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Amazing Grace

The film Amazing Grace, the story of Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery, has opened in cinemas across Australia. The film, despite some shortcomings, is well worth seeing. One of the chief drawbacks of the film is the decided underplaying of the strong Biblical and evangelical convictions that inspired and sustained Wilberforce and his colleagues as they fought the slave trade. Yet Amazing Grace does help to remind us that one man, committed to Christ, can make an enormous difference..

  • Finding God's Amazing Grace

    This afternoon, hundreds of you are attending a special cinema preview of the new film, "Amazing Grace", the personal story of John Newton who wrote this hymn that is regularly selected as the most loved hymn in the world, and of his friend, William Wilberforce, who used his influence in the British Houses of Parliament to end slavery in the British Empire.

  • The Man & The Story Behind Amazing Grace (Series)

    1. Magnificent Statistics

  • More Churches needed to meet Community Needs

    Stuart P Robinson's new book Starting Mission Shaped Churches, recently launched in Sydney, encourages the planting of more churches to reach out to meet the needs of people living in our communities.

  • Using Harry Potter to read about Jesus

    In our lifetime we have never seen a publishing phenomenon like J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Last Friday night, kids around the globe dressed in wizard hats and Hogwarts school uniforms complete with capes and scarves to get their hands on the final book in the Harry Potter series Saturday morning at 12:01 a.m. By the end of this week about 750,000 books will have been sold in Australia, and over 325 million books of the series have been sold. The author, J.K. Rowling has been on a rags t

  • Leftist Ideology is Not Helping Aboriginals

    It has become the accepted wisdom today that somehow the political left is all about compassion and concern, while the political right is just hard-hearted, cold and uncompassionate. Thus the left is supposed to be the champion of the underdog and the oppressed, while the right is seen as working against the poor and the marginalised.

  • Pushing Agendas through Advocacy Scholarship

    There is nothing like a regular supply of half-truths, misinformation and sloppy use of facts in making a case. But that is the regular practice of homosexual apologists. They are quite happy to bend the truth to suit their needs. One expects such tactics from radical advocacy groups, but it becomes more problematic when it is all at tax-payer expense.

  • Light on our immigration policy

    I was visiting members of the two electorates on the Central Coast helping Paul Green, our CDP Senate Candidate when the discussion on CDP policy turned to that of Muslim immigration. Someone asked me about how our 150,000 immigrants to Australia each year are selected, and I replied describing our policy of accepting refugees, members of families already here under the family reunion scheme, and those responding to our desired skills program.

  • The reason behind our Uniting

    I grew up in an era that took Church union seriously. Throughout the twentieth century many denominations planned to unite. By 1980, 137 denominations had united into 39 denominations found in six continents, with a further 123 denominations negotiating in 29 countries on six continents.

  • Interview: Jim Mein Moderator of the New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia

    In an exclusive interview, Christian Today Australia catches up with Jim Mein to talk about the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Uniting Church of Australia.

  • Geoff Bullock: No Longer the Golden Boy

    As the former worship leader at Hills Christian Centre, Australia, Geoff Bullock became a household name in Christian homes throughout Australasia. New Zealand Christians love to sing Geoff\'s songs. He has three New Zealand gold discs to prove it. Songs like The Power of Your Love, The Heavens Shall Declare, Have Faith in God, You Rescued Me are all firm favourites in our churches. But while Geoff may have known the joys of stardom he has also come face to face with the depths of man\'s sinful

  • Interview: Paul O' Rourke, CEO Compassion Australia

    In an exclusive interview with Paul O'Rourke, the CEO of Compassion Australia, sat down with Christian Today Australia to explain about the new program launched by the Christian ministry to get more kids to be sponsored.