Folau’s faith compelled him to shout a warning: repent
Posted on June 1, 2019
Filed under Australia, Culture wars, Opinion
“Folau’s employment looked so unfair to him that he bypassed their internal appeal process as pointless and announced his intention to test them in the courts. So Rugby Australia now will either lose the court battle or lose its major sponsor. It has already lost its best player.
This is no storm in a tea cup: this is central to Australia’s character as a nation and raises three questions:
- Why should there be penalties for defending classical Christianity?
- Why do the rights of one group trump all other rights?
- What is the actual content of the view he is defending?
Let’s tackle them. …
He is drawing attention to the fact that classical Christianity is certainly about judgment, but it is also about sacrifice and forgiveness. For 2000 years Christians have been calling it “good news” because the news that God loves you despite your behaviour and offers forgiveness can only count as very good news, indeed.”
– Kel Richards writes a very helpful article in The Weekend Australian. (Subscription.)