Actor and author Anna McGahan has won Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Vogel for 2023, for a novel. What has that to do with Christianity? Her prizewinning novel, Immaculate, is set in Brisbane, dealing with a young woman’s experience… Continue Reading
An extract from “Busy: Tackling the problem of an overloaded Christian life” by Ian Carmichael, who has been busy running Matthias Media – and I think they published the book, not just because he’s the former CEO – but because… Continue Reading
Before You Lose Your Faith from The Gospel Coalition tackles a burning issue – the “deconstruction” of faith. Deconstruction is the pulling apart and examination of an object, an idea, or faith. And sometimes, as editor Ivan Mesa points out,… Continue Reading
A new book Biblical Critical Theory is creating a wave of enthusiasm amongst many Christians. The Other Cheek asked Rory Shiner, senior pastor of Providence City Church in Perth, some questions about this new book by Chris Watkin a lecturer… Continue Reading
Sunburnt Country, Sweeping Pains: The Experiences of Asian Australian Women in Ministry and Mission is exactly what the new book’s title says. These Asian Australian Protestant women are much more involved in Bible study, prayer and fellowship groups, and outreach… Continue Reading
In our holiday reading book list we come to a great Christian classic – and one that you can get straightaway because it is free. the Book is Christianity and Liberalism by the doughty Presbyterian J. Gresham Machen. In this… Continue Reading
“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
The new book Biblical Critical Theory brings together a mind that understands current philosophies, and how the Bible’s big story deals with the questions they raise. That mind belongs to Chris Watkin a lecturer at Monash University who explained at… Continue Reading
Transforming Vocation a little book that seeks to bring the work you do for a living, and the living you do as a Christian much closer together, slipped into the world without the big splash it deserved due to Cov… Continue Reading