Sunday, 19 May 2024

Australia

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In a major coup, Rikk Watts, a highly-regarded Bible scholar is returning to Australia, joining Alphacrucis College as Professor of Biblical Studies. He is currently a Professor of New Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada.

“I regard him very, very highly,” John Dickson, founder of the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX) told Eternity. “He is one of the world’s leading scholars on the Gospel of Mark. He has extraordinary ability both in the..

Where are all the godly role models for our men?

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If you are an Australian man aged 15-44 years, you are more likely (by far) to die from suicide than any other cause says mental health support organisation Beyond Blue.

It’s a concerning statistic – as is the fact that 80 per cent of all suicides in Australia are committed by men, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Men are also twice as likely to have a substance-abuse disorder, and will be the absent parent in 81 per c..

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NAIROBI, Kenya – Morning Star News – A 53-year-old man in eastern Uganda sits alone in a small shanty after losing his family, house and business because he left Islam for Christianity.

Muslim relatives drove Kuluseni Iguru Tenywa, a former imam, from his ancestral home the night of June 27 in Budhagali village, Jinja District. Led by his brother-in-law, 45-year-old Isa Nsaja, the relatives gathered outside Tenywa’s house.

“I heard people talking outside my house ar..

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A leading Christian commentator has come out in support of same-sex marriage on the basis of charity rather than theological principle.

Scott Stephens, the ABC’s Online Editor of Religion and Ethics, told a forum last night that he had reached “a profound realisation” of the genuine fear of having a plebiscite felt among many groups.

“I’ve reached the conclusion that the pain that’s caused to people by having the institution of marriage denied them – tha..

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‘Should the United Kingdom join the European Common Market?’

In 1963, this was the loaded and divisive question on British lips. In 1961, Britain had controversially applied to join the EEC (European Economic Community) – the precursor of what is now the European Union. Their old rival, France, had vetoed the application. Fuelling the veto was the still-pertinent question of whether Britain was truly part of Europe. The United Kingdom, said Presid..

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I’m not a Luddite, but I’m not a technophile either. Technology brings us great privileges and opportunities, but with it great risks and losses, too. One of those losses is serious reading. Despite a plethora of blogs, journals and big, fat books, deep reading is tough in the age of the tweet.

But I would argue that Christians – indeed, all humanity – are called by our very nature to be deep readers. Our highly developed brains and con..

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This is an edited version of submissions to the Queensland Parliament Human Rights Inquiry by Mark Fowler Chair of CLEAR International Australia Ltd, an organisation uniting Christian lawyers’ societies in Australia. The Inquiry is to report to Parliament on whether a Human Rights Act should be adopted in Queensland.

In 1983 then Acting High Court Chief Justice Mason and Justice Brennan stated “Freedom of religion, the paradigm freedom o..

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A prominent school in Sydney’s northwest has asked teachers to use gender-neutral terms when addressing students, as part of the school’s implementation of the Safe Schools programme, according to News Corp reports. The school in question – Cheltenham Girls High School – has told The Guardian that there was no basis for the News Corp reports.

Amid the reports, fears have resurfaced that Christian students who hold opposing view..

If Sonia Kruger and Pauline Hanson can talk about Muslims, so can Christians

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Brad Chilcott, founder of Welcome to Australia, today accused TV host Sonia Kruger and Senator-elect Pauline Hanson of creating an atmosphere that could make Australia less safe rather than safer from terrorism.

Kruger said yesterday that “as a mother” she was fearful for the safety of her family if Muslim migration was not stopped. Later, founder of the One Nation political party Pauline Hanson dominated discussion on the ABC’s Q&A programme, fielding..

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved a new suite of anti-terrorism laws that appear to severely restrict evangelism and missionary activity which will come into effect this week.

Under the new laws to be enacted on July 20 it will be illegal to share the Christian faith in homes or anywhere except recognised church buildings. Surveillance of Internet activity will be ramped up, with Russian Christians no longer allowed to send email invitations..

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