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A regular article written by Phillip Jensen in his role as Dean of Sydney at St Andrew's Cathedral.

A Christian Faces Death
16 October 2011

The Maritime Museum in Pyrmont has an exhibition of Captain Robert Scott and his Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole. Next year marks the centenary of the sad and yet profoundly heroic deaths of Scott, Wilson, Oates, Evans and Bowers.  They succeeded in reaching the pole but were beaten by the Norwegians by a matter of days. On the return trek they all perished - the last three were only eleven miles from a food depot that could have saved them.

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Good Politics – Poor Theology
13 November 2009

Joe Hockey has followed his old sparring partner Kevin Rudd by going public about religion while serving as a member of the shadow cabinet.

For Mr Rudd this was an important attempt to regain the Christian credibility of the Labor movement.  He argued against the assumption that the conservative side of politics owned the religious vote.  He aimed to show the Christian foundations of Labor and the existence of a Christian within the party.

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