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One of the best Thorburn commentaries comes from an Islamic leader – a call for a mature conversation

Posted on 08/10/2022 by John Sandeman
Adel Salman, President, Islamic Council of Victoria

Can a conservative Christian work in an avowedly inclusive organisation? in a leadership role? Can a non-Muslim teach in an Islamic school? Some people can manage it, others can’t, Adel Salman, President of the Islamic Council of Victoria told Patricia… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Andrew Thorburn, Essendon, Religious Freedom
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Christian identity crisis #157

Posted on 08/10/2022 by Lance Lawton
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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

Umbrella body for Bible colleges becomes a University College

Posted on 07/10/2022 by John Sandeman
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Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Ridley Melbourne, Melbourne School of Theology, Brisbane School of Theology, the Bible College of SA and other theological colleges are now part of Australia’s newest University College. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)… Continue Reading →

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What we don’t need now, is angry Christians

Posted on 07/10/2022 by John Sandeman
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Let’s tune in to a corner of the internet, which I usually try to ignore. “I’m furious at Andrew Thorburn,” writes the very conservative Bernard Gaynor. There’s two of him – father and son, both extremely outspoken. This is BG… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Andrew Thorburn, Christian news, City on a Hill, Essendon
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City on a Hill’s Guy Mason in a no-holds-barred interview, Freedom for Faith calls for a Religious Freedom Act

Posted on 06/10/2022 by John Sandeman
Guy mason on Sunrise

Senior pastor Guy Mason flew to Sydney to be interviewed by Channel Seven’s David Koch on Sunrise. Freedom For Faith has also come out in support of Thorburn, calling for a Religious Freedom Act and “Law and Religion’s Neil Foster… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Freedom of Religion
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Thorburn and turning the other cheek

Posted on 05/10/2022 by John Sandeman
Andrew Thorburn

What if Andrew Thorburn is right? Just suppose Andrew Thorburn, forced to choose between his church and his short-lived position of CEO of the Essendon Football Club was right when he said “The media and leaders of our community …… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Essendon, Thorburn

The Perils of journalism (Christian style), and the Phantom of the Opera and coercive control

Posted on 05/10/2022 by John Sandeman
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An Obadiah Slope Column Lefty Christians: Clive Hamilton founder of the left think tank The Australia Institute only realised that several of its early board members were Christians, “it was only writing the memoir that II looked back and thought… Continue Reading →

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City on a Hill’s Andrew Thorburn forced out of Essendon FC job

Posted on 04/10/2022 by John Sandeman
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The chair of City on a Hill, an evangelical church based in Melbourne, but with branches in Geelong, NSW and Queensland, has been forced to resign as CEO of the Essendon AFL club, one day after taking up the job.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Andrew Thorburn, Christian news, City on a Hill

The dream of a giant cross in the outback comes to completion.

Posted on 04/10/2022 by John Sandeman

Australia’s “big things” (the giant banana in Coffs Harbour NSW or The Big Lobster in Kingston SE, SA are tourism boosters. But the newest one has a different purpose.  The Cross on Memory Mountain, is big, 20m high, and will… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, First nations

Free speech lawyers that protect Christians

Posted on 03/10/2022 by John Sandeman
John Steenhof

When Katrina, a photographer from Brisbane, posted on Facebook that she did not think drag queens are good role models for children, following publicity about a Brisbane city library drag queen story time event, she did not expect to be… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Australian christian lobby, Christian news, HRLA

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