Before Harry Potter, there were four children on a magical train ride to the English countryside. Except the train wasn’t magic, and Professor Kirke’s country house wasn’t really the destination, was it? The 2005 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column: Which war: Athiest turned Orthodox Christian Paul Kingsnorth in First Things suggests that those who believe that a battle for Western Civilization is the main game for Christians might be aiming away from our target’s bullseye.… Continue Reading
(ANALYSIS) Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged The Religion Guy’s answer: Many Bible readings during Christmas services will recount that the infant Jesus escaped murder at the hands of paranoid King Herod because Egypt provided safe refuge to the fleeing Holy… Continue Reading
Bible Society has announced the departure of its CEO, Grant Thomson, in a message to supporters. “Before the year closes, we want to share with you Grant Thomson’s recent decision to step down from his position as CEO. Bible Society Australia… Continue Reading
Morning Star News SURABAYA, Indonesia: Muslims in Indonesia on Sunday (December 8) prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said. At the Cipta Graha Permai housing complex on Tegar Beriman street in Cibinong, West Java Province, Muslim… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on making church music work for an audience of professional entertainers in a church plant – and how he was lucky to avoid an accident. Sometimes we’d have four songs in church, other times two, or three, or… Continue Reading
Clemente Lisi of Religion Unplugged At least two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting Monday morning at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, authorities said. The shooter, who has not been identified, was also found dead.… Continue Reading
Philip and Deanne Gerber are “not really camper/caravan people,” but have come up with an adventurous idea in retirement. They will be grey nomads of a different, not-so-nomadic sort. Instead of touring, they are heading out from Sydney to spend… Continue Reading
Ben Boland on the scourge of elder abuse The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the global Anglican communion, for not reporting abuse within the church continues a terrible pattern. Yet again Jesus love has been overshadowed by… Continue Reading
One case study in the guide to the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act (CSP Act), devised by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) for the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV), is especially troubling to this… Continue Reading