Advocating for the weak and the vulnerable isn’t the only thing to consider when voting but it is one that I believe Christians give too little attention to. We already give lots of air time to hot-button issues like opposing same sex marriage and abortion, and protecting the religious freedom of […]
Because we’re living overseas, we don’t have to vote this year and, the Tanzanian system postal system being what it is, we may not even be able to. That hasn’t stopped us from following the Australian federal election. You may remember that we blogged a fair bit on the last […]
In The Big Bang Theory season 1, episode 8, Sheldon Cooper’s two PhDs can’t save him from making yet another social blunder: [Raj’s mother] It’s up to you dear, we don’t want to meddle. [Raj] If you don’t want to meddle then why are you meddling? [Sheldon] If I may, […]
The school next to our church has been involved in a Melbourne-wide controversy about Christian religious education in Victoria. Facebook has been flooded with calls for Christians to write letters, sign petitions and get informed about CRE. The dispute was resolved just this week. Coming from SA, which doesn’t have […]
(Mainly for Christians) How to vote Take the political compass test Think about what a Christian vote means (see also) Compare parties and policies: ABC, Make Poverty History, Australia Votes, GetUp. Vote below the line easily! Thinking it through (our election coverage) Getting started A Christian vote? Julia Gillard’s Q&A appearance […]
(Part 1) A number of people have recognised that the Australian Christian Lobby’s policy survey, Australia Votes, is an improvement on other ‘Christian values’ checklists. How far does it actually get us as Christian voters?
Christians have been debating truth vs. justice for a long time. Which is more important – gospel proclamation or showing Jesus’ love to others? As far as the testimony of the Bible is concerned, the answer is ‘yes’. You have to have both. Except in the Australian Election, apparently.
Meet Jesus at uni 