“We must not begin with present disagreements or controversies,” Phillip Jensen writes in the introduction to his new book The Coming of the Holy Spirit: Why Jesus Sent His Spirit Into the World. Jensen is best known for writing an… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek is running “tasters” from books you might like to read these holidays. Nikki Florence Thompson’s “Fight, Flight and Faith is her story of being a Christian living with anxiety. Musician Nathan Tasker says of Thompson’s story in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Unique: The Los Angeles Animal Care and Control Department knew exactly what to do when 10-year-old Madeleine wrote to them asking for a Unicorn license, “In case I find one.” They sent her a “pre-approved license’… Continue Reading
The last Newspoll of the year, published on boxing day, breaks out the Christian vote, with a 47:53 first preference vote for Labor and the coalition, respectively. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the better person for the job by a… Continue Reading
Maybe some of the best people to help country kids are other country kids. After the shooting deaths of two police sent from the small Queensland village of Tara to a property in Wieambilla, plus an innocent neighbour, the Combined… Continue Reading
What do you do with children who think they know the Christmas story well? Maybe a quiz can get them thinking? It worked for my years 3 and 4 scripture class. Maybe it will occupy some brains on Christmas day… Continue Reading
Clemente Lisi of Religion Unplugged Soccer superstar Lionel Messi went out of his way to avoid a gaggle of French defenders throughout the World Cup final on Sunday, slicing past them in an effort to score goals. But he didn’t avoid praising… Continue Reading
A table of attendance figures circulating on the internet claims to show that Anglican churches in Sydney lost 10,000 regular attenders the year the Sydney Anglican diocese backed the same-sex marriage postal vote. The figures show an average Sunday attendance… Continue Reading
Day 13 Houston Frank Houston’s Australian victim, Brett Sengstock returned to court today to witness Brian Houston being cross-examined. Brian Houston is on trial for a failure to report the crime of his father who sexually assaulted Sengstock. Crown prosecutor… Continue Reading