It was not only the Jewish religion that recoiled and rethought things after the Holocaust. Jurgen Moltmann, the highly regarded German theologian who died this week aged 98, was of the generation of Christian writers who faced up to the… Continue Reading
Union dues: It was a pressured day in The Sydney Morning Herald newsroom, as it was during a strike. “You don’t like being here, do you?” one of the paper’s deputy editors asked. “Your making that obvious.” It was Obadiah’s… Continue Reading
Adele Latu, a homeschooler and entrepreneur from Jamberoo on the South coast of NSW, has produced a line of Christian clothing she calls “Soul Submitted Designs.” She calls it “Australia’s Newsest Christian”, Australia’s freshest Christian clothing brand”, which is undoubtedly… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column In a famous essay, ‘Such such were the Joys’ about the terrible boarding school he was sent to as an eight-year-old, George Orwell makes this statement about two contrasting aims of the school. “Broadly you were… Continue Reading
Today is Ascension Day, so named because Jesus has ascended—that is, he has gone up to live with his Father in heaven. As the Bible puts it, Jesus was speaking with the apostles when “he was taken up before their very… Continue Reading
By Jon Here from Selling Jesus You’re at church and it comes time to pray together. The person assigned to pray has decided to recite a lovely piece by another author. They display it on the screen for everyone to… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on how to re-ignite prayer time Honestly, I think I’ll pop if I’m in one my small group, and after the study, with half an hour to go, we go round in a circle, “share prayer points” for… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on a change your small group needs to make. Our small prayer and Bible study groups are a great joy and life-changing when they include incisive, personal, and honest applications. To miss this opportunity is sad, and it’s… Continue Reading
If you ask whether students at Bible Colleges use AI, the answer is a firm yes from across the spectrum. Chris Mulherin, who teaches part-time at a college in Melbourne, says the basic rule is “they must declare it.” He… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on why porn over promises Porn: Please don’t look at it. If you’re married, it kills your sex life with your spouse. And if you do it recently or often enough, you may not be able to orgasm… Continue Reading