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Archive for November, 2009

Remove all religious safeguards in Equality Bill, says a coalition of activists

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon'   A coalition of ‘faith groups’, human rights campaigners, trade unions and other secular organisations, met in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 November, to call on Parliament to remove ... Read more..

At last, Christians draw a line in the sand against their PC secularist persecutors

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Manhatten Declaration | Comments Off

By Gerald Warner, Telegraph At long last, Christian leaders have faced up to their persecutors in the secularist, socialist, One-World, PC, UN-promoted axis of evil and said: No more. In the ... Read more..

Switzerland votes on Muslim minaret ban

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

BBC News Swiss voters are going to the polls to decide on a proposal to ban the building of minarets in their country. The proposal is backed by the Swiss People's Party ... Read more..

Faith schools best at building social unity

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   Secondary schools run by faith groups are better at building community cohesion than secular schools, a new report has revealed.   The report’s findings will challenge claims that faith schools ... Read more..

Dundee brings back Christmas

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute’   Dundee City Council will no longer drop references to Christianity from its ‘winter festival’, prompting delight from local church leaders. Christians had complained about the Council’s policy of removing ... Read more..

‘Coma’ victim was fully conscious for 23 years

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   A Belgian man who was misdiagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years was fully conscious the whole time, according to a study released by a leading ... Read more..

Boys knifed and beaten as they offer Christian flyers

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   Two teenage boys have been brutally assaulted in Canterbury and police are investigating whether they were attacked for delivering Christian leaflets door-to-door.   According to local news reports the pair, ... Read more..

DPP encouraging breach of suicide law, say Catholic bishops

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Dail Mail'          `Simon Caldwell'   Roman Catholic bishops yesterday accused Britain’s chief prosecutor of encouraging people to break the country’s suicide laws.   They said Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, ... Read more..

Please raise your voice of concern re assisted suicide

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon’   Deadline 16 December 2009   Following the case brought by Debbie Purdy, the Law Lords instructed the Director of Public Prosecutions to draw up guidelines stating his policy on the situations in ... Read more..

Please raise your voice of concern re assisted suicide

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`ccfon’   In addition to the consultation for England and Wales, there is a similar consultation in Northern Ireland which can be found by clicking here. The closing date for submissions is ... Read more..

Advent Meditations

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

Advent Reflections from Fr Kevin Francis Donlon, Church of the Resurrection, Tampa First Sunday of Advent Sun Nov 29 am: Ps 146, 147 pm:111, 112, 113 Jer. 1:1-5, 13-2:8 1 Thess 5:1-11 Luke 21:5-19  First Sunday of Advent The lessons ... Read more..

Christmas Appeal to assist the Church in Sudan develop a Micro-Enterprise Fund reaches a third of its target already

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

The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) in the UK and Ireland, in addition to providing a spiritual home for Orthodox Anglicans, are also impassioned to encourage  global and local mission. ... Read more..

A Conversation with Pastor Rick Warren

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion, Church of England, Evangelism, Faith | Comments Off

From Pew Forum The evangelical Christian movement historically has been defined by its members' distinctive doctrinal standards and practices. Yet in recent years many Americans have come to understand evangelicals ... Read more..

Bishops of England and Wales establish commission to help Anglicans join Catholic church

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

From CNA The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution. John ... Read more..

When Morality Collapses

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Culture | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler, Christian Post Any civilization requires a stable, rational, and consensual moral framework in order to survive. Western civilization has been built on a framework of Christian morality, with ... Read more..

MP takes up ’straight’ gay marriage fight

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

From the Islington Gazette A STRAIGHT couple battling to have a "gay" civil partnership in the name of sexual equality are to have their case raised in Parliament. Civil servants Tom Freeman ... Read more..

Advent Meditations

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

Church of the Resurrection, Tampa, Florida presents GAUDETE – A Daily Meditation for the Season of Advent 2009. Dear Friends In Christ: Advent is upon us again and as has occurred ... Read more..

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – a hymn for Advent Sunday with Computer Graphics

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

This hymn dates from the 12 century and perhaps even earlier. View here Read more..

Geneva to fund Hamas museum

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

`Memri Blog’   Former Geneva mayor and head of culture in the Geneva municipality Patrice Mugny said during a meeting in Gaza yesterday with Hamas government culture minister Osama Al-'Isawi that Geneva ... Read more..

The Rev. Mario Bergner: The Witness of Redeemed Lives at the OSCE in Poland

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Healing | Comments Off

By Jackie Bruchi, Stand Firm The following article is excerpted from the Redeemed Lives newsletter with permission. The Witness of Redeemed Lives at the OSCE in Poland by the Rev. Mario ... Read more..