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A solution to Anglicare Sydney and the LGBTQIA foster carer court case

Posted on 07/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Anglicare in The Guardian

The case of “Daisy”, a pseudonym for a nine-month-old girl at the centre of a NSW Children’s Court case reported by The Guardian, puts a spotlight on the place Anglicare Sydney and other Christian agencies have in the welfare system.… Continue Reading →

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How a ex-Rastafarian’s talk at a Prayer Breakfast ended Boris Johnson’s Prime Ministership

Posted on 06/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Boris Johnson

Bishop Graham Kings, a Church of England evangelical leader, is serialising his memoirs in The Living Church, a US-based magazine that straddles the episcopal church and the Breakaway Anglican Church of North America. He’s up to writing about his first… Continue Reading →

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Doing More than Maintaining the Faith

Posted on 06/02/2024 by Peter Bentley
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By Peter Bentley A Review of Keeping Faith: How Christian Organisations Can Stay True to the Way of Jesus (2023) by Stephen Judd, John Swinton, Kara Martin. One could think this is a perennial topic, but it has only had… Continue Reading →

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An open letter from a Lutheran breakaway from Adelaide

Posted on 05/02/2024 by John Sandeman
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“To leave the church of my childhood, my youth, and my life thus far is a very serious and painful matter for me—I have served this church as a pastor for 12 years.” writes Adelaide Lutheran pastor Stephen van der… Continue Reading →

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Stalinism of the right and the left, and Sydney turns Tokyo

Posted on 04/02/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Taylor Swift and the totalitarianism of the right: The Other Cheek can’t bear to be the only part of the internet, not to mention Taylor Swift. So Obadiah will oblige, pointing to the deluge of conspiracy… Continue Reading →

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On Religion: Life Inside The ‘God Made Trump’ Matrix

Posted on 03/02/2024 by John Sandeman
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God endorsed Trump, according to this video that was shared by the man himself. If you can’t bear to watch the video here is the text: On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, I… Continue Reading →

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Why ‘Biblical Theology’ is better than ‘Systematic Theology’ for small groups

Posted on 02/02/2024 by John Sandeman
Bibles

A Charles Brammall Column As a leader (or a study-writing member) of your home group, try to write questions in your study that lead to the “Biblical Theology” of the passage/topic. “Biblical Theology” is different from “Systematic Theology”. It asks,… Continue Reading →

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Next year’s CMS summer school speaker says you can attend transgender weddings

Posted on 31/01/2024 by John Sandeman
CMS Alistair Begg

Pastor Alistair Begg, the Scottish-born but US-based voice of the Truth for Life Bible-teaching ministry, has been announced as a key speaker at the CMS Summer School 2025 event in Katoomba, NSW. Recent comments by Begg have caused controversy among… Continue Reading →

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MSF is in Gaza, but Samaritan’s Purse is hard to find

Posted on 31/01/2024 by John Sandeman
Gaza Damage October 2023

Readers, please compare these statements from two aid organisations: Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) “The majority of Gazans are now crammed into the south, where hospitals are struggling to meet the mounting needs. “Recently, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins… Continue Reading →

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Why I trust science and scientists

Posted on 30/01/2024 by Lance Lawton
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A guest post by Lance Lawton, an Anglican Minister retired to Crookwell, NSW From time to time, I find myself in a conversation with fellow Christian believers about science, whether a specific branch of science or science in general. It… Continue Reading →

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