Election myths busted

The ABC’s election night headline “Green tide sweeps Fielding for Senate” was wrong. The last Senate seat in Victoria was being fought over by Family First, the Democratic Labor Party  and the coalition as Eternity went to press. This meant a senator from a conservative party (with Pentecostal roots) was possibly replaced by a senator from a conservative party (with Catholic roots) or by a plain conservative. Not a green.

Indigenous Campaign Like Trying To Stop The Slave Trade: Dr Peter Adam

When he first delivered it in Melbourne last year, Dr Peter Adam's lecture on Australian land rights prompted a strong response from Christians and non-Christians.

After hearing "Australia: whose land", some were deeply challenged. For others, "dislike" would be putting it mildly.

Dr Adam, principal of Ridley Melbourne Theological College, will deliver the same address in Manly on Friday night (details in full story).

Grants help Christian ministries

Thirteen Christians and ministries from around Australia have received a share of $100,000 from Australia’s premier Christian travel agency.

Building at the roof of the world

Roz Brain, of International Nepal Fellowship (INF) Australia

Let me introduce you to Divya, the manager of a remote NGO in rural Nepal. He attended a Bible school in northern India and is recognized as the most educated man in his village. He leads his staff in integral mission and manages his responsibilities well, leading by example and making hard decisions alone. But he is increasingly aware that he could benefit from practical teaching to be able to continue to attend to the growing variety of relational and spiritual issues that affect the lives of the people he serves – and he longs for training and support in this.

World Whirl

Daniel Willis on Gospel work in Peru, Burundi, Europe, China and Capetown

Can the Holy Spirit be beaten by $84?

Tim Adeney on everyday life

Book Extract: The Vertical Self

Welcome to the 21st century where you can now purchase and exchange personalities, depending on mood and circumstance.... The Bible contains a radically different way of understanding our identity.

Eternity exerpts  The Vertical Self by Mark Sayers
(Thomas Nelson, March 2010)

Missions weekend draws a keen crowd

John Sandeman

Over 800 people attended both days of the "Reachout" conference at Katoomba outside Sydney this weekend. The conference aims to encourage Christians to become missionaries, for which there is still a need according to African speaker Femi Adelaye.

Making the most of your Marriage

Karl Faase on blokes:

Marriage is a special gift that should be treated with care.  There are many books and resources teaching couples how to build their marriage. This column is from “The Mens series” and it’s designed to give men three don’ts and three dos to help grow your marriage. 

Tom Frame wins book of the year

The author of "Losing my Religion" says it was one book he did not enjoy writing—and he has written many books. But it had to be written.

Why the Bible IS clear to read

God doesn’t leave us alone to read his word—and he
helps us understand it, too. Michael Jensen explains.

Jesus found me in jail for a murder

Lea Carswell meets Dennis Basic - a man set free

Gen Y gets persecuted, too

Joshua Maule on how Aussie youth can link to the persecuted church

Julia Gillard on school chaplaincy

Julia Gillard has answered the questions that the Australian Christian Lobby asked Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott for their earlier telecast.

Jellyfish adventures

Tez Brooks on how a near death experience brought an eternal perspective