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Archive for March, 2009

The Eclipse of Christian Memory

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler Even as Californians await the decision of their state Supreme Court on the same-sex marriage issue, momentum toward the legalization of gay marriage has now shifted to New ... Read more..

Oregon Study Proves That People Who Want Assisted Suicide Need Care, Not Killing

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

By Wesley J Smith,  First Things A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, illustrates—yet again—that assisted suicide is not about unbearable suffering that can’t be controlled—as the scaremongering promoters claim—but ... Read more..

The Tyranny of Liberalism

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Culture | Comments Off

By Annamarie Adkins for Zenit James Kalb on the Ideology's Totalitarian Impulses NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 2009 ().- Liberals -- on both the Right and Left -- may posit that they favor freedom, ... Read more..

Bible boom in the Credit Crunch

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

By Bess Twiston Davies, Timesonline Times are hard and sales of the Bible are booming. The online bookseller Amazon recorded a 25 per cent increase in Bible sales in the UK ... Read more..

Archbishop of York warns of “Moral, Economic and Humanitarian Imperative”

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in suffering church | Comments Off

From ACNS For G20 Funding on Conflict Prevention Dr. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has today called upon the leaders of the G20 to invest more in conflict prevention. Delivering his key ... Read more..

Church of England clergy wanted for war-torn Sri Lanka

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in suffering church | Comments Off

From ACNS Clergy from the Church of England are being invited to provide respite for Sri Lankan priests in the war-torn country. CoE clergy will be asked to take over from Sri ... Read more..

TEC: Report Warns of Long Term Decline

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From The Living Church More than five years later, tensions caused by the consecration of a partnered homosexual man as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire continue to affect half of all ... Read more..

Wycliffe Hall – Wrong Headline in CEN

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Letter from The Rt Revd Graham James, in CEN Wrong headline Sir, Your front page headline in last week’s edition (20th March) was plainly wrong. Wycliffe Hall did not fail its recent inspection. ... Read more..

A Message from Bishop David Anderson

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in American Anglican Council, TEC | Comments Off

From AAC Beloved in Christ Jesus, The controversy over TEC Diocese of Northern Michigan's choice of a bishop who is a Buddhist/Episcopal Priest continues to grow. The local diocese's choice now is ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

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From CARE: Taking Action EU equal treatment directive

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Take Action! | Comments Off

TAKING ACTION:  Priority for this week!  EU equal treatment directive (ETD)  On April 1st the European Parliament will finally decide in plenary (i.e. all MEPs not just a committee) whether or not ... Read more..

No Pope – or not?

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Roman Catholicism | Comments Off

By John Richardson, The Ugley Vicar Is it me, or is there just a mad illogicality to the way our society is continuing to deconstruct itself? I read in The Times today ... Read more..

Keep your faith private, Brit MEP tells Christians

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Faith, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute A Labour MEP says she objects to the increased activity of Christian groups in the public square and faith should be a “personal eccentricity”. The Labour MEP Mary ... Read more..

Bishop criticises Job Centre advertisements for sex workers

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Culture, News | Comments Off

From Telegraph.co.uk A bishop has criticised advertisements for sex workers which are being carried in the Job Centres of a recession hit northern town. The job advertisement offers women £10 an hour ... Read more..

Older than my Parents: Donated Embryos Kept 55 Years

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Medical Ethics | Comments Off

By Andrea Minichiello Williams, Christian Concern for our Nation Science Fiction—Women will Give Birth to their Aunts or Uncles   The warnings we gave regarding the powers given to the Human Fertilisation and ... Read more..

Muslim Priest and Buddhist Bishop-Elect Are Raising Questions About Syncretism

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

George Conger, CT For years, Episcopal Church leaders have taught that God can be found in other faiths. Now some clergy are pursuing him there. Jesus saves, the Episcopal Church teaches, but ... Read more..

Timeline: Act of Settlement

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

From Guardian.co.uk The government said talks have taken place with Buckingham Palace about changes to the Act of Settlement that would allow heirs to the throne to marry Roman Catholics without ... Read more..

Concerned Anglicans Respond to Toronto Bishops

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Same-sex blessings | Comments Off

From Anglican Essentials Federation "The following letter was sent to the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto and signed by 14 clergy. Out intention is to express the deep ... Read more..

Members of Revision Committee for legislation for women bishops named

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

Revision Committee for the Legislation for the Consecration of Women to the Episcopate THE membership of the Revision Committee for the draft legislation to enable women to be consecrated to the ... Read more..

Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Is Not a Live-and-Let-Live Matter

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From TFP An Interview with Bishop Salvatore Cordileone Shortly after the passage of pro-traditional marriage Proposition 8 in California in November 2008, Crusade’s associate editor Michael Drake interviewed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone. Serving ... Read more..