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Archive for May, 2010

Street preacher suing Police over controversial arrest

Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Christian Institute:  Thu, 27 May 2010 The Christian street preacher who was arrested for expressing his religious belief about homosexuality is to take legal action over the incident. Dale Mcalpine, who ... Read more..

A message from Bishop David Anderson

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in American Anglican Council, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From AAC Dearly Beloved in Christ, We note the Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion, and are most interested to see how and when Section 4 will actually be ... Read more..

Battle over blood

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Medical Ethics | Comments Off

By Dale O'Leary, MercatorNet The ban on homosexuals donating blood is far too risky to lift. “Discriminatory” restrictions on homosexuals donating blood should be relaxed, according to one of the world’s leading ... Read more..

Emergent Church No Longer Emerging?

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Mark Tooley, American Spectator The "emergent church" is a loosely defined and even less organized force of postmodern evangelicals who emphasize community over Christian doctrine. Having mostly arisen a decade ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury imposes first sanctions on Anglican provinces over gay bishops dispute

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

By Martin Beckford, Telegraph The Archbishop of Canterbury has imposed the first sanctions on Anglican provinces judged to have inflamed tensions over homosexuality in the church. Dr Rowan Williams announced that areas ... Read more..

Ontario, Canada: The Cranmer Conference

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Ministry, Mission | Comments Off

Are you a young adult between the ages of 19 and 30? Do you enjoy gathering with your peers for worship, discussion, and friendship? Are you interested in the classical ... Read more..

What does Rowan’s letter mean in actual terms?

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

by David Ould, Stand Firm Mark Harris has an excellent (and extremely prompt!) answer to this question:   Here is a list of those on the Anglican Communion Standing Commission on Unity, Faith ... Read more..

Rethinking Victimhood

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Children/Family, Culture | Comments Off

By Thomas Sowell, FrontPage Magazine A heartbreaking social statistic is that children on welfare have only about half as many words per day directed at them as the children of working-class families— ... Read more..

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost letter: TEC should not represent the Anglican Communion

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From Church Times The Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion has been published. For the full letter and explanatory statement see ACNS: Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter to ... Read more..

Slap on the wrist

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, TEC | Comments Off

By Edward Tomlinson, St Barnabas Blog Archbishop Rowan Williams, dressed here in his druidic robes, has released a fascinating Pentecost letter which attempts to deal with the problems in the Anglican ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From ACNS In his Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury encourages Anglicans to pray for renewal in the Spirit and focus on the priority of mission, so ... Read more..

Nothing but the dames at York Synod

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Women Bishops | Comments Off

From Church Times THEY were warned that the issue of women bishops would dominate their forthcoming meeting in York; but General Synod members might not have realised the extent to which ... Read more..

Statistics Canada Predicts Seniors Will Soon Outnumber Children

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Demographics | Comments Off

By Thaddeus M Baklinski, LifeSite News The Demography Division of Statistics Canada has predicted that the number of seniors will surpass the number of children aged 14 or under for the ... Read more..

Choose Neri or Butler!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Theology | Comments Off

By Edward Tomlinson Saint Philip Neri was upheld by the Church this month as one of God’s saints on earth. Mass was offered accross the globe in recognition of his outstanding ... Read more..

Life or death decisions taken by judges and doctors on patients’ behalf

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Martin Beckford, Telegraph They wanted permission to sedate the 55 year-old woman in her home with a drug hidden in a glass of Ribena, so they could get around her ... Read more..

Ireland: Christians have the right to debate Civil Partnership Bill

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Civil Partnerships, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

by David Quinn, Irish Independent The other day in the Seanad, Senator John Hanafin called for a referendum on the family. Rightly, he believes that the Civil Partnership Bill, soon to ... Read more..

DO UNTO TEC-ISTS AS YOU WOULD TO THE MOONIES

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Apostasy, TEC | Comments Off

By Julian Mann, Cranmer's Curate (first published in Virtueonline) Mrs Jefferts Schori has expressed confidence that TEC's promotion of Mr Robinson and now Ms Glasspool is gaining acceptance in the wider ... Read more..

‘Britain has become an angry nation’

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Faith | Comments Off

From The Catholic Herald The parents of murdered teenager Jimmy Mizen talk to Joanna Bogle about how to save Britain’s coarsening culture We meet on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. Barry Mizen ... Read more..

Avoid Being Culturally Relaxed

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Faith, Ministry | Comments Off

By Tullian Tchividjian, Christian Post Becoming “all things to all people” does not mean fitting in with the fallen patterns of this world so that there is no distinguishable difference between ... Read more..

UK: More than 1,000 under 15s had an abortion last year

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Kate Devlin, Telegraph More than 1,000 children under 15 had an abortion last year, raising fears they could be using terminations as form of contraception. In total 1,047 young people aged ... Read more..