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 Global Anglican Communion is here and the traditional links to the Archbishop of Canterbury should be ignored has been interpreted 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
This exchange on X sums up two views on the NSW (and other conversion laws) What does “breaking” the law mean is the issue in question. Chavura is correct. Sorry Anthony V-B, The Other Cheek is not trying to be… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS John Mac Ghlionn via Religion Unplugged William Shakespeare was born on April 23 and died on that same date — a symmetry that feels fated, even divine. That tendency to perceive patterns of destiny and providence resonates in his… Continue Reading