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
Two sets of Christian conferences have opened in multiple cities within a few weeks, with a different vision, especially around politics. The new Undeceptions conference has run events in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in its inaugural season. And the Church… Continue Reading
It’s telling that the Oppenheimer movie stays safely in the United States. There’s the direct vision of the Trinity test bomb, but the carnage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is talked about but not seen. Such delicacy protects the audience, but… Continue Reading
Conservative Christians debate whether experiencing same-sex attraction is sinful. Some, like the Presbyterian Church in America, argue that being same-sex attracted is sinful. Others, while living as celibate singles or married to opposite-sex spouses, simply resist their same-sex attraction without… Continue Reading
The Leprosy Mission has a new CEO, Greg Clarke, former leader of Bible Society Australia and co-founder of the Centre for Public Christianity, CPX. Greg brings a wealth of knowledge in running a Christian organisation to his new role at… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column My best read: “Community is like a large mosaic. Each little piece seems so insignificant. One piece is bright red, another cold blue or dull green, another warm purple, another sharp yellow, an-other shining gold. Some… Continue Reading
Launching his book “Being Christian After Christendom” Rietveld explained that one effect of the radical change in the social landscape after the fall of Christendom – the time when Christian assumptions pervaded society – has been to make Christianity less… Continue Reading
“Freeing men and women to be who they were created to be” is how Marty Woods describes his 50 years of mentoring mostly young men, a form of ministry that has grown hundreds of disciples who make other disciples. Woods,… Continue Reading