Author name: Bogdan Bednarczyk

Much of the world, was recently transfixed by an Australian murder case. A Sunday lunch resulted in three deaths and one near-death. The sole survivor was the husband of one of the victims and a local church pastor. He gave a victim impact statement at sentencing and offered forgiveness to the murderer of his wife […]

The scene was a gathering of church leaders and trainee leaders in another country. A trainee leader had publicly confessed to a significant sin. He rightly stepped back from church roles while related matters were addressed. What would the senior leaders do? What could they do? The easy, and perhaps more natural, thing was to

The Christian church has long insisted that every human life matters.

This teaching goes back to the creation account in Genesis where we read: God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Gen 1:26)

Most Christians through history have been outsiders to their homeland. They same is true of most Christians today. This is the feeling of not really belonging in a world that has the operating system of another religion or ideology. This feeling of being outsiders is increasingly common in Australia as the vestiges of Christian influence

Consider these words said by a widow at a recent church service: “Now I better understand Jesus’ words: ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do’ (Luke 23:34)”

It used to be that Australian Protestants routinely voted for one of the major parties and Roman Catholics for another.