Dale Stephenson
Dale Stephenson is a man who knows both sides of the meaningless fence. He spent his teen years as a bookie’s hand between Melbourne and Adelaide. He grew up an angry atheist and anti-christian champion debater at Melbourne Uni. Twenty odd years later, he’s now at peace and is the spiritual leader of nearly 8,000 English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Indonesian speaking Christians at Australia’s largest Baptist church, Crossway in Melbourne.
Dale recently officially became ‘Rev Dale’. After 24 years resisting the ‘official’ bit, he was he was ordained for the first time as a pastor at Crossway Baptist Church.
Articles by Dale Stephenson
Where’s the harm in teaching our kids about Christmas?
When my girls were in primary school more than a decade ago we saw the secularisation and commercialisation of Christmas,…... Read more
I grew up in a TAB, and I’ve seen my share of taboo
On my access visits to my Dad in Adelaide, he’d make me his honorary Bookie’s hand at the Morphettville race…... Read more
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Good morning Punchers. After four years of excellent fun and great conversation, this is the final post…
Will Pope Francis have the vision to tackle this?
I have had some close calls, one that involved what looked to me like an AK47 pointed my way, followed…
Advocating risk management is not “victim blaming”
In a world in which there are still people who subscribe to the vile notion that certain victims of sexual…
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From: Hasbro, go straight to gaol, do not pass go
Tim says:
They should update other things in the game too. Instead of a get out of jail free card, they should have a Dodgy Lawyer card that not only gets you out of jail straight away but also gives you a fat payout in compensation for daring to arrest you in the first place. Instead of getting a hotel when you… [read more]From: A guide to summer festivals especially if you wouldn’t go
Kel says:
If you want a festival for older people or for families alike, get amongst the respectable punters at Bluesfest. A truly amazing festival experience to be had of ALL AGES. And all the young "festivalgoers" usually write themselves off on the first night, only to never hear from them again the rest of… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
Superman needs saving
Can somebody please save Superman? He seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. Eighteen months ago,… Read more
