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Tuesday, 1 March 2022
| Megan Powell du Toit
As Evangelicals we come to Lent with fresh eyes. And as Australians we enter Lent in Autumn rather than Spring. So what does Lent look like for Australian Evangelicals?
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Friday, 11 February 2022
| Dan Anderson
The controversy around Citipointe Christian College highlighted a moral tragedy facing a growing number of Christian organisations. In seeking to preserve the mission of the school, something else good was lost. But whatever position we take, we need to hold it with tears.
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Friday, 11 February 2022
| Jon Eastgate
On the issue of religious freedom and the rights of LGBTIQA+ people, Christians have been trapped in a zero-sum game that is neither good human rights practice nor informed by a gospel ethic. There is a much better way.
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Friday, 4 February 2022
| Elizabeth Grace
How good are we as a nation - and as a church - in welcoming the stranger? The best way to find out is to ask a new migrant, refugee or asylum seeker about their daily life in their new homeland.
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Friday, 14 January 2022
| Chris Shearer
The government’s sensational attempts to cancel Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic’s visa this week drew the media’s attention, if only fleetingly, to a group of men whose circumstances contrasted with the world number one’s.
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Wednesday, 12 January 2022
| Paul Tyson
If there is no real choice open to people about whether or not they get vaccinated, then we have de facto compulsory vaccination. And, in our supposedly classless society, overnight we have created 'two Australias'.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022
| Denise Cooper-Clarke
It will take more than just the facts to persuade our vaccine hesitant family and friends to book their jab. Trust is also vital. And if in doubt, genuinely listening to their fears will always go a long way.
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Thursday, 9 December 2021
| Yarkov Halik
Should we expect moral perfection from our sportspeople? The case of Aussie cricket captain Tim Paine points to the disturbing blurring of the private and public domains.
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Tuesday, 16 November 2021
| Nathan Grills
Vaccine requirements may cause hurt or suffering to those who refuse vaccinations. But is this an issue of Christian conscience or a moral issue which the church should fight?
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Monday, 1 November 2021
| Ben Thurley
Would extinction be such a bad thing after all? As unlikely as it may sound, the Book of Revelation – with its own apocalyptic and extinction-level imagery – may provide an answer.
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