An Obadiah Slope column ### No comment needed ### Baring with Gafcon: “Is this too risqué for Gafcon?” asked one social media commenter. The ad for a Galfcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference ) meeting in Australia was the object of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Setting the Bible Free: Obadiah still gets asked about how to get permission to use a slab of the Bible in print, maybe for a church handout or a book. Most English bible versions let you… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Crumbs: Spotted in Bondi, the cockatoos being fed, and the pigeons gathering below for the crumbs. Is this a case of “Even the dogs pigeons eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s the cockie’s table?”… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Look, up in the sky: You finally get a chance to catch up with Obadiah – if you live in Sydney. Not to meet up, but to finally catch a great musical that Obadiah saw on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Not glad: The Gladys Berejiklian texts with her erstwhile partner Daryl Maguire revealled by the NSW ICAC inquiry which found them both guilty of various shades of corruption, also serve as an example of the assertion… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column There IS a middle path: Sydney Anglican minister and author Michael Jensen has a strong case for The Voice published on the Gospel Coalition website. Obadiah commends it to you for your consideration. Obadiah agrees with… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Coming in at number 27: Recently, The Other Cheek ran a story on reports that Crocodiles and reptiles have virgin births, all true, apparently. This was a clever response to the Reuters version. Obadiah loves a… Continue Reading
Not a crock: Obadiah was stopped in his tracks, reading a New York Times headline. “Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile”. An incubated egg from a female Croc living alone produced a stillborn baby. But the story by… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Full orbed splendour: Never one to follow the trendy crowd, Ridley Melbourne’s Academic Dean and author Michael Bird (speaking for himself, Obadiah is sure) has declared himself to be a constitutional monarchist. And quite coincidentally, Obadiah’s… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Writing from jail: an Anglican minister Mark Coleman, tells readers of the Church Times that he is in prison for his Christian beliefs. Was it for taking a stand on same-sex marriage? Walking through a demonstration… Continue Reading