Newcastle Anglicans Morpeth College and sexual abuse: Professor Patrick Parkinson significantly adds to what we know about the scandals of the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in an ABC Religion and Ethics review of Ann Manne’s book Crimes of the Cross. “I… Continue Reading
AI (artificial intelligence) is proving it can do more and more things we once thought only human beings could do. The latest is podcasting. Akos Balogh, a thoughtful Christian blogger, recently set AI the task of producing a podcast using… Continue Reading
An intriguing post by a former colleague at the Bible Society alerts The Other Cheek to an item of church furniture The Other Cheek was quite ignorant of. “In Salvation Army architecture, the [physical] cross is not central or essential,… Continue Reading
To the Gold Coast, for a sad/hopeful event as the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) gathers for its 50th conference, which will be the last. The society of mostly print-based publications has decided to wind up – the number of… Continue Reading
Did the Royal Commision into the Institutional Response to the Sexual Abuse of Children, and the postal survey about same sex marriage affect the downturn in Sydney Anglican attendance mapped out in a report cureently the subject of debate in the… Continue Reading
Radical shifts in the sending and receiving of Christian missionaries across the world are detailed in The Lausanne Movement’s State of the Great Commission report. The Lausanne Conference is gathering evangelicals across the world this week in Seoul, South Korea.… Continue Reading
Megavoice, a ministry that began in Australia and has sent audio Bible players worldwide, is adding another way to get the Bible across the barriers of poverty, distance and persecution. “At megavoice Australia, we remain deeply committed to fulfilling the Great… Continue Reading
Kevin Williamson, a conservative writer in The Despatch written by people who lean right but despair of Trump, has written engagingly from Springfield, Ohio, on eating cats and dogs. Read his intro and enjoy: “SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—They come to Ohio from… Continue Reading
Simcha Fisher, Columnist for Sydney’s Catholic Weekly – the only weekly religious paper in Australia – summed up the new situation for US pro-lifers: “We’ve never been so free to vote however we want, as long as we’re not voting… Continue Reading
Dominic Steele, Senior Minister at inner-city Annandale, delivered a no-holds-barred speech calling on Anglicans to respond to the fewer people in their churches. In a statistic-laden speech, Steele introduced a frank and detailed report on attendance patterns to the Sydney… Continue Reading