An Obadiah Slope column Now that Scott Morrison’s memoir Plans for Your Good: A Prime Minister’sTestimony of God’s Faithfulness has been given a more than decent plug in The Weekend Australian, the book’s readership has been given more of a… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column. Textbook acts: A few days apart, two Sydney bishops, one Anglican and another from an independent church, did what bishops should do—pointed us to Jesus. One made headlines, the other didn’t. You may not have heard… Continue Reading
Uplifting news: Rapture prophecies are like buses, you are waiting and then several come all in a row. Whether it is the eclipse playing on American minds or not, currently there appears to be a season of rapture timelines. Here’s… Continue Reading
Life in a Northern Town: An mournful store of a church closure comes from possibly an unlikely source, the New Statesman magazine the intellectual chronicler of the British Labour Party. “The church itself, built in red brick by the United… 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
The devil and good tunes: “Why Christian cover songs are so cringe” is an intriguing post by YouTuber Gabi Belle. Obadiah was pointed to her by a family member who is actually in touch with popular culture in a way… Continue Reading
Worshipping together: At the Never Again rally last weekend, organiser Mark Leach correctly acknowledged the debt Christians owe to the Jewish people. “Every spiritual blessing that any follower of Jesus has, they have because of the Jewish people. The New… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Smokebreak via Jeannine Baird ### Warning – railway and design nerd item ahead: Watching a doco about the misunderstood genius Harry Beck, who designed the famous London underground map, Obadiah learned something now – Beck, it… Continue Reading
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
An Obadiah Slope Column The Allied Dead: A temple Obadiah visited by mistake in the Kyoto foothills was the most moving event of three weeks in Japan; we ended up at the Ryozen Kannon Temple, not famous and not ancient… Continue Reading