your local daily? Hope someone else fronts up? Hobart’s Anglican Dean Richard Humphrey doesn’t… Continue Reading
Simon Camilleri is so keen on memorising the Bible and speaking it, or reading it aloud ,that he uses a really unusual metaphor. “There is something so wonderful about committing God’s word to heart and letting it soak in you… Continue Reading