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#959 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 14 Sep 2014. The National School Chaplaincy Association has urged the ACT and South Australian governments to accept the federal government’s offer to fund school chaplaincy. Late last month the Abbott government modified its National School Chaplaincy Program after the High Court ruled the funding model invalid. ACT Education Minister … Continue reading
An occasional column by Rod Benson 5 September 2014 Conversion is the central ethical message of Jesus and lies at the heart of evangelical faith and experience. For some, conversion is a slow, lifelong movement of the heart and will toward God. For others, it is a single dramatic experience, a sudden realignment of the … Continue reading
#958 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 7 Sep 2014. A NSW Parliamentary Inquiry heard on Wednesday that there is growing evidence the Baird Government’s crackdown on alcohol-related violence is bearing fruit. It appears lock-out laws in force in the CBD and Kings Cross since February 24 have reduced night-time street crowds, and there was a … Continue reading
#957 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 7 Sep 2014. The President of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, has drawn attention to what he calls global “indifference” to the mass execution of Arab Christians by Islamic State militants, the “half a million Christian Arabs [that] have been driven out of Syria” during the past three … Continue reading
#956 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 7 Sep 2014. Swedish author Kajsa Ekis Ekman, the founder of Feminists Against Surrogacy, weighed in to the debate in Australia, saying failure to enforce local laws banning commercial surrogacy encourages sexual abuse of children born through surrogacy. Ekman’s book, Being and Being Bought, highlights parallels between surrogacy and prostitution. She … Continue reading
#955 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 7 Sep 2014. The NSW Council of Churches welcomes the Abbott Government’s proposal to fund school chaplaincy after a High Court decision in June ruled that the Commonwealth lacked executive power to fund the National School Chaplaincy Program. Under the new arrangement, States and Territories will be eligible to … Continue reading
For immediate release 4 September 2014 The NSW Council of Churches welcomes the Abbott Government’s new proposal to fund school chaplaincy after a High Court decision in June ruled that the Commonwealth lacked executive power to fund the National School Chaplaincy Program. Under the new arrangement, States and Territories will be eligible to receive the … Continue reading
#954 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 31 Aug 2014. Listeners will recall that a High Court decision in June found that the Commonwealth had no executive power to fund the National School Chaplaincy Program. The Abbott Government moved immediately to promise that it would find ways around the legal impasse, and has now proposed an … Continue reading
#953 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 31 Aug 2014. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has described persecution of Christians in Iraq as “off the scale” after Islamic militants reportedly ordered non-muslims to leave the country, convert to Islam, or die by the sword. Some have already died. Speaking to WorldWatch Monitor, Archbishop Welby said members … Continue reading
#952 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 31 Aug 2014. A report just published in the Medical Journal of Australia has revealed that among those who engaged in overseas surrogacy, 55 per cent reported that their surrogate had a multiple pregnancy, 45 per cent of the births were premature and 10 per cent of the pregnancies had … Continue reading
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