Christians should carefully pick which social issues to fight, Patrick Parkinson, the former Dean of Law at the University of Queensland, told Freedom for Faith’s “Freedom 25” conference. Speaking as a campaigner for religious freedom, Parkinson told the gathering that… Continue Reading
The gambling industry has deep pockets and political power. But a bold call to churches to unite in prayer from Wesley Mission Sydney’s Superintendent, Stu Cameron, is a call to a much higher power. The call is for prayer on… Continue Reading
The most important speech was by someone we’ve never heard of. First, Charlie Kirk’s pastor, Rob McCoy, spoke “Thank you for coming out to honour Charlie Kirk. God bless all of you and all of you tuning in online around… Continue Reading
Anglicare Sydney plans to quadruple their housing stock to serve disadvantaged members of the community, increasing their holdings from 1,000 to 4,000 units within a decade. Their new Group Executive – Housing, Rob Stokes, a former Cabinet minister in the… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Gold star award: John Steenhof, the lawyer who heads the Human Rights Law Alliance, a body fairly described as conservative, which defends the human rights of Christians in legal trouble – Jereth Kok, whose medical licence… Continue Reading
Last Sunday lunchtime, Obadiah did his best to avoid any of the three marches (anti-immigration, pro-Palestine and anti-anti-immigration) that filled various streets in Sydney. Instead of protesting, he was on an errand to retrieve his lost mobile phone, which Find… Continue Reading
“The Clapham sect were heroes to me, but now I am not sure” was a comment to me at the lunch break during a Moore College Library event featuring papers on how the influential group of British Christians influenced Sydney’s… Continue Reading
A proposed “March for Australia” on August 31 in locations around Australia has opened up an interesting division between Christians who sit on the politically conservative side of the spectrum of opinion.. The march’s main stated aim is “Stop mass… Continue Reading
Just as Christian nationalism is gaining prominence with the latest example being the US defence secretary Peter Hegseth’s favourite theological pundit Doug Wilson declaring women should not have the vote, comes a message from Sydney’s Archbishop Kanishka Raffel. He turns… Continue Reading
Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Who voted how in 2024? The two most important surveys on U.S. election patterns are now available and among the findings is this bulletin: Along with its various current woes, in the long term… Continue Reading