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How can Christians succeed? Greg Sheridan’s answer is to look to the early Christians

Posted on 29/08/2025 by John Sandeman
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Stan Grant and Greg Sheridan sat down to discuss “How Christians Can Succeed Today,” Sheridan’s new book, in the Art Deco Splendour of the lounge at Mosman’s Hayden Orpheum theatre. The event drew representatives of what Sheridan jokingly called the… Continue Reading →

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A good news story – Mission Australia

Posted on 21/08/2025 by John Sandeman

Deep in the middle of Amos at church, the subjects of mercy, justice and care for the vulnerable have come up at church. So it was a good opportunity to interview a member of the 9 am congregation, Ian Hammond,… Continue Reading →

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Against the Christian sales industry

Posted on 20/08/2025 by John Sandeman
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The folk at Selling Jesus – a group opposed to the commercialisation of Christian ministry have put together a book Abolish the Jesus Trade: Spread the Joy of Freely Giving. Naturally they are making it available for free online –… Continue Reading →

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How God showed up during a church member’s transition to the great beyond

Posted on 23/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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Paul Prather via Religion Unplugged (OPINION) Vickie came to our rural church roughly 15 years ago. Nobody remembers exactly when. She and my wife, Liz, had become acquainted through their participation in the National Writing Project, a program that trains… Continue Reading →

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Children are (really) good gifts

Posted on 12/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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An excerpt from Motherhood: How the gospel shapes our purpose and priorities by Jocelyn Loane There is a gap of nearly six years between our third and fourth children (twins) and our fifth. Some of this time was a planned… Continue Reading →

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A gutsy student at NIDA

Posted on 10/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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Entertainment industry chaplain Charles Brammall at the epicentre of Australian acting  Professor Ken Healey, lovely, God-fearing History of Theatre lecturer at NIDA, invited me to lecture the whole of the student body on “The Lasting Effect of the Judeo-Christian Heritage… Continue Reading →

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Crushing that job interview

Posted on 14/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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Dr. Ken Byrne Corporate Psychologist tells the Other Cheek how to be interviewed. Byrne is co-author with Peter Corney of Hiring Right, First Time: A Practical Guide to Staffing Christian Organisations. Introduction You found the ideal job and carefully crafted… Continue Reading →

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Stained glass helped me pray

Posted on 28/03/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column At the risk of offending those who think meeting places, aka churches, should be devoid of art, Obadiah was sitting in the chapel at Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne the other day. He has spent long days… Continue Reading →

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A local church builds houses for NDIS participants

Posted on 11/09/2024 by John Sandeman
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Many NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) participants find it even harder than everyone else in the middle of a housing crisis to find a place to live. Many need houses able to take a wheelchair, or a place built robustly… Continue Reading →

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Nigerian quadruplets return to their birthplace to be baptised

Posted on 09/09/2024 by John Sandeman
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Erik Tryggestad via Religion Unplugged Ose Ehimare was 24 weeks pregnant when she boarded a plane in Nigeria for her first-ever international flight. She was alone and more than a bit apprehensive about the 6,000-mile journey, but she had no… Continue Reading →

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