The "sacred silence" of the Roman Catholic "confessional"…is it always valid?
Once again recently publicity has raised this whole issues of legislating an end to the "sacred silence" of the Roman Catholic "Confessional" in relation to paedophiles, murderers, child molesters and the like and recently challenged by social commentator Peter FitzSimons..
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Lutanda hosts Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's camp, training children to be fearless like Daniel
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's (BGEA) first, five-day 'Dare to Be a Daniel' camp in Australia, held recently at Lutanda's Camp site at Yarramundi, was attended by 60 young Australians aged nine to thirteen.
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Christians unite against corruption
Churches have united in London for the historic launch of a global Christian response to corruption.
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Wentworthville Girls' Brigade helping children in need
Wentworthville Girls' Brigade Juniors (Years 5 & 6) and Mini Juniors (Years 3 & 4) have been packing shoe boxes and fundraising for Operation Christmas Child, a project that provides gifts for children in need.
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Personal culpability for actions of a system where the politics is dominated by an overarching leader?
The perennial question in any society is how accountable are its citizens, even its leading people, where the politics is dominated by an overarching leader – applies similarly, in any organisation: business, social clubs, sports, churches and missions.
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Biblical accounts of those who disappeared and the nature of 'missing persons' today
Across Australia there were 35,000 missing persons reported during the last financial year, a little over half of them under 18 years of age.
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Toowoomba's Easterfest becomes a major Queensland event
The State Government has tonight announced that Easterfest is one of Queensland\'s Major Events and will play a key role in expanding interstate tourism.
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MyPeace director joins panel to discuss Sharia law with Christians
Three prominent members of the Islamic community will discuss Sharia law with Christians in Sydney on October 10 and 11. Representatives from MyPeace, The Forum of Australian Islamic Relations and the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy will take part in the panel discussion with Christians, hosted by the City Bible Forum.
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The voice of reason is confronted by the loudest voice, the bully and fanatics in any situation
The squeaky wheel gets the oil, so the old adage goes and its a well practised art in a wide range of activities and situations. Many of us want a peaceful life and to placate a troublesome situation will sometimes allow inappropriate outcomes to get up.
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Missionaries, Christian conferences ministry and meetings are part of the 'Passport' report!
A recent article titled "We\'re going places like never before" by Anthony Dennis in the Sydney Morning Herald stated that Australians are among the world\'s greatest travellers, with research showing that Australians stay longer, spend more and return with the highest frequency of any long-haul traveller.
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Australia requires both types of high income earners: (1) degreed and (2) no papers, but with get-up-and-go
\"It was not possible to earn a decent wage without a bachelor\'s degree," said Kira Duroux 23 a student at Sydney\'s University of Technology as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald recently.
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Footplate Padre tells the story of how a bale of wool seriously affected a WWII train's brakes
WWII in Western Australia freight train load limits were exceeded, so as to transship goods and equipment to sea ports to support the troops overseas. It was more a matter of mercy rather than obeying strict regulations, in order to help our boys in battle.
