Many Australians recall with shame the Cronulla racial riots twenty years ago this week. The Other Cheek points to two great reads, a memory from Christian Journo, Graeme Cole, and a contemporary sermon from a local minister, Richard Humphrey. Cole,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column So glad you are here: Christmas, the real Christmas, can be found in commercial or secular places, and it lifts Obadiah’s Spirits as he comes across a little part of the Christmas story when he is… Continue Reading
Last month, Mekyal Keira was ordained as a deacon in the Diocese of the Southern Cross, and commissioned as pastor of the Kush church in Perth. The Diocese of the Southern Cross is a theologically conservative Anglican body that operates… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on Frank Gehry (1929-2025 ) My architecture-trained wife’s favourite designer is the late Jewish Canadian architect Frank Gehry (who died on December 5, aged 96). She inspired me to understand, the most beautiful and skilful buildings are not… Continue Reading
OPINION: Is it possible to be gender critical but also critical of Kirralie Smith, a campaigner who seeks to defend women’s rights against the transgender rights campaigners? That’s the stance this site takes. It is not the first time that… Continue Reading
Kirralie Smith, spokesperson for anti-trans group Binary Australia has has been ordered to pay $95,000 fine and issue a public apology after the NSW Local Court ruled she unlawfully vilified two transgender people who identify as women. She has said… Continue Reading
Excerpt from An Audacious Adventure: Independent Australian Christian Publishing by Paul Arnott, 362pp. THE IDEA FOR THIS BOOK AROSE AT THE START OF COVID after reading Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder’s gargantuan two-volume Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1740-2014. Piggin… Continue Reading
A new book by Rob Smith, a lecturer at Sydney Missionary and Bible College, The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory, has been given an Award of Merit in the Christianity Today Book Awards for 2025. This… Continue Reading
Goolwa, the nearest town to the mouth of the Murray River, and one of the best places to see pelicans, will get a church plant from the SA-based Trinity Network, and the process has just begun. Matt and Annika Winter… Continue Reading
He says he’s been lobbied by supporters of seven AFL teams already. The Right Revd Dr Ric Thorpe was installed this week as the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne is going to have to choose one – but here’s the bad… Continue Reading