I don’t know about you, but I grew up afraid of the Book of Revelation. Maybe it was the complicated explanations of the end times at my local church. It seemed esoterica nad complicated. I was afraid I was not… Continue Reading
“As religious attendance goes up, the likelihood of mental illness goes down.” Political Scientist Ryan Burge via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) It’s bizarre to even type these words, but the COVID-19 pandemic began almost four years ago in the United States.… Continue Reading
[Update: Stan Grant has had to withdraw for personal reasons. He has been replaced by Dr Geoff Broughton] It is becoming common for churches to recognise Aboriginal Sunday, the Sunday before the day, which we can simply call January 26.… Continue Reading
The NSW Law Reform Commission has been working away to review and report on the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). They attracted a bevy of submissions from the usual suspects, but worth a read. The Other Cheek is wading through them for you.… Continue Reading
In a recent piece on The Other Cheek, political scientist Ryan Burge explored why Americans are shedding the “Evangelical” label – in 2008, 33 per cent of Americans surveyed said they were “evangelical” or “born again”; by 2022, those responses… Continue Reading
Salvoes fire a salvo: A lovely story about The Salvation Army (TSA) being faithful to its beliefs, told by commenter Ben White in a debate on The Other Cheek Facebook on religious discrimination laws and what exemptions should remain: “In… Continue Reading
History has a way of rhyming, if not repeating, and John Dickson’s book Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History gives this reader an introduction to patterns of Christian blundering. But as often… Continue Reading
Book Excerpt: Tony Payne’s The Christian Gospel is a book to give away to someone who wants (or needs) a short explanation of what following Jesus is all about and why anyone would do it. This except comes as Tony… Continue Reading
Responding to a piece by theologian Andrew Goddard on the widely read (especially in England) blog Psephizo, the question is, “Have Evangelicals made secret plans to split the church?” The church in question is the Church of England, and the… Continue Reading
I am stealing a few minutes at Hong Kong International Airport to write as I stop over on the way to Japan, a land suddenly wracked by twin disasters, an earthquake and an airport runway crash with a miracle escape… Continue Reading