Barney Zwartz
Barney Zwartz was religion editor of The Age from 2002 to 2013. He is a senior fellow of the Centre for Public Christianity. This article, which has been slightly edited, first appeared in The Sunday Age.
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6 February 2024
Why is Christian persecution often met with indifference?
It has never been more dangerous to be a Christian than today. According to the newly released 2024 World Watch List an authoritative survey by Open Doors, an organisation that supports persecuted Christians 365 million Christians, or one in seven, are at high or extreme risk of persecution every day because of their faith.
18 November 2020
Sermons beginning again in Melbourne
Its easy and cheap to insult sermons and sermon-givers, which of course makes it utterly irresistible to me.