The real victim remains Brett Sengstock, the eight-year-old boy sexually abused by visiting preacher Frank Houston in 1970. The abuse continued for years. Let’s use Sengstock’s own words – after the court case. “Today, I’ve received some recognition for a… Continue Reading
Founder of Hillsong, Brian Houston has been found not gulity of the charge of “Conceal serious indictable offence of another person between 15 September 1999 and 9th of November 2004” under section 316 (1) of the NSW Crimes Act. The… Continue Reading
Magistrate Gareth Christofi will render a verdict in the court case R v Brian Charles Houston tomorrow at Sydney’s Downing Court Centre. In a previous hearing, he laid out what he needed to decide the case succinctly. On the last… Continue Reading
Russell Moore, the former Southern Baptist heavyweight, now editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, told National Public Radio (similar to ABC Radio National) that evangelicalism needs to be rescued. He commented to NPR’s Scott Detrow, host of All Things Considered why he… Continue Reading
What do indigenous people mean by the word “spiritual” in the Uluru Statement from the Heart became a significant talking point in a discussion on the Voice hosted by Hoxton Park Anglican Church in southwest Sydney. The video of the… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS by Ryan Burge via Religion Unplugged I can’t point to one specific instance of this, but it’s something I see in the online discourse: “It’s the folks who don’t go to church who put Trump in the White House.”… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Boomer guilt: The disputes about LGBTIQA in churches might be a case of choosing to have an “easy fight,” says Will Wilemon, a retired Bishop in the United Methodist Church, which has lost its evangelical wing… Continue Reading
Court cases have established that religious ministers hold an “office” or have a “spiritual contract.” This has been extended to Uniting Church ministers in a recent Fair Work Commissison case. This means that normal protections for employees may not apply… Continue Reading
“The Hiding Place” is a Christian classic. Most boomer Christians grew up with the strangest of all things, a story of hope amidst the human disaster of the Holocaust. During World War II, Corrie Ten Boom and her family risked… Continue Reading
Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion, which argued that belief in a non-existent personal god amounts to a delusion, now has something in common with conservative Christians. He has been cancelled. Dawkins was a keynote… Continue Reading