Tag Archive for: faith

Six Sentences of Comfort for an Afghan Living in Australia

By: Ben McEachen

An Afghan man living in Australia fears the worst for fellow Christians in Afghanistan. Read more

Ruthless Comparison is the Key to Success Says Hollywood’s Phil Cooke

By: Laura Bennett

Phil Cooke’s biography is a wild read. He’s produced TV and film programming in more than 60 countries around the world and, along the way, been shot at, survived military coups and been threatened with prison. Read more

Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman Says Opposition is an Opportunity to Grow

By: Laura Bennett

Switchfoot’s new album Interrobang was produced by a staunch atheist. That may seem like a pretty mundane fact to point out, given people of different faith backgrounds work together all the time, but in this case it meant the band’s album was completely infused with the philosophies their new music is trying to convey. Read more

‘Hercules’ Actor Kevin Sorbo Joins Professor John Lennox on Faith Exploration

By: Laura Bennett

John Lennox is rare amongst his fellow career mathematicians. As a devoted Christian, he has debated on multiple stages with some of the greatest minds in atheism and science – Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Atkins – about the existence of God, and how the arenas of faith and science relate to one another. Read more

40th Anniversary of Bible Smuggling Operation

By: Kim Wilkinson

To commemorate 40 years since the Chinese Bible smuggling operation – ‘Project Pearl’, Open Doors is encouraging Australians to become a Bible smuggler from home. Read more

Surviving Childlessness, Faith and Furbabies: Author Steph Penny

By: Katrina Roe

Ten years ago, Steph Penny was told she was “living in sin”. Read more

“I Was Always Aware I Had to be Bigger Than the Black Line” – Olympian Elka Whalan

By: Laura Bennett

The Tokyo Games are really unlike any other we’ve seen before. Not only have the athletes had to reach the top of their field to be there, but they’re competing in the midst of a pandemic with unique challenges and pressures, and onlookers around the world are relying on them to provide a hopeful escape from the limits of our lockdown. Read more

2021 Australian Census: Why Marking Down Your Faith is Important

By: Hope Media

Marking down your faith in this month’s Australian Census is essential, says the peak industry body representing Christian Media communicators in Australia. Read more

Grieving Can be One of the Greatest Paths to Joy – Award-Winning Artist Ellie Holcomb

By: Laura Bennett

Listening to good music offers us many things: a fun escape, new perspective, words to describe our feelings and, sometimes, a better understanding of what it means to be human. Read more

How Christians got to be the Most Judgmental People in Society (and What to Do About It)

By: Jenny Snook

I read a survey recently about how Christians are known to be the most judgmental people in society.1 What a tragic report card. How can a religion based on grace be known for judging others? Read more