http://eternity.biz News for Christians en Eternity Copyright 2010 2010-09-10T12:55:59+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/the_ethics_debate_what_the_churches_told_the_review/ http://eternity.biz/news/the_ethics_debate_what_the_churches_told_the_review/#When:12:55:59Z The Inter-Church Commission on Religious Education in Schools (ICCOREIS) has given a detailed response to the trail of an Ethics course as an alterbative to school scripture in NSW. Eternity is publishing the submission from ICCOREIS to the NSW inquiry into the ethics course piloted in ten schools as a contribution to the public debate. 2010-09-10T12:55:59+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/john_piper_in_major_sydney_event/ http://eternity.biz/news/john_piper_in_major_sydney_event/#When:13:10:21Z Sydney's Entertainment Centre has been booked as the venue for a John Piper meeting for next year. The veteran preacher is probably best known for his book and website "Desiring God". 2010-09-09T13:10:21+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/ethics_tussle_continues._major_submission_by_scripture_lessons_supporters/ http://eternity.biz/news/ethics_tussle_continues._major_submission_by_scripture_lessons_supporters/#When:22:06:30Z John Sandeman The issue of students opting out of Scripture periods in NSW schools has not been solved during the trial of an ethics course intended as an alternative to Scripture teaching. In a submission to the NSW government review of a trial of “ethics” classes held during SRE time, a submission by The Inter-Church Commission on Religious Education in Schools (ICCOREIS), pointed out that in the trial schools not all the non-Scripture kids enrolled in the ethics classes. 2010-09-06T22:06:30+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/whose_land/ http://eternity.biz/news/whose_land/#When:01:16:57Z Peter Adam principal of Ridley Melbourne raises an uncomforatble truth and lays bare a sin. This week he gave this talk in Sydney after presenting it around the country. 2010-09-05T01:16:57+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/blackstump_cancelled/ http://eternity.biz/news/blackstump_cancelled/#When:13:39:46Z Australia's longest-running Christian festival, Blackstump, will not be held this year. The event, scheduled for the beginning of October in Western Sydney, failed to get enough early bird bookings this year, despite an appeal by the organisers. 2010-09-03T13:39:46+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/election_myths_busted/ http://eternity.biz/news/election_myths_busted/#When:11:58:57Z 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. 2010-09-02T11:58:57+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/indigenous_campaign_like_trying_to_stop_the_slave_trade_dr_peter_adam/ http://eternity.biz/news/indigenous_campaign_like_trying_to_stop_the_slave_trade_dr_peter_adam/#When:03:02:12Z 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).     2010-08-30T03:02:12+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/grants_help_christian_ministries/ http://eternity.biz/news/grants_help_christian_ministries/#When:07:23:07Z Thirteen Christians and ministries from around Australia have received a share of $100,000 from Australia’s premier Christian travel agency. 2010-08-29T07:23:07+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/building_at_the_roof_of_the_world/ http://eternity.biz/news/building_at_the_roof_of_the_world/#When:21:31:28Z 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. 2010-08-22T21:31:28+00:00 http://eternity.biz/news/world_whirl4/ http://eternity.biz/news/world_whirl4/#When:15:00:29Z Daniel Willis on Gospel work in Peru, Burundi, Europe, China and Capetown 2010-08-20T15:00:29+00:00