Sounds like a line from jokes we used to tell in primary school doesn’t it? First of all the bad news. Some months ago, my website was attacked. But it was a strange attack. Coaching requests and purchases of my book were not being processed for nearly three months. I thought things had just gone [...]
Rev. Jerry Falwell – Lessons from a Sincere and Intelligent but Deluded Man The American religious leader and morals crusader, Jerry Falwell, well known for making outrageous statements, passed away today at the age of 73. People in religious circles held the famous televangelist and founder of the Moral Majority, in great honour and will [...]
Koorong Withdraws A Life of Unlearning Koorong Bookshop, the leading Christian booksellers in Australia, originally stocked my book and taking orders on line. It was withdrawn from sale at the beginning of March. I’ve sent 3 emails (see below) to Paul Bootes, the General Manager, and have heard nothing back. The last one I sent [...]
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN LEADER STEPS DOWN OVER HOMOSEXUALITY It’s only been weeks since Ted Haggard, 54, former president of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of a mega-church in Colorado, stepped down after it was revealed he’d been having sex with a male prostitute for some time. This week, Paul Barnes, also 54, resigned as [...]
Media Release THE TED HAGGARD SCANDAL REVEALS MORE THAN WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES Evangelist Ted Haggard, now the ex-president of the National Association of Evangelicals and ex-pastor of a mega-church in Colorado, admitted that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. The whistle blower, Mike Jones, said he spoke [...]
14 September 2006 Medial Release CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST GROUP RESORTS TO LIES In a recent email newsletter (read below) to his supporters, Peter Stokes of the Christian lobby group the Salt Shakers, has falsely claimed that the American Psychological Association (APA) have done a turn around and now believe it’s okay to practice "reparative" or "conversion" [...]
Media Release 22 August 2006 The religious landscape is changing. Thirty years ago, many Baptists saw Pentecostals as demon possessed and Pentecostals believed Baptists lacked the power of the Holy Spirit. Even though there is a more ecumenical spirit these days, when we hear that a gay Pentecostal has been asked to speak at a [...]
American style ex-gay programs seeking to find a market in Australia are in for a fight says Anthony Venn-Brown; his goal is to close the existing ones down. Anthony Venn-Brown was a leader in the Assemblies of God and a regular preacher in the mega churches of Australia (Hillsong). Believing it was wrong to be [...]
Jul 6, 2006 Whether you accept Kinsey’s figure of 10% or the more conservative estimates of 3-5% of the population, it still means that there are 100’s of gays and lesbians who are a part of the 35,000 strong Hillsong 20th Anniversary Conference at the Acer Stadium in Sydney this week. “There was a time when this [...]