The Presbyterian Church of Victoria made an extensive submission to the Victorian Government about its proposed adoption of a human rights charter. The Melbourne tabloid Herald Sun picked up the report’s support for parental corporal punishment and ran with it. Here’s their editorial comment ‘A question of punishment’. TO punish or not to punish – …

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Curious piece from last night’s (1/8/11) 6.30 with George Negus about the immanent possible demise of the (Sydney) Anglican Church. Really. Dead and gone in another twenty years. Bemused Sydney spokesman can (again) only point out that they’re the Anglican diocese which holds to historic Christian standards and that they also attract lots of young …

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Phil Campbell, pastor of Mitchelton Presbyterian in Brisbane offers an evaluation of the claim of Anders Breivik (the man responsible for the tragedy in Norway) that he is a Christian. Campbell focuses squarely on Jesus. Here’s a webpage version of his post. You can download a well-formatted pdf copy of the post here. Also Ed …

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