Ash continues to rain down on inner city streets following a fire that has gutted one of Sydneys most historic and well-loved churches.

Mehmet Saral is a well-known face in two different worlds "“ the Gallipoli mosque at Auburn and an Anglican home group in Beverley Hills.

Our previous briefing made some legal, philosophical and theological observations about 'free speech as part of an ongoing 'work in progress on the subject. This briefing will continue trying to unravel free speech theologically, by summarising the argument of The Revd Prof. Oliver ODonovan, as found in The Desire of the Nations

Freedom is notoriously frustrating to do business with. When it is missing, we really notice its absence; but when we have it, we enjoy it often without even noticing. Nobody doesnt want freedom, yet when we talk about it and celebrate it we can find, to our dismay, that entirely different kinds of freedom are being spoken of.

Gods politics offers a refreshing insight from a Christian lobbyist into the US political scene. Wallis argues that a 'fight gay marriage and abortion first strategy has led many US evangelicals to embrace a biblically unjustifiable right-wing platform which includes the war in Iraq and policies which favour the rich over the poor.

On April 8 Justice Peter Jones of the British High Court finally brought down his judgment on The Da Vinci Code. For many millions of fans around the world, Mr Browns victory adds credibility to the 'truth of his historical claims. As The Sydney Morning Herald put it, "Both books explore theories "“ dismissed by theologians but embraced by millions of readers "“ that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, the couple had a child and the bloodline survives".

Naomi McGrath has shed her painters smock and donned a power suit to help seek and save the lost in Sydneys CBD.

Moore College students who have spent years learning the art of evangelism will be expected to put their pen-strokes into practice as they head out on Moore College's Mission Week.