At 6am on May the 9th like many of you I watched the two rescued miners walk back into freedom and life. This moment in our Oz community has however raised some significant questions - particularly, does God hear and answer prayer?

The Premier Morris Iemma has responded to his meeting with Archbishop Jensen by declaring he will not introduce ethics classes as an alternative to Scripture classes in NSW schools.

What is culture? The answer to this question does not only help us understand why someone might try to ban Bibles in hospitals, it also aids us in taking the unchanging, life giving Word of God to our own cultures.

University students no longer have to wait till after class to delve into The Da Vinci Code with a new university course offering credits for coming to terms with Dan Brown.

A Sydney Anglican minister has answered the call of Kenyan pastors to train current and future church leaders.

Evangelical leaders say the explosion of alternative worship is watering down the gospel, writes MADELEINE COLLINS.

International Law states that all people have the right to seek asylum in 'a safe country in order to flee persecution. Asylum seekers are people who are in the midst of that process. Refugees are those who have been granted asylum in another country, having been found to be genuinely seeking protection from persecution.

Much as the Magnolia Little Gem is a wonderful and small version of the enormous and stunning Magnolia Grandiflora, The Christ Files is a 100 page distillation of lots of serious scholarship about the person of Christ as a significant historical figure.