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Some people want to keep faith out of our schools, and some insist that politics and religion should be firmly and forever separate. But that way of thinking is culturally impoverished and intellectually bankrupt. The Christian faith has profoundly shaped Australian society, has a central place in Australian life today, and will continue to shape …
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Sermon preached by Rod Benson, Good Friday, 28 March 1997 Alexander the Great once found his philosopher friend Diogenes standing in a field, looking intently at a large pile of bones. Asked what he was doing, the old man turned to Alexander and replied, “I am searching for the bones of your father Philip, but …
Today is World Poetry Day. On Facebook this morning I made a comment that W.H. Auden was one of, say, ten people with whom I'd like to have had a long literary dinner party. This got others thinking (along the lines of "Rod Benson reads literature?!!", and possibly also "pffft"), and Mike Frost asked me who, …
Last week I mentioned Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, arrested and sentenced to death in Iran for changing his religion and telling Muslims the truth about Jesus. Support and advocacy for the pastor is growing around the world as people realise the brutal truth about religious freedom in some Muslim-dominated nations. Pastor Nadarkhani is under constant pressure …
Opponents of the sexualisation of women applauded news this week that men’s magazine FHM is to cease publication. Meanwhile, leading psychiatrist Professor Louise Newman has warned that the emphasis on “sexiness” among children (linked to self-esteem and the ability to make friends) can cause emotional damage. “I have seen young children becoming quite confused about how …
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