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#928 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 20 Jul 2014. Writing in the latest issue of Christianity Today, blogger Amy Julia Becker raised the vexed issue of transgender identity. She said: Parents can allow their children the freedom to wear clothing and play with toys associated with the opposite sex without assuming that their kids are … Continue reading
#927 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 20 Jul 2014. It may be a marketing coup of sorts, but controversial Brisbane-based hire car company Wicked Campers, whose services are said to appeal mostly to young male backpackers, was this week widely denounced by media, public opinion, and in a motion passed by the Australian Senate, for … Continue reading
A sermon by Steve Cooper for Mothers’ Day. Good morning! On Mothers’ Day let me specially greet you if you’re a mother – including women who are mother figures like a step-mother, guardian or foster mother. I hope today is a special day of celebration and affirmation for you. I’m impressed, when I read the … Continue reading
#926 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. A Melbourne study recently reported that children raised by same-sex parents were generally healthier than those in the general population, but FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips has pointed to what she sees as serious unacknowledged flaws in the research methodology. For example: The gay and lesbian … Continue reading
#925 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. Thousands of Christians flocked to Sydney’s Olympic Park last week for the annual Hillsong Conference. Speaking to media as he kicked off the event, Hillsong pastor Brian Houston said he had never believed in a “prosperity gospel” whereby one follows Jesus expecting material wealth to follow. … Continue reading
#924 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. On May 27, the Myanmar government published its proposed Religious Conversion Law in state-owned newspapers, prompting a heated debate over religious freedom. The proposed law appears to violate fundamental universal and constitutional rights by granting authorities sweeping powers over an individual’s choice of faith, specifically the … Continue reading
#923 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 13 Jul 2014. As the Australian government dices with the lives of 37 Sinhalese and 157 Tamil asylum seekers on the high seas, and as 53 legal scholars from 17 Australian universities condemn the government’s actions as a violation of international law, the General Synod of the Anglican Church … Continue reading
A sermon by Harry Goodhew for Easter Sunday INTRODUCTION “Why do you look for the living among the dead? “He is not here; he has risen!” (Luke 24:5-6 NIV) On Good Friday we fixed our attention on the cross and the grave. We looked at death. Without doubt a wonderful and unique death; liberating believers … Continue reading
A sermon by Harry Goodhew INTRODUCTION Good morning. Today is Good Friday. Around the world people of different races, languages, ages, and stations in life are thoughtfully and prayerfully remembering the crucifixion of Jesus. In some Church traditions, people will have been preparing for today for the last forty days observing the season of Lent. … Continue reading
A sermon by Harry Goodhew INTRODUCTION May I ask you a question? What reliable and truly trustworthy knowledge of God do you or I possess? I ask, because the world has never been short of ideas about God. It is no different today. From the belief that there is no God to the thought that … Continue reading
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