An Obadiah Slope column A special visit to St. Andrews Cathedral: Obadiah went on something of a pilgrimage to his boyhood, travelling into the city last Sunday because all the cathedral songs were by Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, who died in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column. Textbook acts: A few days apart, two Sydney bishops, one Anglican and another from an independent church, did what bishops should do—pointed us to Jesus. One made headlines, the other didn’t. You may not have heard… Continue Reading
Life in a Northern Town: An mournful store of a church closure comes from possibly an unlikely source, the New Statesman magazine the intellectual chronicler of the British Labour Party. “The church itself, built in red brick by the United… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column It makes sense everywhere but here: Obadiah can’t believe this Bible is for sale in Australia. he’s not happy with gendered Bibles which just seem to be a commercial idea anyway. ### A gap in the… Continue Reading
Scam Alert: Obadiah’s minister writes, “There is currently a scam targetting church people. It involves a text message from a trusted church person (such as a minister) asking for a reply text, which then leads to requests for money or… Continue Reading
You usually don’t find Victim Impact statements in the media. But here’s one that made Obadiah cry. (Although that is not hard.) For four months, Ju Zhang’s body lay in a Melbourne landfill. Meticulous police work tracked the killer and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column ### No comment needed ### Baring with Gafcon: “Is this too risqué for Gafcon?” asked one social media commenter. The ad for a Galfcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference ) meeting in Australia was the object of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Setting the Bible Free: Obadiah still gets asked about how to get permission to use a slab of the Bible in print, maybe for a church handout or a book. Most English bible versions let you… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Look, up in the sky: You finally get a chance to catch up with Obadiah – if you live in Sydney. Not to meet up, but to finally catch a great musical that Obadiah saw on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column There IS a middle path: Sydney Anglican minister and author Michael Jensen has a strong case for The Voice published on the Gospel Coalition website. Obadiah commends it to you for your consideration. Obadiah agrees with… Continue Reading