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Trump’s anti-transgender executive order: will Australia go the same way?

Posted on 22/01/2025 by John Sandeman
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Allan Starr says Australian conservatives should be more compassionate: This [President Trump’s executive order on gender] has been mentioned only briefly, if at all, in mainstream media, possibly because it succinctly and clearly explains the problem with gender ideology. Worth… Continue Reading →

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A cautious conservative response to ‘The Australian Creed for Sexual Integrity’

Posted on 18/01/2025 by John Sandeman

It might be expected that all reformed evangelicals would give three cheers for The Australian Creed for Sexual Integrity, (ACSI) produced late last year with a growing number of signatories. The ACSI outlines an evangelical or conservative take on sexual… Continue Reading →

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A US evangelical asks ‘Can Christians Consider Mass Deportations As Moral?’

Posted on 19/12/2024 by John Sandeman
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(ANALYSIS) Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged The Religion Guy’s answer: Many Bible readings during Christmas services will recount that the infant Jesus escaped murder at the hands of paranoid King Herod because Egypt provided safe refuge to the fleeing Holy… Continue Reading →

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Re-deeming the time. What we can learn from Moira Deeming’s defamation case.

Posted on 13/12/2024 by John Sandeman
Moira Deeming

Gay and Lesbian advocates sometimes talk about the Bible’s six ”clobber” verses. But the word “clobber” got another workout this week in the defamation loss suffered by Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto. Pesutto was found to have defamed crossbencher MP… Continue Reading →

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Housing a nation in all the politics and changes of today: A complex issue

Posted on 25/11/2024 by Peter Bentley
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ANALYSIS Peter Bentley (A sidebar piece by Nathan Campbell on the effects of housing cost on churches is here How the crazy increase in housing costs affects churches.) Does Australia have a cost-of-living crisis, or it is more a cost… Continue Reading →

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Trump and the faith vote: What people have been contending since Election Day

Posted on 21/11/2024 by John Sandeman

Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Turnout! Due to the stay-at-home factor, Democratic votes for president fell by some nine million from 2020, causing political scientist James Galbraith to say the party had committed “suicide.” Kamala Harris and the Democrats… Continue Reading →

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Religious bullying helpline – religious leaders praise Minns government for a promise kept

Posted on 13/11/2024 by John Sandeman
Deputy Premier Prue Carr addresses SRE celebration

The NSW Labor government has demonstrated its support for volunteer religious teaching in public schools and acted on the need to protect students victimised over their religion. A helpline to report religious intolerance is now available for NSW public schools.… Continue Reading →

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A harm-free election and dots not for joining

Posted on 11/11/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Democracy lives: As I Left the school this week after a volunteer Scripture teaching lesson (SRE in NSW, RI in Qld), I realised that an election was afoot for the school SRC with an impressive array… Continue Reading →

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Wrestling with the Trump win: social media and social isolation

Posted on 11/11/2024 by Matt Garvin

OPINION Matt Garvin (Part one of this discussion is here – but this part can be read alone) Donald Trump was uniquely positioned to tap into the massive societal changes brought about by democratising information and the erosion of traditional… Continue Reading →

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Wrestling with the Trump win: here’s a deep explanation of how social isolation influenced his win

Posted on 10/11/2024 by John Sandeman
Donald Trump in Iowa

OPINION Matt Garvin I, like many others have been doing some reflection following last week’s election result. I am more and more convinced we are in the midst of a massive societal shift that we are only now beginning to… Continue Reading →

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