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#944 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 17 Aug 2014. Thirty months after the President of the NSW Council of Churches called on the O’Farrell Government to investigate the social impact of the gambling industry in NSW, a Legislative Council Inquiry has tabled its report. The report contains 18 recommendations including the regulation of electronic gaming … Continue reading
#943 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 17 Aug 2014. As Australian troops deliver food, water, blankets and medical supplies to refugees trapped in northern Iraq, the President of the NSW Council of Churches has joined other church leaders in writing to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, asking them to provide emergency … Continue reading
#942 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 Aug 2014. A scandal has erupted over controversial comments by well-known lesbian activist Camille Paglia – comments that were turned into a social media meme that subsequently went viral. Paglia is quoted as saying: Homosexuality is not normal. On the contrary, it is a challenge to the norm. … Continue reading
#941 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 Aug 2014. The debate over whether and to what extent violent screen images and video games contribute to risky or criminal behaviour shows no sign of resolution. But a recent study by researchers at Dartmouth College, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that teenagers … Continue reading
#940 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 Aug 2014. In 2013, the NSW Parliament commissioned a report into the use of cannabis for medical purposes. Among other things, the report recommended the expansion of access to cannabis by medical patients suffering from chronic pain and those suffering terminal illness. It goes without saying that this … Continue reading
#939 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 10 Aug 2014. Pastors and other church leaders in regional NSW have expressed concern over social issues impacting their communities and are looking for political solutions that reflect their beliefs and values. The President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, recently returned to Sydney … Continue reading
Pastors and other church leaders in regional NSW have expressed concern over social issues impacting their communities and are looking for political solutions that reflect their beliefs and values. The President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, recently returned to Sydney from visits to New England and the Riverina where … Continue reading
A sermon by Dominic Steele God: our loving God, our maker, the one who is unique and supreme, and who created a world that is good. We also saw that this loving God made us in his image and gave us the extraordinary privilege and responsibility of ruling his world under his guidelines. We were … Continue reading
A sermon by Dominic Steele What is the meaning of life? Here’s what I think. There is no meaning to life. The whole thing is a gyp, a never-ending corridor to nowhere… We are replicating DNA and that’s it. The chicken is just the egg making another egg. I am a Steggles Number 14. They … Continue reading
A sermon by Graham Agnew Jesus talked a lot about prayer during his early ministry but it begs the question why? I mean, it’s not as though the disciples and everyone else listening to his words were not already praying. Prayer was a huge component in the life of a first century Jew – as … Continue reading
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