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Archive for May, 2010

Bishop Tom Butler on ‘Thought for the Day’

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Rt Revd Tom Butler,  BBC The press has been remarking on Theresa May's response to a question from a member of the Question Time audience, about the new home secretary's ... Read more..

Symposium: The World’s Most Wanted: A “Moderate Islam”

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

By Jamie Glazov, FrontPage Magazine In this special edition of Frontpage Symposium, we have invited four distinguished guests to discuss the question: Is there a moderate Islam? Our guests today are:   Timothy ... Read more..

Iain Duncan Smith promises to dismantle the absurd system which bribes people to remain poor

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Politics, Poverty | Comments Off

by Janet Daley, Telegraph Iain Duncan Smith is very serious indeed about getting to grips with the pernicious welfare system which has effectively locked huge numbers of people into poverty and hopelessness. ... Read more..

Bishop of Durham condemns Labour’s ‘microscopic, micro-managing rules and regulations’

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

From Cranmer Dr Tom Wright, the fourth most senior bishop in the Church, said he was not making a party political point. But he was. He spoke out during a talk at ... Read more..

Crackdown on Christians as fears of conversion from Islam increase

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

`Michael Carl’                         `World Net Daily’   The government of Morocco has notified another 23 mostly Christian foreigners, including one American, that they're scheduled for imminent expulsion from the North African country.   And an ... Read more..

Bob Duncan Seeks to Clarify AMIA’s Place Within ACNA

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

`Kendall Harmon’                                   The Archbishop's Cabinet has been working since February with the leadership of the Anglican Mission (theAM) in the Americas to clarify the Anglican Mission's structural relationship within the ... Read more..

Huge contrast in treatment of Muslims compared to Christians

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

`Christina Odone’                   `Telegraph’   David Alton, the man who left the Lib Dems when he realised that they cared more about the rights of a goldfish than an unborn child, has reminded me ... Read more..

BBC documentary highlights the challenges faced by Christian Missionaries in Islamic Countries

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

`ccfon'   The BBC World Service documentary describes how those who work to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in Islamic countries face the threat of arrest, deportation, aggression and death. In ... Read more..

Be nice to friends and family to live longer

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

`Fiona MacRae’          `Daily Mail’   Having a close network of family and friends could be your passport to a long and healthy life.   A study of centenarians has revealed that developing close friendships ... Read more..

Sex for procreation may become redundant as IVF becomes the norm

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

`Daniel Martin’                   `Daily Mail’   Couples will stop having sex to conceive babies within a decade and use IVF instead, scientists said yesterday. They say 30-somethings will increasingly rely on artificial methods of ... Read more..

Getting serious about pornography

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

`National Review'   Imagine a drug so powerful it can destroy a family simply by distorting a man’s perception of his wife. Picture an addiction so lethal it has the potential to ... Read more..

CCFON: General Medical Council Promotes ‘Right to Die’ in its New Guidance

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

`ccfon'   On 19 May 2010, the General Medical Council  (GMC) published its guidance on ‘living wills’ stating that medical practitioners could be struck off if they failed to respect the wishes ... Read more..

New Home Secretary Theresa May explains why she now believes in homosexual adoption

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

`BBC News'   Home Secretary Theresa May explains why she has changed her mind on the issue of allowing gay couples to adopt children.   In opposition she had voted against such legislation and ... Read more..

Police raid on large Protestant congregation in Uzbekistan

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

`Howard Friedman’                        `Forum 18’   Forum 18 reports that in Uzbekistan on Sunday, the police, National Security Service secret police, Tax Inspectorate, Fire Brigade, and Sanitary-Epidemiological Service all raided Church of Christ, ... Read more..

Radical Islam on university campuses across the world

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

`Europe News’                `Centre for Social Cohesion’   For anyone looking for some non-election related news, I must point you towards two especially shocking short videos.   The first comes from the University of California ... Read more..

Westminster 2010 Declaration of Christian Conscience – Update

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

The Westminster 2010 Declaration of Christian Conscience now has gathered over 64,000 signatures and over 8,500 'Facebook fans' since its launch on 4 April (Easter Sunday).   The election has resulted in ... Read more..

Coalition reconsidering Tory plan to scrap Human Rights Act

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Andrew Sparrow’                     `Guardian’   Theresa May, the new home secretary, today confirmed that the new coalition government is reconsidering the Conservative manifesto pledge to scrap the Human Rights Act.   She made the announcement ... Read more..

BBC News (Video): France moves a step closer to finalising burka ban

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`BBC News’    `David Chazan’   France is taking a step closer to banning the Islamic face veil, becoming the second country in Europe after Belgium to do so.   It has taken a year ... Read more..

Religion has a role to play in the public square

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`Margaret Somerville’                     `The Gazette’   If you’ve paid any attention to the media over the last week – for instance, regarding whether the G8 “maternal and infant health initiative” should include abortion, ... Read more..

Right-to-die guidance is a sign of a ‘culture of death’

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

`The Christian institute'   Terminally ill patients should be allowed to commit suicide by turning down food and fluids, according to controversial new medical guidance.   The General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) guidelines, released today, ... Read more..