Alexander Adelson (pictured) is the branch leader of Jews for Jesus, in Sydney. The Other Cheek asked him about what is like to minister to the Jewish community. 1. How does your ministry talk to Jews about Jesus? There is… Continue Reading
The Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC), founded at the turn of the century, is one of our fastest growing church networks. The Other Cheek asked Andrew Heard, the FIEC chair and senior minister of EV Church on the NSW Central… Continue Reading
Jimmy Swaggart (March 15, 1935 – July 1, 2025) 1 Kings 15 was part of my Bible reading the day Jimmy Swaggart, the Pentecostal preacher,was promoted to glory at 90. Speaking of Judah’s King Abijam, 1 Kings 15:5 summarises what God… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on ministering to the entertainment industry through his ENTER ministry, finishes his story by asking us to seek an “endgame.“ The wonderful Gospel conversations God gave us with entertainment people were manifold. But sometimes they were missing something… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Drawing to a close: Can you change the world with paper and pencil? The answer is yes if you consider the work of the visionary architect Léon Krier who died this month. He hardly built a… Continue Reading
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
The very name “Reach Australia” – the name of an influential church planting and leadership-training group – surely implies a realistic confidence that Australians can be reached with the Gospel. While some Christians will feel the times are really hard,… Continue Reading
A note to the future: Anne Weeks posted this on her facebook and asked people to share. So why not? If I get dementia, I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live.… Continue Reading
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
Charles Brammall on being a chaplain in the entertainment industry Our evangelistic and pastoral relationship with the adult industry (a vexed one) was never planned. I was asking Artarmon shopkeepers if we could put up posters for SPLAT (the Artarman… Continue Reading