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Archive for February, 2009

Sex and the City: Redeeming sex today

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

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Sex and the City Conference

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

A Judaeo - Christian conference for all With Dr Joseph Nicolosi (NARTH) author of Shame, Homosexuality and the Practical Work of ReparativeTherapy (IVP, to be released April 2009)  Dr Jeffrey Satinover author of Homosexuality ... Read more..

Central Florida Board Dissociates from Abortion Rights Group

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

From The Living Church   Hat-tip:  AAC The diocesan board of Central Florida unanimously approved a resolution to dissociate itself from The Episcopal Church’s affiliation with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice ... Read more..

Public ‘favour religious values’

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

By Robert Pigott, BBC News A BBC poll suggests that most people want religion and the values derived from it to play an important role in British public life. Of 1,045 people questioned ... Read more..

An evening at the Oscars: Gay rights here too, and a telling-off of those who disagree

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Bisexuality, Children/Family, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Politics, Polygamy | Comments Off

Oscar Winners Use Awards Event to Slam Same-Sex "Marriage" Opponents, Promote Homosexualist Agenda Sean Penn tells Prop 8 supporters to reflect on their "great shame" By Kathleen Gilbert  LifeSiteNews   HOLLYWOOD, California, February 23, ... Read more..

Compromising on Gay Marriage and the Thin End of the Wedge

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Marriage, Politics, Polygamy | Comments Off

Greg Griffiths highlights the latest and troubling developments in the thinking of David Blankenhorn.  Blankenhorn's own impressive research on the subject, his The Future of Marriage (2007) demonstrates how in country ... Read more..

Canada gay marriage law used to defend polygamy

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Gay Marriage, Polygamy | Comments Off

Though this is slightly older news, it is still highly relevant.  Given the latest troubling  developments in David Blankenhorn's thinking (see the next posting), our polygamist friends know that they have only ... Read more..

The latest news on the Equality Bill

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Homosexuality, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off

Business secretary Lord Mandelson wants the Government to abandon planned new laws that would be costly for businesses. Monday, 23 February 2009 Christian Institute The controversial Equality Bill, which could pose a ... Read more..

Politicians ‘ignoring’ polygamy

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Marriage, Politics | Comments Off

BBC  20 February 2009 Cultural sensitivity has prevented politicians from discussing the issue of polygamy, Muslim peer Baroness Warsi has told the BBC. The shadow minister for community cohesion told Radio 4's ... Read more..

Discouraging Barnabas? A most odd tale

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Islam, News | Comments Off

by Revd John Richardson, The Ugley Vicar Now my own point in posting all this is along the lines of Matthew 10:26, "There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, ... Read more..

Bishop Elected in Episcopal Church Holds Buddhist Ordination

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

By Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy Washington, DC—An Episcopal priest who has received a Buddhist lay ordination has been elected bishop in the Diocese of Northern Michigan. The Rev. ... Read more..

A Weekend of the “Feminine Divine” at National Cathedral

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Rebekah M Sharpe, Institute on Religion and Democracy New Age themes of self-deification animated the biennial “Sacred Circles” conference on women’s spirituality at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on February 13-14.  ... Read more..

Charles Darwin on the worth of missionaries

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Culture, From Lisa's Lookout | Comments Off

From CMS   Charles Darwin: ‘I was wrong’   Statue of Darwin outside Shrewsbury School (Photo: © SAMS/Peter Rainford) OK, maybe not about evolution. But the celebrated biologist – who made regular donations to a ... Read more..

Don’t tell children right and wrong, parents told

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute The Government has told parents to discuss sex with their children without “trying to convince them” of what is right and wrong.  The advice comes in a ... Read more..

No deviation: Archbishop Daniel Deng of Sudan

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

On the penultimate day of the meeting between the world's Anglican archbishops and senior bishops in Egypt from February 1-5, Archbishop Daniel Deng of the Episcopal Church of Sudan was ... Read more..

Bible by the Beach May 1-4 2009 Eastbourne

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Bible by the Beach, chaired by Bishop Wallace Benn, Bishop of Lewes.  Bible Readings on Romans by Paul Williams, Christ Church Fulwood, presentation by Archbishop Ben and Mrs Gloria Kwashi, ... Read more..

THE ANGLICAN EXPERIMENT: An Afterword

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

By Canon Gary L'Hommedieu, Virtueonline The Primates concluded their recent meeting in Alexandria with a breakthrough in consciousness: the Anglican Communion, so called, is no longer. Or perhaps, and more likely, ... Read more..

Church Governance And The Fate of Communion

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

By The Revd Dr Philip Turner, ACI A Probe into the Present and Future State of the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church An Address to Anglican and Episcopal Students at The ... Read more..

Anglican breakaway group eclipses Church in Wales

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has eclipsed the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and 10 other provinces in the number of active ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury reaffirms Sharia comments

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Islam, Sharia | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence The Archbishop of Canterbury has affirmed his comments on the potential for Sharia and civil law to co-exist in Britain. In a BBC radio interview on ... Read more..