I’ve debated about whether or not to post this… but I lose my chance in just over 12 hours, and given that it’s the most important election of the year, I have to put some sort of comment into the blogosphere. So here goes. Today, Americans go to vote for the person to fill the [...]

On Wednesday night I visited Saint Thomas More’s Forum where Jim Wallace, Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, was presenting ‘Christian Involvement in Politics – Right or Wrong?’ Now there’s no prizes for guessing which of these viewpoints Jim holds, and in fact not only does he believe Christian involvement in politics is right, [...]

What’s one indication that a church has become more of a worldly business than a church? When it starts getting involved in litigation. After Today Tonight showed three “exclusive” stories last week claiming that 5 of 9 Australian Idol finalists were members of Hillsong Church and that Hillsong “encouraged” it’s members to vote for these [...]

Two quickies – unrelated except for the fact that they’re both related to politics (and no, none of my opinions are in here, see the last post for the reason ). If you don’t know who you’re voting for yet, I suggest checking out NEWS.com.au’s Vote-a-matic – tagged ‘yes, your computer can tell you how [...]

When in front of a Christian audience at the Make it Count night in August, Rudd said of his faith “Mine is a very garden variety personal faith for which I have made no apology these last 30 years or so that I’ve had it.” (Media Monitors transcript) However put him in front of a [...]