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God’s Retrieval Ethic and the ISIS wives

Posted on 24/02/2026 by Charles Brammall
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Imagine this scenario: A little boy, I’ll call him Ali, born in Raqqa, once told an aid worker he had learnt to count by tallying airstrikes. His father had pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State. His mother queued for bread… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Middle East

Carl and Laura Lentz pen book on healing Infidelity 6 Years After Hillsong Firing

Posted on 23/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Carl Lentz in 2026

Mark A. Kellner via Religion Unplugged and the Roys Report Former Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz and his wife Laura have announced a new book detailing their journey following his 2020 firing for having an affair. According to The Christian… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Pentecostalism, United States

Wandering bookseller’s flood sale

Posted on 23/02/2026 by John Sandeman

Blue Mountains bookseller, The Wandering Bookseller, is running a “flood sale,” simply because they have been flooded. Having moved across an alleyway in Katoomba, they have been confronted by a leaking roof. “The new home to The Wandering Bookseller (opposite The Little Lost… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Books, Christian news

Lakemba, a safe suburb to visit

Posted on 22/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Lakemba sign

An Obadiah Slope Column Not a no go: Pauline Hanson thinks Lakemba, a few suburbs west of Obadiah’s home, is somewhere people can’t go. “’It concerns me greatly that people can’t go into certain suburbs in this country … And… Continue Reading →

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Archbishop Kanishka Raffel responds to Pauline Hanson

Posted on 21/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Kanishka Raffel

A public statement by Archbishop Kanishka Raffel: “We must reject hateful words and threats of violence” Recent remarks by Senator Pauline Hanson that there are ‘no good Muslims’ are foolish and dangerously divisive. They have been roundly and rightly rejected… Continue Reading →

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Responding to Andrew, without voyeurism but self examination

Posted on 21/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

Charles Brammall on the (former) Prince Under the Shadow of the King’s Cross and Crown Pt 1. In recent years, allegations surrounding Andrew Mountbatten Windsor have unsettled many across the UK, Australia, and beyond. His association with Jeffrey Epstein, the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, United Kingdom

Robert Du-Vale, my fave male actor in the World

Posted on 20/02/2026 by Charles Brammall
Robert Duvall as Lt Col Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now

Charles Brammall remembers Robert Duvall (1931 – 2016) Born between tides and uniforms, with navy father always departing, mother praying over maps and oceans,and a boy who said he was: “aimless, without distinction,”as if the Spirit of holiness sometimes hides… Continue Reading →

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Felix Ngole, Social worker denied a job because of his Christian beliefs wins court reprieve

Posted on 19/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Felix Ngole Andrea Minichiello Williams

When mental health service Touchstone Leeds found out that Felix Ngole had conservative Christian views on homosexuality, they canceled the offer of a job to the social worker. But Felix Ngole won his case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)… Continue Reading →

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‘I Stand in History’s Bloodstained Light’ Vale Jesse Jackson

Posted on 19/02/2026 by Charles Brammall
I Stand in History's Bloodstained Light

Charles Brammall Rev Jesse Jackson (18 Oct 1941- 17 Feb 2026)Christian, US Civil rights activist & former Shadow US Senator, An ontological quandary clings to certain men as if a second shadow. If he builds his identity on proximity to greatness,… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obituary Christian news, USA

Tassie UCA sells to Muslims and welcomes their worship

Posted on 18/02/2026 by John Sandeman
UCA logo

Name a Christian denomination, and you can likely find a sale of property to another faith. The sale of the Pentecostal Southern Cross College (now Alphacrucis University College) site in western Sydney to the Muslim Salamah College comes to mind.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Uniting Church

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