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Archive for December, 2009

Terror ‘grooming’ watch on nurseries as police fear children as young as FOUR are being radicalised

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

`Rebecca Camber'           `Daily Mail'   Children as young as four are being monitored by terror police who fear they could be brainwashed by Islamic extremists.   Concerns that they could be radicalised has prompted ... Read more..

Jihad maneuvers taught at New York compound

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

`Bob Unruh'     `WorldNetDaily'   A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks.   The video was ... Read more..

Testimony Of A Freed Woman

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Jackie Bruchi'    `Stand Firm'   It all began in pre-kindergarten, when shy and afraid I stepped out of my parents’ protective arms and into the wide world of judgment and rejection. A ... Read more..

The Home Secretary displays his keen intelligence, moral sense and deep love of liberty

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Intolerance, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off

By Melanie Phillips, Spectator The think-tank Civitas has picked up on a sinister government initiative which everyone else appears to have missed. As reported in today’s Telegraph, Civitas noticed an announcement ... Read more..

Offices should have ‘quiet rooms’ rather than prayer rooms so atheists can use them too, employers’ group claims

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Martin Beckford, Telegraph Offices should set aside "quiet rooms" that can be used by atheists as well as religious worshippers who want to pray, according to a leading employers’ group. ... Read more..

Iraqi priest says Christians must ‘not be afraid’

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Religious Liberty, suffering church | Comments Off

By Sammy Ketz, AFP (Hat Tip: eChurch websites) BAGHDAD — A senior Iraqi priest in his Christmas sermon on Friday urged Christians not to be intimidated by a string of deadly ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury: Children ‘forced to grow too quickly’

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From Sydney Morning Herald (The Archbishop of Canterbury's full Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral is available here from the ACNS) Children are being forced to grow up too quickly, sometimes leading to misery ... Read more..

Pope calls for peace amid concern over his security

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

From Washington Post VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on the world to abandon violence and vengeance on Friday and showed no sign of strain after an "unstable" woman lunged ... Read more..

True happiness lies in relationship with Jesus, says Nichols

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

By Jenna Lyle, Christian Today The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged people not to seek their happiness in wealth or career success but rather ... Read more..

Archbishop Jensen: Jesus Christ is the truth

Saturday, December 26th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Sydney Anglicans | Comments Off

Sydney Morning Herald Superstitions, such as astrology, can never satisfy the longings of the human heart, says Sydney's Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen. Speaking to the congregation at St Andrews Cathedral on Christmas ... Read more..

Christmas message by Revd David Holloway

Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   A Christmas message preached by Revd David Holloway of Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 13 December 2009.   ‘The Truths of Christmas’ is available to read below or ... Read more..

Christ: unique and universal

Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   Listen to Bishop Lesslie Newbigin speak on Christ’s uniqueness and Lordship over all. You can listen to the lecture by visiting our audio archive.   Read more..

Christian teacher fired for offering to pray for pupil

Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian Institute'   A Christian teacher has been sacked from her job after offering to pray for a sick pupil during a home tutoring visit.   Olive Jones said she was made to ... Read more..

A happy and blessed Christmas to all our readers

Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

  Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature ... Read more..

Advent Meditations

Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

With grateful thanks to Fr Kevin Donlon, Church of the Resurrection, Tampa    Fri Dec 25 am: 80 pm: 146, 147 2 Sam 7:-18-29 Gal 3:1-14 Luke 1:57-66 Feast of the Nativity We have spent Advent preparing for this day ... Read more..

Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) parishes Appeal Court Decision

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Network in Canada | Comments Off

The trustees of four Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) congregations in the greater Vancouver area have filed an appeal of Mr Justice Stephen Kelleher’s BC Supreme Court decision of November ... Read more..

Irish Supreme Court Asserts that Constitution Trumps European Convention on Human Rights

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Piero A Tozzi, C-Fam Ireland's Supreme Court has handed down a "landmark decision" in favor of the natural family, asserting that Ireland's constitution trumps the European Convention on Human Rights ... Read more..

Archbishop of York condemns Ugandan anti-gay bill

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Archbishop of York has condemned an anti-homosexuality bill going through parliament in Uganda. Dr John Sentamu, who was born in the African country, said the laws being debated were ... Read more..

Balls’s plans for homeBalls’s plans for home education should be scaled back, Sheerman says

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

 `Polly Curtis'             `The Guardian'   Ed Balls's plans to monitor home-educating families were "too aggressive", based on "less than robust" evidence and should be scaled back, according to a powerful committee of ... Read more..

‘Islam is a dangerous religion,’ most American pastors say

Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

`TransWorldNews'   Two-thirds of Protestant pastors believe Islam is a dangerous religion, according to survey results just released by LifeWay Research.   While opinions vary widely based on factors such as denominational affiliation and ... Read more..