An Obadiah Slope Column The Libs do an ‘Essendon’: The expulsion of candidate Renee Harris from the Victorian Liberal party room by opposition leader Matthew Guy has some Christians suggesting it is a repeat of Andrew Thorburn being rejected by… Continue Reading
Good trivia: To a trivia night – a fundraiser for SRE (Special Religious Education) volunteer Bible teaching in schools in eastern Sydney, that filled a large-ish church hall at Holy Trinity Kingsford. It is a treasure of fifties architecture with… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column An anti-Robin Hood budget: Whether you vote red green blue or teal, think the federal government is doing great or not, the Budget, unlike the Gospel is not good news for the poor. A 56 per… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The place to be this week: This column comes to you from Launceston, on which town Obadiah bestows the temporary name ‘Neurodiversity-Ville” – the Special Olympic national games are on in Town. Obadiah is a proud… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column None of these rescuers/restrainers would have planned for this. They were ambling along, crossing the bridge. Maybe it is on their way to work, but they look a bit casual for office workers. The policewoman on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Lefty Christians: Clive Hamilton founder of the left think tank The Australia Institute only realised that several of its early board members were Christians, “it was only writing the memoir that II looked back and thought… Continue Reading
I blundered, and taught a racist gospel Continue Reading
Why one of my favourite songs won’t ever be the same Continue Reading
An “Obadiah Slope” Column Ro-manse: There’s been some online reminiscing by Baptists with their former Marrickville manse selling for $3,500,000. Its a nice little house, on a block not far from the railway station in an inner Sydney suburb. I… Continue Reading
Maybe Obadiah is being fanciful. But just suppose you were in a Sydney Anglican Church that wanted to appoint a woman as senior minister. Impossible, right? Well maybe no longer. Richard Condie the Bishop of Tasmania, and the chair of… Continue Reading