Peter Bentley’s review of Christopher Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture Given the sheer volume of reviews around, I did wonder if I could say anything of use, and up… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on a change your small group needs to make. Our small prayer and Bible study groups are a great joy and life-changing when they include incisive, personal, and honest applications. To miss this opportunity is sad, and it’s… Continue Reading
After a consultation process beginning in October 2022, Britain’s National Health Service announced a final decision to stop prescribing puberty blockers for children and young people with gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. Gender incongruence / dysphoria is defined by the… Continue Reading
The Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024, introduced into the NSW Parliament yesterday, seeks to ban “conversion practices” aimed at changing or suppressing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity captures some forms of prayer and counselling, but not sermons or… Continue Reading
Queensland’s proposed Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 could make it impossible for doctrinally conservative churches to discipline clergy. This problem in the proposed law is revealed in an analysis on the Law and Religion Australia site by Dr Alex Deagon, an Associate Professor in the… Continue Reading
Joseph Holmes Via Religion Unplugged Are faith-based projects such as “The Chosen” not considered for secular awards because of anti-Christian bias? Well, it’s complicated. The faith-based film industry has been around in its modern incarnation for 20 years now —… Continue Reading
Lowitja O’Donohue AC CBE DSG (1932-2024) was farewelled on International Women’s day at St Peters Cathedral Adelaide. The service was led by the Cathedral Dean (senior minister) and National Aboriginal Bishop Chris McLeod. We almost lost her in the first… Continue Reading
Baptist Irony: the campaign against Covid vaccination mandates popped up again in the wake of a court case that found that the Queensland police had not correctly set up their covid rules. The Other Cheek reported on the reaction of… Continue Reading
A new report estimates that the state of Tasmania benefited from over $70 million in social impact value from faith groups in the past 12 months. 209,057 Tasmanians were served by the work of paid and volunteer workers for churches and… Continue Reading
If you ask whether students at Bible Colleges use AI, the answer is a firm yes from across the spectrum. Chris Mulherin, who teaches part-time at a college in Melbourne, says the basic rule is “they must declare it.” He… Continue Reading