Keith Mascord (See editor’s note: The Other Cheek sometimes publishes pieces we don’t fully agree with but prod us to think this is one of them.) It is now just over a month since Charlie Kirk’s murder (Sept 10) and… Continue Reading
Former missionary David Painter, now pastoring a Sydney church, questions whether Operation Christmas Child is a worthwhile overseas mission effort. I wrote this several years ago while still a missionary, but was not in the position to share it then… Continue Reading
Faith-based residential aged care organisations in NSW are backing a bill to remove Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) from their facilities. At present, eligible residents in aged care facilities can have a doctor attend their home and assist them to die,… Continue Reading
The conservative Anglican network Gafcon’s announcement last week that the Gobal Anglican Communion is here and the traditional links to the Archbishop of Canterbury should be ignored has been interprested in different ways. So who is right? Have Gafcon left… Continue Reading
OPINION Simchat Torah, which is the Jewish calendar anniversary of the October 7 massacre by Hamas of 1200 Jews and others, two years ago, will begin at nightfall on October 14. By then the 48 hostages held by Hamas might… Continue Reading
My family arrived in Australia from Britain in April 1961, but it wasn’t without a fight. It could have been the photos of the two youngest (my twin and I), or maybe there was a meeting with my parents at… Continue Reading
Terry Mattingly via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Offered a choice, Charlie Kirk would have preferred not to enter a marijuana cloud to discuss theology, politics, science and the dangers of free speech.But the Turning Point USA activist — assassinated on Sept.… Continue Reading
As ministers as well as churches are now being required to conform to the traditional understanding of marriage as a “covenant relationship ordained by God as a lifelong faithful union of one man and one woman,” to remain in the… Continue Reading
OPINION Let’s put two scenarios together. two things that happened, one recently and one ongoing. United States: The first is the well known – or should be well-known – fact that the numbers of abortions in the US increased since… Continue Reading
Opinion by Paul Prather via Religion Unplugged The criticism of my preaching I’ve heard most across the decades is this: I don’t preach enough against wickedness. I’m too easy on reprobates. I don’t threaten rebels with hellfire. In a word,… Continue Reading