Michael Kellahan Executive Director of Gafcon (Global Anglican Future Conference) Australia on being globally aware. I bought a beaten-up second-hand globe from a charity shop for $12. It looks a bit faded and fragile, but it does the job. It… Continue Reading
By Ben Boland Despite rarely wetting a line, the other day, I dropped into a major fishing shop. There were so many products I literally spent an hour browsing. The range of different rods, reels and lines was colossal. Then… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall answers a common challenge. Jeremiah chapter 20 vs 9: “If I, Jeremiah, (an Old Testament prophet/messenger of God) didn’t mention Him (God), or speak any longer in his name… His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,… Continue Reading
Before Harry Potter, there were four children on a magical train ride to the English countryside. Except the train wasn’t magic, and Professor Kirke’s country house wasn’t really the destination, was it? The 2005 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,… Continue Reading
One case study in the guide to the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act (CSP Act), devised by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) for the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV), is especially troubling to this… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS Nathan Campbell on how the crazy cost of housing in major cities will hit churches. Campbell was reponding to this Sydney Morning Herald piece https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fertility-obesity-productivity-the-crazy-cost-of-a-sydney-house-is-not-just-financial-20230221-p5cmcs.html Someone smarter than me should work out the implications of this sort of phenomenon… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS Peter Bentley (A sidebar piece by Nathan Campbell on the effects of housing cost on churches is here How the crazy increase in housing costs affects churches.) Does Australia have a cost-of-living crisis, or it is more a cost… Continue Reading
OPINION Paul Clark The recent decision of the Lutheran Church to ordain women has sparked familiar debates. Too often discussions quibble over a few isolated verses, losing sight of the larger, transformative narrative woven throughout Scripture—a story that charts the… Continue Reading
OPINION Matt Garvin (Part one of this discussion is here – but this part can be read alone) Donald Trump was uniquely positioned to tap into the massive societal changes brought about by democratising information and the erosion of traditional… Continue Reading
OPINION Matt Garvin I, like many others have been doing some reflection following last week’s election result. I am more and more convinced we are in the midst of a massive societal shift that we are only now beginning to… Continue Reading