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#1120 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 30 Aug 2015 On Wednesday, The Daily Telegraph led with a story of outrage at a plan by Burwood Girls High School to screen a documentary about children with gay parents during school hours. Church and community leaders, and several “old girls” of the school, expressed shock and dismay at … Continue reading
#1119 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 30 Aug 2015 Recently the Presbyterian Church in NSW voted to ask its peak national decision-making body to withdraw its ministers from solemnising marriages in Australia if marriage is redefined to include same sex couples. In the current issue of the Presbyterian Pulse magazine, the Reverend Dr Peter Barnes explains the … Continue reading
#1118 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 30 Aug 2015 Fresh from its recent NSW book-banning fiasco, and on the heels of victory in Victoria, the lobby group Fairness in Religion in Schools has launched yet another attack on Special Religious Education in NSW state schools, commissioning psychologists to review the SRE curriculum, and the Reverend … Continue reading
A sermon by Rod Benson It’s fair to say that, around the world, marriage is in a mess. Many couples today cohabit for years before marrying, or never marry. Married people divorce, as I have done, and some go on to remarry. Same sex couples want to marry each other, and there is strong political … Continue reading
#1117 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 23 August 2015 On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that same sex marriage is a fundamental right, thereby legalising same sex marriage in all 50 states. Few media outlets reported the arguments of the dissenting judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts, who argued that … Continue reading
#1116 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 23 August 2015 Professor Peter Singer and Sydney Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher debated whether voluntary euthanasia should be legalised recently at Sydney’s Town Hall. Professor Singer said euthanasia should be permissible for competent adults who request it and who have a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring … Continue reading
#1115 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 23 August 2015 The Australian Christian Book of the Year is awarded annually to an original book written by an Australian citizen. This year the winner was Captains of the Soul: A History of Australian Army Chaplains by Michael Gladwin. The common task of the military chaplain remains the ministry of Word … Continue reading
#1114 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 August 2015. Next Sunday, Crossway Church, a large Baptist church in Melbourne, will launch what it says is Australia’s first interactive church online. Applying new communications technology for religious purposes is nothing new. There was a time when one third of all the books ever printed were by … Continue reading
#1113 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 August 2015. Amid the chatter and vitriol of the same sex marriage debate, I came across some helpful advice from Dr David Sandifer, NSW director of Family Voice Australia, on how to talk about the issue with your gay or lesbian friends. He says it may feel awkward, … Continue reading
#1112 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 16 August 2015. You might have seen or heard talk about a controversial Sydney billboard sponsored by the lobby group Fairness in Religions in Schools, with the provocative quote, “God says you are stuck in your sin and need to be rescued from his judgement.” Apart from the fundamental … Continue reading
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