Celebrating or participating in International Women’s Day (IWD) seems to be growing stronger and stronger every year. This year it is on Sunday, 8th March and although the organisers may not realise it – many of the aims they have for IWD are what Jesus would do – or in fact, does for women.
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How I celebrate IWD – Kara Hartley
Theological College – Have I missed the boat? Rowena Russell
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“We have lost a great champion for the gospel”
Long-serving Sydney Bishop, Ivan Lee, has passed away more than four years after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer.
Bishop Lee died last night (4th March) at Greenwich Hospital, where he had been receiving palliative care.
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Does the Bible produce bigots?
Mardi Gras is upon us in Sydney. When thinking about the tension in society around the issue of same-sex attraction, it’s easy to wonder if you might actually be a bigot – because you’re a Christian.
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It Pays to Hold Your Nerve in the Transgender Debate – Steve McAlpine
It pays to hold your nerve. Always. With the latest news out of the UK that a young woman is calling out the National Health Service’s gender clinic for not challenging her strongly enough when she was 16 and wanting to transition to male, it feels like the ground is shifting back to sanity.
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Are we really called to the ends of the Earth? – Tim Swan
Should I offer to go as a missionary to somewhere on the other side of the world? What about if it would put my life in danger? Should I encourage people to go and tell members of Boko Haram that Jesus died for their sins, that unless they turn to God they are damned, but that Jesus offers forgiveness and grace and a place in his kingdom to glorify God forever?
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