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Sunday, 23 July 2017
| Dave Fuller
Don Parham traces the spiritual transformation and ministry of one of Australia’s great Christian leaders - a left-wing ‘maddie’ called by God to speak to both the Church and the nation, like a modern day Amos.
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Monday, 17 July 2017
| Karina Kreminski
We need to move beyond echo-chamber church discussions around ‘complementarianism’ and ‘egalitarianism’ that can distract us from noticing the deeper problem that pervades our society and that we desperately need to address: sexism.
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Sunday, 9 July 2017
| Mersina Papantoniou
More than just a love story, The Promise powerfully and accurately portrays one of the most gruesome yet forgotten episodes of modern history, the Armenian Genocide of WWI. But far from being someone else's history in a faraway land, the film's theme has a strong Australian connection.
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Saturday, 1 July 2017
| Jack Mathieson
What distinguishes humans from animals is not emotions, tools, culture or even DNA, but the choice to love and an indomitable spirit. As humans, and especially as Christians, we have a responsibility to care for the earth, as an act of love towards humanity and God's creation.
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Saturday, 1 July 2017
| Ethos editor
Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from 5th to 30th June 2017.
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Sunday, 11 June 2017
| Sarah Judd-Lam
Some would say that a female saviour figure is a corruption of the message of Christ, but this film has the power to leave viewers with a sense of hope that evil can be conquered through sacrificial love, and that all of us, women included, can play a part.
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Thursday, 8 June 2017
| Ethos editor
The Victorian State Government has established an inquiry to look at a proposal for a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in Richmond. We present arguments for and against this proposal from ACL and UnitingCare, and a discussion around the ethical issues by Ethos' Gordon Preece.
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Monday, 5 June 2017
| Denise Cooper-Clarke
While Denton presents many moving stories
designed to elicit compassion (and a perceived
need for assisted dying as a solution to the
‘problem’), there is very little critical reflection
or exploration of moral arguments.
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Sunday, 4 June 2017
| Mersina Papantoniou
This year's Sydney Writer's Festival featured contemporary and brave works by those categorised as 'racial minority' writers, and a reminder from Tim Costello that faith and social responsibility are 'Siamese twins'.
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Sunday, 4 June 2017
| Nils von Kalm
The light of love shines brightest when circumstances are at their darkest. In a land of conflict, it was the suffering love of the Prince of Peace who walked those dusty roads that impacted me the most. It is a love to which I give my life.
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