An Obadiah Slope Column So glad you are here: Christmas, the real Christmas, can be found in commercial or secular places, and it lifts Obadiah’s Spirits as he comes across a little part of the Christmas story when he is… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Eternity is the place where God is, according to the King James version of Isaiah 15:57 “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column A great interview – or was it a conversation – between David Marr and Helen Garner on ABC’s treasured Radio National’s Late Night Live. The topic, the Erin Patterson murder trial, lends itself to discussing religion, and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column By the sea: The clifftop path has become too dangerous to traverse entirely, and there’s been a money problem butObadiah and his more significant other found this year’s Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi a treat. There’s this sculpture, “The Power… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column A treat not a trick: Christian Author and travelling Bible reader, Simon Camilleri, provides a note on Halloween to hand out with treats for visitors if you take part in that American day. It is a… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Offended: Section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act, which offers a low bar to establishing a case of discrimination. 18c “makes it unlawful to do an act in public if: the act is reasonably likely to… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Gold star award: John Steenhof, the lawyer who heads the Human Rights Law Alliance, a body fairly described as conservative, which defends the human rights of Christians in legal trouble – Jereth Kok, whose medical licence… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Obadiah finds reading letters to the editor more misses than hits, but thought this was a great letter to the NY Times that did not waste a single word. “I do not agree with a lot of Charlie… Continue Reading
Last Sunday lunchtime, Obadiah did his best to avoid any of the three marches (anti-immigration, pro-Palestine and anti-anti-immigration) that filled various streets in Sydney. Instead of protesting, he was on an errand to retrieve his lost mobile phone, which Find… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Sergeant Schultz moment: Obadiah knows nothing, nothing about this story. But he is so glad it happened. ### The “Both Sides Now” problem: Obadiah thinks some of the best comments The Other Cheek receives are the… Continue Reading