Who is the final divine authority in today’s fractured world? KAMAL WEERAKOON* has the answer – and it’s not atheism! “Religion poisons everything and causes wars.” When I was in my 20s, my peers took that statement for granted. Everybody ‘knew’...
Lewis Jones’s blogs about Covid’s impact on the way we think about the future, prompted KARINE WOLDHUIS* to reflect on her time in Ecuador, where discussions about plans often ended with “God willing”. Fatalistic or realistic? Read on One of the strange things I had...
The Olympic Games, a wonderful example of athletic endeavour, also reveal our inescapable religious tendencies to worship something. PETER CHRISTOPHER* reflects on opening ceremonies and idols. The Olympic Games have been important to me for two reasons. First, I’m...
JOHN McCLEAN* reviews the ‘stimulating and vigorous debate’ of issues engaging today’s church. Our Church Assembly debated the report from our committee this month about Cultural Marxism (you can see the report here). We argued that Cultural Marxism...
The GA NSW meeting in July 2020 requested the Gospel, Society & Culture Committee “to investigate the rise of Cultural Marxism in Australian society, with particular reference to the Black Lives Matter movement”. The final report to the 2021 Assembly is published...
