Daniel Silliman, the journalist who broke the Ravi Zacharias story, gives an inside account of the wave of writers leaving Christianity Today and why independent Christian journalism is being compromised. The Other Cheek reprints this account with Silliman’s permission. There’s… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Diary Note: The year 2030 will mark 2,000 years since the traditional date of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist, which took place in what is now Al-Maghtas, Jordan. And Jordan has started preparations for with… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Lorraine Daphne Bayly, born 1937 in Narrandera, NSW, is best known as Grace Sullivan in the classic Aussie drama series The Sullivans (76–79) and as Jennifer Carson in Carson’s Law. Lorraine died last week at 89 in a care home in Sydney. The… Continue Reading
Zadok magazine has been examining how Christianity intersects Australian society and politics for 50 years. Publishing a Christian periodical in the great Southland is a tough journey. Eternity, the newspaper and website that started on my dining table, lasted 15… Continue Reading
Sydney’s Hope 103.2 has announced the closure of Hope News, which produced news bulletins for the radio station. “Hope 103.2 has today announced the difficult decision to close its Hope News service, after a sustained period of financial pressure and… Continue Reading
The long-established magazine/newspaper and website, The Melbourne Anglican (TMA), has ceased to operate. The Other Cheek understands that staff have been made redundant, and that no new stories are being added to the website, apart from some pre-written ones. “The… Continue Reading
Excerpt from An Audacious Adventure: Independent Australian Christian Publishing by Paul Arnott, 362pp. THE IDEA FOR THIS BOOK AROSE AT THE START OF COVID after reading Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder’s gargantuan two-volume Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1740-2014. Piggin… Continue Reading
Peter Bentley on closing a ministry It was fifty years ago … It is a melancholy task closing an organisation, but it can also be illuminating and fascinating, particularly when the records are concerned. The Australasian Religious Press Association held its… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on mockumentary “star” Philomena Cunk. She reflects about creation, the afterlife, spirituality, religion and the supernatural. When she was about 11 or 12, staying at her grandmother’s house, brushing her hair in front of a mirror, she felt someone… Continue Reading
“For me, growing up on Boigu Island was like living in heaven on earth”, says indigenous evangelist, Laurel Pabai. Located in the northernmost tip of Queensland’s Torres Strait Islands and just six kilometres from Papua New Guinea, Boigu Island is where… Continue Reading