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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
| Andrew Stewart
U2’s long-awaited album, Songs of Experience, is testimony to the band’s unrelenting optimism. Musically it provides a consistently stronger set of songs than the previous two albums. The band’s Christian faith is evident in the lyrics but perhaps some deeper insights into how faith can make things better would be welcome.
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Thursday, 9 August 2018
| Ethos editor
Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from July 2018.
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
| Bruce Wearne
This well-crafted book is for young people making the transition across ‘the blurry cusp from school and life after school’. Parker’s aim is to encourage a creative, bold and careful response to the culture we live in, not just by students, teachers and parents, but also by Christian schools.
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Thursday, 12 July 2018
| Hannah Weickhardt
Money is a touchy topic and one we avoid in polite company. But money is not something to fear, nor is it something to pursue at all costs. It is simply a tool, a way to simplify trade. What is its place for us, as Christians?
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Tuesday, 3 July 2018
| Ethos editor
Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from June 2018.
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Thursday, 21 June 2018
| Gordon Preece
This timely booklet raises important issues about freedom of religion in Australia in a succinct way. However, it sometimes succumbs to over-simplification in interpretation of Scripture and the Constitution. And whether persecution is an appropriate word for the situation of the Australian church compared with that of the majority world church is open to debate.
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Friday, 1 June 2018
| Ethos editor
Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from May 2018.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
| John Kidson
Are we failing at Jesus' serpent and dove philosophy? In the same-sex marriage debate, we have been sucked in by either power or heat. Wisdom and gentleness are relegated to a back seat. But Jesus calls us to think and vote as he would: in Grace and Truth. As we accept Truth, Grace sets us free.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018
| Sarah Judd-Lam
Rather than condemn religion itself, or even male-dominated systems, this series highlights the power that women of faith have to influence their environment. It encourages us to use that power for good, like the rabbi who blesses the unwomen, and not for harm, like the hard-hearted Gilead matriarchs.
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
| Megan Powell du Toit
In season 2, The Handmaids Tale examines prayer in a depth often missing from Christian discussions of the topic. Real prayer has been contrasted with unprayer. Prayers we want answered seem almost mocked by God. Yet the object of prayer, Jesus, is remarkable in his absence from Gilead.
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