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One click too far

A report by the Australia Institute, published earlier this year, suggested that 24 per cent of boys and seven per cent of girls ‘accidentally’ encounter sex sites on the Internet every week. What the report did not highlight was that much of the temptation to visit dubious sites comes unasked. One click on the link to a website on an unsolicited email can take the receiver to a pornographic site.

Real lives behind the rhetoric

It is now 30 years since the ‘Roe v. Wade’ case made abortion legal in the USA. Earlier this year, Norma McCorvey, alias ‘Jane Roe’ (the Roe in ‘Roe v. Wade’), sought to overturn this decision, voicing her regret over the part she played in the original lawsuit.

Making disciples of all nations

Brussels is considered one of the wettest places in North-West Europe. That hasn't dampened Hugh Cox's passion for building the Kingdom in this strategic world centre.

Church planters join forces to help reach communities across Sydney

Sydney Diocese's ten-year Mission plan puts church planting right at the heart of its strategy. With this in mind, over 40 ministers and interested parties from around the Diocese and beyond met last month, to discuss how to develop a ‘College of Planters'.

Church planters join forces to help reach communities across Sydney

Sydney Diocese's ten-year Mission plan puts church planting right at the heart of its strategy. With this in mind, over 40 ministers and interested parties from around the Diocese and beyond met last month, to discuss how to develop a ‘College of Planters'.

Opinion: The ‘golden bull’ of denominations

Fifteen years ago, The Briefing, in its 13th issue, went to town on denominationalism with such articles as, ‘How to Survive Your Denomination' and ‘Denomination as Idol'.

Should justice triumph over mercy?

The sentencing of the smiling Bali killer Amrozi to execution has raised an intense debate in Australia. Some victims' family members expressed their pleasure when they heard the verdict. Others gave a different response, saying things like ‘execution is too quick, he should be made to rot in hell', or words to that effect.

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