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When Jesus said ‘the truth will set you free’, he wasn’t talking about Netflix or Amazon
“The truth will set you free” is surely one of the most quoted of all Bible verses, often cited by people who have no idea where it comes from. But it is also one of the most misunderstood.
- by Barney Zwartz
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Education
The Sydney high schools where scripture enrolments fall below 15 per cent
Principals say fewer students are choosing SRE, and are pushing to overhaul rules that leave students unable to do formal school activities if they opt out of scripture.
- by Lucy Carroll
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LGBTQ
Gay conversion law would ban suppression of gender identity
The NSW government’s plans to ban gay conversion practices will be extended to include making it illegal to change or suppress a person identifying as trans or gender diverse.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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I’m grateful to my mum for teaching me the comfort of prayer
Prayer is such a regular nighttime ritual that I can imagine only the worst illness, the direst emergency or utter exhaustion interrupting it.
- by Carol Frost
‘You must tell no one’: The secret Brendan’s dad wanted kept for a lifetime
Brendan was nearly 30 when he finally tracked down his biological mother. Then came an even more stunning revelation.
- by Brendan Watkins
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Friends and faith help, whether we’re in the basement or the penthouse
Hard times – though unasked for, destabilising and concerning – have the capacity to sculpt the soul, filling it with new understanding and compassion.
- by Melissa Coburn
Oppenheimer sex scene enrages Hindu nationalists
A prominent right-wing Hindu organisation said the movie was an attempt to “launch an attack” on Hindu society and demanded a scene be cut.
- by Rozina Sabur
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Completing the circle of humanity is still a worthy ambition
170 years ago, Leight Hunt wrote about “The Religion of the Heart”. His definition of that phrase still has relevance for us all today.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning
Hundreds stormed the building in Iraq’s capital to protest against the second planned Koran burning in Sweden in weeks.
- by Timour Azhari and Anna Ringstrom
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My ordination as a rabbi is hotly contested, but it doesn’t bother me
Had I been born male, there is no doubt I would have chosen a career as a rabbi. Because I am female, my ordination is not widely accepted in Orthodox Judaism.
- by Nomi Kaltmann
I should never have married, but my Sydney church left me few options
I’d dreamed of marriage because of the esteemed position it had in my Christian worldview, but my abiding memory of that day is of gritting my teeth.
- by Steph Lentz