When the Wrath of Jodie met the Grace of God

I began to share about my anger issues and the damage they had caused to our marriage as I sat nervously in the counsellor’s office. He had known me in my youth, long before I met my husband. He said he was surprised to hear about this behaviour, as I’d always come across as a relaxed person. Honestly, I agreed. Before I was married I didn’t have anger issues. Where had all this come from? Disney movies and romcoms didn’t prepare me in the slightest for what was to come My ideas about love and romance were formed by all...

Jodie Cooper

The Great Betrayal: An Open Letter To Christian Friends On Ravi Zacharias

David Deane

Returning to Church Safely After COVID-19

Marcus Robertson

Review: Why Does He Do That? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men by Lundy Bancroft

Neil Chambers

We Need to Talk about Abusive Leadership in Ministries

Akos Balogh

A Lament For Hannah Clarke and Her Children

Sarah Balogh

I wake up bleary eyed. I reach for my phone: it’s 6:45am, on the 20th of February. A news alert pops up: “Three children and man die in horrific incident at Camp Hill.” I start reading with a deep sense of unease. The unease turns to horror as I realise this was no accident but domestic violence at its worst. And I weep, uncontrollably. I weep for these children. I weep for their mother. I weep for this family. I weep over this evil. It’s not even a week since this incident. And Australians are in shock. Indeed many Australians...

A Lament For Hannah Clarke and Her Children

Sarah Balogh

On the Removal of Steve Timmis, Head of Acts 29

Archie Poulos • Simon Gillham

We were both deeply saddened to read this week of the removal of Steve Timmis from his role as CEO of Acts 29. Saddened, not because of the action of the Board in standing him down for ‘abusive leadership’, but because this action was necessary and right. [1] Others have written about the specifics of this situation (read, for example, the informative Christianity Today article). But, despite our sadness, we also want to learn from (what we must recognise) is not a unique or isolated problem amongst Christian leaders. ‘Success’ in ministry carries great danger for a leader and can...

On the Removal of Steve Timmis, Head of Acts 29

Archie Poulos • Simon Gillham

Good men, Boaz and the #MeToo Movement

Honoria Brennan

The dam has been breached. Since the #MeToo movement broke, we have been flooded with stories of assault, perpetrators are neck-deep in allegations, and institutional practices that enabled predators have been busted open. The movement has overflowed to #ChurchToo, and #NunsToo. How do we reconstruct after such devastation? How to make positive changes that are better for both men and women? How do we proceed to that (in Oprah’s words) “new day in the horizon” when nobody says “me too, again”. The movement seems to be at a loss as to how to move towards that day. How do we...

Good men, Boaz and the #MeToo Movement

Honoria Brennan

Domestic and Family Violence – Biblical and Theological Resources

John McClean

The Presbyterian Church in NSW recently ran a training day on responding to domestic violence. It includeed a biblical and theological response; as well as practical training. This post is a summary of a longer paper (download full paper here) handed out that day, even that it only a summary set of notes. It is an attempt to give a theological framework for thinking about Domestic and Family Violence (DFV). Domestic Violence is big news, and in some ways that is good news. Football stars, politicians and celebrities can no longer assume that the way they treat women will remain...