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#981 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 Oct 2014. The Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, of which I am a member, has always had a particular concern for the welfare and treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children. The Taskforce’s report, Protecting the Lonely Children, launched in July, documented a broad array of concerns about unaccompanied … Continue reading
#980 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 Oct 2014. Apart from the Christian conviction that it is wrong to kill people, even if they want to be killed, the major reason for opposing euthanasia laws is that legislation can never guarantee the protection of vulnerable or healthy people from being killed. Giving evidence at a … Continue reading
#979 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 19 Oct 2014. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Nepal’s Prime Minister, Sushil Koirala, has guarantee religious freedom in the forthcoming constitution, a pledge included in a message to Muslims and people of other faiths on October 6. Concerns had been expressed about a proposed anti-conversion clause in the new … Continue reading
#978 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. Listeners may recall that the Department of Education and Communities was asked to commission an independent review of Special Religious Education and Special Education in Ethics in NSW schools including the issue of annual confirmation by parents or carers on “opting out” of SRE; and a review of … Continue reading
#977 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people or organisations who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” Past Laureates include Nelson Mandela, Aung San … Continue reading
#976 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. As Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston fronted the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse this week, Pastor Houston posted a statement on his church’s website stating that exposing child sexual abuse and the response of institutions to that abuse, and allowing survivors to … Continue reading
#975 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 12 Oct 2014. Over the last 18 months, thousands of citizens in over 100 nations have signed a petition to world leaders, who will gather at the G20 Summit in Brisbane next month, asking them to take action on tax reform. Dr Mark Zirnsak, from the Uniting Church’s Tax … Continue reading
A sermon by David Raey The story has been told of a woman who had “got religion” and was telling others of the difference it made in her life. She told her church study group, “I’m so glad I discovered God. I have an uncle I hated so much that I vowed I would never … Continue reading
A sermon by Margaret Hall Introduction Allegations of sexual abuse and of attempts made to hide it raise many questions about the kind of society we live in. Naturally the victims of such abuse are profoundly affected. For society as a whole, the allegations are unsettling, to say the least. For the many thousands of … Continue reading
#974 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 5 Oct 2014. Defenders of true marriage had a small win this week after a Senate inquiry into a bill to recognise foreign same sex marriages, introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, recommended that the bill not be passed. But the fight for marriage law reform returns now to … Continue reading
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