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Abortion bill protest draws fired-up crowd

Posted on 08/05/2025 by John Sandeman
abortion rally

A Greens bill to require doctors who object to abortion to be forced to formally refer patients to somone who will perform a termination, and allow midwives and nurse practitioners to prescribe abortion pills, drew a large protest outside the… Continue Reading →

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Pope Francis’ last writings: on man-woman marriage and welcoming immigrants

Posted on 06/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Pope Francis Korea Haemi Castle

Describing marriage as between a man and a woman “He protected the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine — even if he did so in his own style,”  Lauren Jackson wrote in the New York Times to decribe one of Francis’ last… Continue Reading →

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Eternity chalked in Germany; looking for the Ark on Ararat

Posted on 06/05/2025 by John Sandeman

Chalking up a win: Richard Attieh, producer of the doco Written in Chalk about Arthur Stace, the Eternity man who chalked the one-word sermon over half a million times, reports the movie got a good reception at the Art and… Continue Reading →

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Churches removed from Baptist Association

Posted on 03/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Baptist: a baptism at Baptism at Northolt Park Baptist Church, Northolt, UK

As foreshadowed in earlier reports on The Other Cheek, the NSW/ACT Baptist Association has voted to remove two churches from their association. Canberra Baptist Church removed from denominational association (168 votes to 88.). Hamilton Baptist Church removed from denominational association… Continue Reading →

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Australian Anglican Primate Geoff Smith announces resignation.

Posted on 03/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Anglican logo

Adelaide’s Anglican Archbishop Geoffrey Smith has announced he will resign as Archbishop on November 8 and as Primate (leader) of the Anglican church of Australia effective October 8th. This will bring on the separate election process for both positions. “The… Continue Reading →

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Election 2025: Last minute promises

Posted on 02/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Freedom for Faith logo

Legal thinktank Freedom For Faith (FFF) has gathered commitments made by parties at candidate forums organised by FFF. Faith based schools In response to concerns about a minority Labor-Greens government and faith-based schools, Minister Chris Bowen (in a forum held… Continue Reading →

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Karen Haynes scores two Baptist firsts

Posted on 02/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Karen Haynes baptist minister and chaplain

From the SA/NT Baptist site Air Force Chaplain Karen Haynes has become the first woman to be ordained by Queensland Baptists, and the first female Baptist to serve as a chaplain in the Defence Force. Currently posted to Darwin, Karen… Continue Reading →

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Trump at the Communist club, Malchus, working out who goes to Heaven,

Posted on 01/05/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Who goes there: “The people who go to heaven are all alike in one way: they are sinners who have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9).” is a good quote… Continue Reading →

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For a while we had two Megavoice organisations – now we are back to one

Posted on 01/05/2025 by John Sandeman
Listening to a Megavoice Audio Bible

This is a story of an unfortunate split between two groups operating the Megavoice brand – but one has just announced a name change. Megavoice is known for producing audio Bibles, and has distributed over 3.6 million Bible machines, and… Continue Reading →

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Worse and worse: Anglicare rental report underscores inequality

Posted on 30/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Anglicare housing

The 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot surveyed rental listings across Australia and found that affordability has crashed to record lows. The Snapshot surveyed 51,238 rental listings across Australia and found that: The Other Cheek presents edited highlights of the snapshot. Breaking… Continue Reading →

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