Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jan 2013. Part of the price of living in the modern world is the need for an increasing rule-based culture, no more so than in the church. John Sandeman from Eternity newspaper has listed ten rules local churches should consider to ensure child protection: Follow your denomination’s Safe Church rules. Always …
Churches and the public good
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jan 2013. According to new research, churches and other faith communities are still the strongest centres of public good in modern society. The latest National Church Life Survey found that more than 25 per cent of attendees are involved in their church’s “welfare or justice activities” – volunteering with groups …
Violence by men against women
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jan 2013. The shocking rape and murder of a young woman by a gang of male thugs in India last week has opened the eyes of the world to the violence suffered by Indian women, and their cultural disadvantage and social plight. Rape is one of the most serious of …
Happy New Year!
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 Jan 2013. Happy New Year to all our listeners! On this first Sunday of 2013, here’s a prayer from one of the world’s great Christian leaders, the Reverend Billy Graham, published in The Saturday Evening Post: Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year …
Benefits of Bible reading
Christians have always known the benefits of reading and meditating on verses from the Bible. Now research conducted by the U.S.-based Center for Bible Engagement has shown daily Bible reading to be the single most powerful predictor of spiritual growth. Key findings of the global survey of more than 100,000 people indicate that if a …
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