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For a while it looked as though were were going to have two Gaza protests on Sunday in Sydney

Posted on 02/08/2025 by John Sandeman

Perhaps up to 100,000 people will join the Palestine Action Group’s march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge tomorrow (Sunday) now that the NSW Supreme Court has declined a police request to block it. The police were concerned that such a large… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel/gaza, Religious Freedom

Bible Society sells its main property, Hillsong the likely buyer

Posted on 02/08/2025 by John Sandeman
Hillsong Macquarie Park

An office and former warehouse tenanted by Hillsong and smaller renters in Macquarie Park in Northern Sydney has been sold by the Bible Society. It was the former Headquarters for the NSW Bible Society. “A service hall used by Hillsong… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Bible Society, Christian news, Hillsong
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A squeeze for Koorong but maybe good news for readers

Posted on 01/08/2025 by John Sandeman
little lost bookshop

Changes in Australia’s book wholesaling system might mean more chances for Christian books in mainstream stores. Some major distributors have picked up on the Christian market, which means a mainstream bookseller or independent Christian store does not need to go… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Books, Christian news

Talking to Jews about Jesus

Posted on 31/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Jerusalem

Alexander Adelson (pictured) is the branch leader of Jews for Jesus, in Sydney. The Other Cheek asked him about what is like to minister to the Jewish community.  1. How does your ministry talk to Jews about Jesus? There is… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

The Prince of Darkness Falls Before the LORD of Light: Vale John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne

Posted on 30/07/2025 by Charles Brammall
Ozzy Osbourne

Charles Brammall My son was a Grind Core drummer (the heaviest of Heavy Metal music). He chose it out of all the genres because it involved the most technical and difficult drumming, and he wanted to stretch himself. I would… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obituary Christian news, Music

Christian town of Taybeh attacked again

Posted on 30/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Taybeh car fire

A statement by the heads of churches in Jerusalem reveal that the Taybeh described as the last Christian town on the West Bank /Judea and Samaria region has been attacked again. An earlier report that a fire was set near… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Israel

Anglicans grow by a million people each year

Posted on 27/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Nepalese Anglicans

The number of Anglican Christians is growing by more than a million people every year, according to the respected scholar David Goodhew, visiting fellow of St John’s College, Durham University.“…new data show[s] that the Communion has radically changed, and this… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Statistics
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Christian Doctor loses his career over social media posts

Posted on 26/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Jereth Kok

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has upheld a decision of the Medical Board of Australia to suspend Christian doctor, Jereth Kok’s, from practising as a doctor. The Board’s and now the VCAT’s finding of professional misconduct was with… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Free Speech, LGBTQIA, Religious Freedom
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How to not be toxic

Posted on 25/07/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Headline on the AFL site: “Friends, footy and fantasy: The draft hopeful who reads two books a week.” Yes reading books makes news in some places. Oh, and Obadiah wishes Danika McDonald all the best with… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Christian politics, US Christians

‘The First Hymn’ set for cinema release

Posted on 24/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Oxyrhynchyus hymn

The story of bringing The First Hymn back to life opens in cinemas on July 31. The feature-length documentary tells the story of a scrap of papyrus from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt that specialists in Oxford found contained an ancient hymn, complete… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Movies

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