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A rising tide: Easter baptisms signal spiritual hunger across Australia

Posted on 17/05/2025 by Paul Bedwell
Melbourne Baptisms

by Paul Bedwell incoming CEO of Youth For Christ Australia This past Easter weekend, Australia witnessed something extraordinary – a surge of spiritual hunger manifesting in public displays of faith not seen in decades. In Melbourne, a citywide Christian outreach… Continue Reading →

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Some churches are driven by fear, others by love

Posted on 15/05/2025 by John Sandeman
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Opinion by Paul Prather via Religion Unplugged The criticism of my preaching I’ve heard most across the decades is this: I don’t preach enough against wickedness. I’m too easy on reprobates. I don’t threaten rebels with hellfire. In a word,… Continue Reading →

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Encouraging undercurrents of faith found by McCrindle researchers

Posted on 21/04/2025 by John Sandeman
CENSUS

faith traffic is not one way in Australia – while many lose their faith others find new life according to a close analysis of census data by the McCrindle research company. Their report, “An Undercurrent of faith” reveals that, in… Continue Reading →

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Record levels of commitment to Jesus in the US, especially by young men

Posted on 17/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Youth

“66 per cent of U.S. adults now say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today,” leading reseach group Barna reports. “That marks a 12-percentage point increase since 2021, when commitment… Continue Reading →

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Serving an impossible industry

Posted on 09/04/2025 by Charles Brammall
Enter logo

Charles Brammall on serving a stressful industry through ENTER, a entertainment ministry Employment in acting is notoriously difficult to get, and completely unpredictable. There is an infinitesimally small number of jobs compared to the number of artists looking. During the… Continue Reading →

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Praise Report from the Illawarra: 1000 respond to gospel invitation

Posted on 02/04/2025 by John Sandeman
Hope for the illawarra

Leading the way, the evangelistic organisation led by Egyptian-born, Moore-College-trained and Atlanta-based pastor Michael Youssef has posted an account of last weeks gospel rally in Wollongong.. We give thanks to the Lord and extend our heartfelt gratitude to our ministry… Continue Reading →

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Principles, Strategies of being a chaplain

Posted on 27/03/2025 by John Sandeman
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Charles Brammall on being a chaplain to the entertainmnet industry with his ENTER ministry  One of our guiding principles was that my chaplaincy style wasn’t only “problem-centred”. I.e., I didn’t only have an “open door policy” where people were always… Continue Reading →

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Why can’t there be two ways to do a good thing? Sydney Anglicans evangelism debate

Posted on 25/03/2025 by John Sandeman
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Discussion following the recent Nexus conference which attracted a considerable chunk of Sydney Anglicans clergy and a critique by David Robertson who left half way through, has all sides being keen on evangelism.As far as this writer can tell the… Continue Reading →

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An unfair fight: John Lennox v Jordan Peterson But JP is getting close.

Posted on 23/03/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope Column Unfair: Why an unfair fight? Well, one of Canadian author and psychologist Jordan Peterson and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, John Lennox, has the holy spirit, and the other doesn’t. We are weighing truth… Continue Reading →

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A wee flea, Sydney Anglicans’ dire stats and Jordan Peterson

Posted on 21/03/2025 by John Sandeman

David Robertson, a Presbyterian Scot now ministering in the Hamilton that is a suburb of Newcastle only made it to lunchtime when attending Nexus, a conference attended by evangelical ministers mostly of the Sydney Anglican variety. His account of why… Continue Reading →

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