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Originally published in CBN News Hillsong senior pastor Brian Houston is telling Christians to take action and not be a silent majority during Australia’s upcoming same-sex marriage vote in September. “Whatever your view on this issue, it is undeniably one that is important to the fabric of our social structure. […]
Originally published in Christian Today School kids who talk about Jesus or exchange Christmas cards with classmates could find themselves penalised under new proposals that would clamp down on references to Christianity on school campuses. The Australian reports that an unofficial policy is being floated among Queensland education officials to […]
Originally published in God Reports The interior of Malaita in the Solomon Island chain had a long history of opposition to missionaries and other outsiders — sometimes violent resistance by the Kwaio tribal group. In 1927, 13 government officials from the UK were massacred by the Kwaio as they attempted […]
An Israeli backpacker had to travel to the other side of the world before finding the Jewish Messiah no-one had told him about at home. Born and raised in a secular kibbutz (and knowing almost nothing about Jesus), Omri Jaakobovich was taken aback when the Dutch-born host of his hostel […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute. A Bill proposing a public vote to decide on same-sex marriage has been blocked in Australia. The Bill was rejected on Monday in the Senate by 33 votes to 29. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had intended to hold a public vote on the […]
Originally published in Christian Today The eight men executed in Indonesia overnight recited the Lord’s Prayer and worshipped God in the moments before their deaths, witnesses say. Pastor Karina de Vega, who was assigned to counsel Nigerian prisoner Okwudili Oyatanze – dubbed “The Death Row Gospel Singer” and one of […]
Originally published in The Big Story Australia will soon introduce a system to ban foreign “hate preachers” from entering the country and will attempt to outlaw the radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir under proposed tougher counterterrorism laws, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he was angry […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Over 800 police officers in Australia arrested 15 people on Thursday allegedly connected to terror group ISIS, who are believed to have planned to kidnap and behead people on camera. The counter-terrorism raids on houses and vehicles in Sydney and Brisbane were the largest […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Australia’s High Court has overturned gay marriage legislation which briefly allowed same-sex ceremonies to take place in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The small territory – which is self-governing – passed its Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 in October this year. The courts […]
Originally published in Charisma News A man in Australia who claims to be neither a man nor a woman has been officially recognized by Australian authorities as “sexless” on his birth certificate. Norrie May-Welby, a British expat, was born a man but had a sex change operation in 1990 when […]