Brazilians reach 100 million Bibles printed by one printing plant

John Sandeman in Sao Paulo

“One hundred million Bibles, one hundred seeds of hope” is the proud boast of the Brazilian bible Society, which celebrated printing that number of Bibles tonight in Sao Paulo.

Responding to a public slap

June 10, 2011 - A billboard went up this morning along Sydney's M4 motorway with the words "Dear Muslims, glad you want to talk about Jesus. Love to chat more". It includes a website: AussieChristians.com.au and is a response to the "Jesus: a prophet of Islam" billboards organised by the Islamic group MyPeace.

Archbishop’s slight on UK government raises questions

COMMENT - Joshua Maule

In what some have described as "the most outspoken political intervention by an Archbishop of Canterbury for a generation", Rowan Williams has criticised the British coalition government for its health and education policies.

Guest editing the New Statesman magazine, Williams used his column to argue democracy itself was being compromised. "With remarkable speed, we are being committed to radical, long-term policies for which no one voted," he wrote.

Among others, it is that phrase "for which no one voted" that has got him into hot water.

Thanksgiving, not just for Americans

Suzanne Schokman

Wednesday June 8, 2011 - Some 1600 communities and 5000 churches across Australia celebrated the recent National Day of Thanksgiving (NDOT). Festivals, formal breakfasts and acts of kindness were some of the ways people observed the day and said "thank you" to those around them.

Christian presumption, G-rated ads, and social networking

COMMENT by John Sandeman

In one day fifty thousand protestors on social media responded to Adshel's removal of a safe sex ad from Brisbane bus shelters last week according to Mumbrella, a media website. The outdoor advertising company had removed the ads following a protest by Australian Christian Lobby's Wendy Francis, but quickly put them up again in the wake of the social media protest.

Adrian is a can-do Christian

"I was born in 1944, with the umbilical cord around my neck. My parents told me that the doctors felt I wouldn’t survive the night. Eighteen months after my birth my parents were told I had cerebral palsy. Very little was known about it back then." Lea Carswell interviews Adrian Lynch

John Dickson challenges the man behind Sydney’s Islamic posters

Any billboard making the claim “Jesus: a prophet of Islam" is geared for reaction. As reported in Eternity one of these billboards erected by an Islamic group has been vandalised already.

Victorians can choose to hire Christians

Why the Muslim billboards are good for Jesus

John Bales spent 13 years in Pakistan as a Christian missionary and currently leads a church in a densely Muslim area in south western Sydney. Joshua Maule asked him about the "Jesus: a prophet of Islam" billboards, one of which was vandalised yesterday.

Top Of The Blogs

The parents who let their kids choose their sex, pastors underpaid and overworked according to stats, Vladimir Putin worshipped as Paul, how Catholic sex abuse relates to the rapture - the top blogs from the week.

Peter Adam to step down

Sophie Gyles

Canon Dr Peter Adam has announced he will resign as Principal of Ridley College in Melbourne next year, at the end of his study and long service leave. Thius means that three major Bible Colleges need a find a new principal, : Syndney Missionary and Bible College, Melbourne School of Theology (ex BCV) and now Ridley.

John Harris on Sorry Day

Historian John Harris on what Christians should say on "Sorry day"

We are sorry that our Christian forebears failed to act in ways that would
have brought an end to the injustices which Aboriginal people suffered.

The Bible comes to Canberra

Sue Schokman

“The Book That Changed The World” an exhibition which showcases rare historic Bibles including William Shakespeare's, has opened in Parliament House Canberra. 

UPDATE NSW Government puts churches in hot water

Sydney May 20 2011: Five churches were quick to sign up for the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme which pays for electricity generated by solar panels, but the Government's intention to reduce the tariff from 60 to 40 cents has them dismayed. But they could be rescued by the Christian Democrats in the NSW Upper House.

CDP leader Fred Nile told Eternity today that his party is aware of the huge investment that some have made, and he is currently in negotiation with the Government. One of the proposals is to extend the scheme's cut-off date beyond 2016, so that those who have already signed up and taken out loans can arrange for a longer loan repayment period.

Breakdown of the family unit called a “recipe for bankruptcy”

Sydney May 18, 2011: Sydney will host the seventh World Congress of Families (WCF) in 2013. Australia and New Zealand jointly beat Russia and India to host the event, dubbed the "Olympics of the family movement."