In a recent piece on The Other Cheek, political scientist Ryan Burge explored why Americans are shedding the “Evangelical” label – in 2008, 33 per cent of Americans surveyed said they were “evangelical” or “born again”; by 2022, those responses… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column A tip of the hat to Jeannine Baird ### Babylon, babble on: When Obadiah reported the comments of apologist Max Jeganathan on “Babylon” at this week’s Freedom For Faith conference, it seemed to Obadiah that he… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Obadiah has been hanging around outside a couple of prepoll centres in his “yes” teeshirt, and he has some tales from the hustings to share with you. He’s not staffing his local pre poll which is… Continue Reading
Influential UK preacher the late Martyn Lloyd-Jones was interviewed by broadcaster Aneirin Talfan Davies and the subject of politics came up. Davies: Two traits in the evangelical outlook on religion, it seems to me that they tend to lessen the social… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS by Ryan Burge via Religion Unplugged I can’t point to one specific instance of this, but it’s something I see in the online discourse: “It’s the folks who don’t go to church who put Trump in the White House.”… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Not glad: The Gladys Berejiklian texts with her erstwhile partner Daryl Maguire revealled by the NSW ICAC inquiry which found them both guilty of various shades of corruption, also serve as an example of the assertion… Continue Reading
OPINION: Analysis by David Smith, University of Sydney from The Conversation. Ron DeSantis’s re-election as governor of Florida was one of the few bright spots for Republicans in an otherwise disappointing 2022 midterm election. DeSantis originally won the governorship by… Continue Reading
Mark Latham got cancelled last night by a group that came out to demonstrate in support of him. An election meeting at St. Michaels Church in Belfield, in inner southwestern Sydney, was closed by the police after 500 back-clad counter-demonstrators… Continue Reading
ACL’s strange election forums feature One Nation’s Mark Lathan and Independent Lyle Shelton. The NSW election is a two-pony race for those attending the Australian Christian Lobby’s NSW Election Candidate Forums. The two-horse race is between Mark Latham, leader of… Continue Reading
Obadiah Slope writes about four cautionary tales. Sorry, this column is about politics. Those mosquito bites: Murray Campbell might be one of the most conservative Baptist ministers in Melbourne. The prolific blogger gave his readers a warning this week. There’s… Continue Reading