Our local community here in Southwest Sydney has been rocked over the weekend with the news of what looks like another Islamic terror attack. “It was a deliberate act yesterday it resulted in a person receiving extremely serious injuries. As we understand of what happened yesterday, there was some degree of planning and preparation to […]
The Bishop of Southwark has issued the following statement ‘The Bishop of Kingston has, at my request, now met with the Vicar of St John, Waterloo to discuss the Inclusive Mosque event which took place at St John, Waterloo on 6 March. Whilst it is very important to build good interfaith relations, it is clear […]
Southwark Diocese is already lurching towards conflict between the bishop, Christopher Chessun, and a large group of orthodox clergy and laity. This isn’t going to help. St John’s Waterloo, already with a reputation for hosting blessings of those involved in “gay marriage” has pushed the envelope out further by having a full Muslim prayer service onsite, […]
It’s hard to know what to write about the latest attrocity. I’ve had a couple of posts in draft but James White at Alpha & Omega Ministeries has done our work for us. Before I turn to his detailed and incredibly helpful post, this from Adam4d Now onto James’ piece. I count James as a friend. […]
Like the rest of Sydney I woke up this morning to the awful news that the siege in Martin Place has ended with the death of two of the hostages and the gunman. Lives are shattered and we begin to ask why and how this happened. As we learn more about the lone gunman we […]
Here in the Land of Oz there’s a bit of a public debate going on about face coverings by muslim women. Even the Prime Minister got involved. What it really boils down to is this – should people be allowed to cover their faces up? The concerns are obvious; if someone’s face is covered then […]
The above image is to be found repeated all over Christians’ homes and other property in territory now controlled by ISIS, the new “Caliphate” established in eastern Syria and northern Iraq, most notably in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad, Louis Raphael I Sako, explains Suddenly we have been surprised by […]
not our polititians, that’s for sure. But how about us? The last couple of weeks has seen some shocking attacks throughout the Middle East and beyond, focussing mainly (but not exclusively) upon Christians. It seems that everywhere you look it’s happening the bombing of a church in Pakistan with up to 200 dead a Islamicist […]
This is awesome. In the last week I've been getting emails about a new project here in Sydney that formed in response to the “Jesus is a Muslim Prophet” billboards that were put up a couple of weeks ago. The billboard has gone up on the M4 motorway leading west out of Sydney towards those […]
A great little video by CPX. Here John Dickson chats with Diaa Mohamed, the guy behind the MyPeace campaign. Dickson makes sure they cover all the main issues. If you want a basic primer, less than 10 minutes, on the main differences in the Christian and Islamic views of God/Jesus then this is the video […]
