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Archive for August, 2009

“As We Forgive,” by Catherine Claire Larson

Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Healing, Social justice | Comments Off

A book review by Charles Colson "Can a country known for radical brutality become a country known for an even more radical forgiveness?" ... Read more..

Florida Judge Protects Terrified Christian Convert From Muslim Parents

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in Islam, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Andrea Lafferty, WorthReading.com This is the first day of the Islamic month of Ramadan and "Barry" Obama has issued a warm greeting in several languages to Muslims around the world. ... Read more..

Why Inclusiveness is exactly wrong

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality, TEC | Comments Off

By Gary L'Hommedieu, Virtueonline In a recent opinion piece in The Washington Post The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, the Episcopal Church's iconoclast emeritus, weighed in approvingly on the actions of ... Read more..

US Lutheran split over gay clergy

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Robert Pigott, BBC News Traditionalist US Lutherans have warned they might leave to form another denomination after their Church voted to allow gay people to act as pastors. Delegates voted on Friday ... Read more..

Actually ObamaCare WILL Pay for Abortions

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in Politics, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Greg Griffith, Stand Firm In a conference call organized by religious organizations and heard by thousands of listeners, Barack Obama said:   You’ve heard that this is all going to mean government ... Read more..

Receptionist takes school to court over prayer row

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute A primary school receptionist from Devon is taking legal action against her employers after they disciplined her for asking friends to pray about the school’s treatment of ... Read more..

CARE celebrates Key Anniversary in the History of Public Christianity this week!

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Culture, Faith | Comments Off

August 1 marks the 175th anniversary of the release of all British colonial slaves following the parliamentary campaign waged primarily by dedicated Christian activists and led in Parliament by Evangelical, ... Read more..

Who cares about the arcane battles of TEC?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

by Lisa Miller Newsweek   Hat-tip:  VirtueOnline http://www.newsweek.com/id/212713 August 15, 2009 The annual convention of the Episcopal Church ended last month in Anaheim, Calif., with a whimper, despite these rather staggering announcements: ... Read more..

The connection between social justice and righteousness

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Culture, Politics, Social justice, economics, social action | Comments Off

Is Social Justice just ice?  It takes relational justice to melt frozen hearts | Marvin Olasky  World One of the favorite words of President Obama and his supporters is "justice," often combined ... Read more..

Force of Cohabit: Making or Breaking a Marriage?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Marriage | Comments Off

Ellen McCarthy  16 August 2009  Washington Post  Hat-tip:  Maggie Gallagher It seems, to many, like the sensible thing to do: Move in with your boyfriend or girlfriend, spend more time together, save ... Read more..

Jackie Bruchi: The Bible As Hate Speech

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, Homosexuality, Secularism | Comments Off

Colin Coward over at The Changing Attitude blog has taken the position that the Bible is hate speech when used to preach the passages that are not on point with ... Read more..

Liberals and Evangelicals: with friends like these …?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, TEC | Comments Off

By John Richardson, The Ugley Vicar The Modern Churchpeople's Union has published a lengthy critique of recent pronouncements by both Archbishop Rowan Williams and Bishop Tom Wright on the present position ... Read more..

UTAH: New Hampshire bishop upbeat about Anglican Communion’s future

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion Network | Comments Off

By Frederick Quinn, Episcopal Life Online "At the end of the day the Anglican Communion is going to be fine," New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson told a large audience at ... Read more..

Standing and Staying

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) | Comments Off

Chris Sugden, Evangelicals Now, September 2009 Since the launch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans at Westminster Central Hall on July 6th, the General Convention of The Episcopal Church in the ... Read more..

A contemporary testimony to God’s provision

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in News, TEC | Comments Off

Let me close by sharing the story of a friend, the Rev. Matt Kennedy (known to many of you through StandFirm) and his congregation, the people of Good Shepherd, Binghampton, ... Read more..

ELCA to Allow Same-Sex Blessings

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From The Living Church The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s 11th Churchwide Assembly continued debating human sexuality on Friday morning, and approved allowing congregations to bless same-sex couples by a vote ... Read more..

A message from Bishop David Anderson

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in American Anglican Council, Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Church in North America, General Convention, TEC | Comments Off

From AAC Beloved in Christ, The General Convention of The Episcopal Church (TEC) is now well over, but the ramifications of the actions taken there are starting to hit the grassroots level ... Read more..

Supporter event for CCFON (Christian Concern for our Nation)

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Owen and Eunice Johns found the support of CCFON invaluable in their fight for righteousness and the right for Christian civil liberty. CCFON has enabled and empowered the Johns to ... Read more..

Gynecologists In Spain Plan To Choose Jail Before Performing An Abortion

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

From Catholic News Agency (Hat Tip: Floridian, Stand Firm) Dr. Esteban Rodriguez [right], spokesman for the organization Right to Life (Derecho a Vivir) in Spain, responded yesterday to comments by the ... Read more..

Rethinking Abortion — Two Unexpected Witnesses

Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler Looking across the moral landscape of the last half-century, one issue looms larger than all others -- abortion. Considered from a historical perspective, the intensity and duration of ... Read more..