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Jimmy Swaggart and King David

Posted on 02/07/2025 by John Sandeman
Rev. Jimmy Swaggart

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 →

Latest, News, Obituary Christian news, evangelism, Pentecostals
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The power of drawing, Nazis and trans, Pressies and Pentecostals

Posted on 26/06/2025 by John Sandeman

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 →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope architecture, Christian news, evangelism, Pentecostals, Presbyterians

Re-examining the legacy of Scott Morrison

Posted on 21/05/2025 by Peter Bentley
Scott Morrison

A review by Peter Bentley of Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness (2024) This book has now been out for one year, and after yet another election, I thought it could be helpful to provide… Continue Reading →

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Some churches are driven by fear, others by love

Posted on 15/05/2025 by John Sandeman
hegetsus superbowl commercial priest washes feet queer person

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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‘Spiritually strong but numerically poor,’ the churches of Canterbury Bankstown join together

Posted on 27/02/2025 by John Sandeman
T4CB meeting

At first glance, Sydney’s Inner South West is the city’s “unBible belt,” suburbs where churches are doing it tough, but look deeper and signs of spiritual vitality emerge. One of these is a growing desire for gospel centred churches to… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, evangelism, Pentecostals
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Rico Tice could be the Pastor Barbara of the Smyth case

Posted on 05/12/2024 by John Sandeman
John Smyth

Compare the pair: Rico tice, leader of the Christianity Explored course used by evangelicals around the world and former associate minister of All Souls Langham Place in central London, and pastor Barbara Taylor, who ministers at the rather less well-known… Continue Reading →

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Brian Houston shines compared to the British evangelicals cover-up of John Smyth

Posted on 30/11/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope Column Anglicans so much better at cover-ups: Obadiah set through each day of the Brian Houston case, watching the accusation of cover-up fall apart. Now, having read and summarised the Makin report into the abuse committed by… Continue Reading →

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Australian Pentecostalism was mostly founded by women.

Posted on 16/11/2024 by John Sandeman
Janet Lancaster's Good News magazine

Pentecostalism, now the second-largest Christian movement by attendance in Australia, owes its birth to women ministers. Barry Chant, a great historian of Australian Pentecostalism, points out one great distinctive in his Phd thesis: “Of the eighteen Pentecostal churches founded in… Continue Reading →

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Barak’s daughter led him out of Buddhism

Posted on 06/11/2024 by John Sandeman
Barak Gurung

Barak Gurung journeyed from from Buddha to Jesus. Faithful persistence by his daughter helped Gurung find the way. “I’ve a Nepalese background. 90% of the population is Hindu, so they believe in Hindu, God and God. They have 33 million gods.… Continue Reading →

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1,000 saved in Awakening Australia’s Brisbane rally

Posted on 30/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Nicola Olyslagers interviewed at Awakening Australia

The Brisbane Showgrounds, home of the annual Ekka (Brisbane-dese for show), was flooded by local Christians for an evangelistic rally last weekend. At the end of the two-day rally, an announcement from the stage said that 1,000 people had been… Continue Reading →

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