Obadiah was taken aback by an article on the Gospel Coalition website – not the one that caused a storm in a teacup last week but this one: “Help! My Child Wants to Go to a Different Church’s Youth Group”… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Missing: As the NSW election draws near (and Obadiah is making a point that people dwelling in other states will want to know about), Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition leader Chris Minns (pictured) faced questioning on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column So what’s a nice moderate person like Obadiah saying nice things about Martin Iles? As Obadiah reported for Eternity, Iles had a good night on Q and A in 2021, when as many remember, he set… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The New York Times‘ newest columnist, evangelical Christian David French, courts controversy in one of his first columns. “Many Americans — especially in evangelical circles — are familiar with the saying, ‘Men want respect while women… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The spelling of Türkiye/Turkey: One Facebooker recently asked, “Why are we now calling Turkey Türkiye? Do we now call France Francais and Germany Deutschland?” It is a fair question with a reasonably straightforward answer. They asked.… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Two ex-CEOs: NSW’s CEO Josh Landis lost his job yesterday because he attacked NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s religion, talking of Perrottet’s “conservative Catholic gut” as the reason for the Premier supporting cashless pokies. Last year Andrew… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column 50 shades of they: The chief sub-editor is the person who rules on grammar in a newspaper. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief sub, Michael Ruffles, has written “Mansplaining pronouns for obstinate blokes,” which is alive-and-let-livee argument.… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column. Obadiah grew up suspicious of culture. We were not a big movie-going family, for example. And television only crept into the household after an older brother bought his own TV. Until then, it was half an… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Unique: The Los Angeles Animal Care and Control Department knew exactly what to do when 10-year-old Madeleine wrote to them asking for a Unicorn license, “In case I find one.” They sent her a “pre-approved license’… Continue Reading
Obadiah Slope writes about four cautionary tales. Sorry, this column is about politics. Those mosquito bites: Murray Campbell might be one of the most conservative Baptist ministers in Melbourne. The prolific blogger gave his readers a warning this week. There’s… Continue Reading