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Archive for March, 2011

Audio: BBC investigates gay case against B&B

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute BBC Radio 4 last night broadcast a report about the case of Christian B&B owners taken to court for restricting double beds to married couples.   Listen to the ... Read more..

What Marriage Has Become

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Divorce, Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

By Christopher Wolfe, Witherspoon Institute It is important to situate the same-sex marriage issue in the context of dramatic changes in our society over the last forty years that bear upon ... Read more..

Debunking the Myths about Exodus and their iPhone Application

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Healing, Homosexuality, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Angela Buchanan, Exodus International During the past week, Exodus International and their iPhone application have been grossly misrepresented.  Since we haven’t had the opportunity to adequately correct the errors, we ... Read more..

No religion to sweep nine countries by 2050 – conclusions challenged

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Dr Timothy Shah challenges findings about the growth of "No religion" groups View CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/24/connect.your.world.cnn?iref=allsearch   Read more..

ANGLICAN CONCILIARISM: A BRIGHT HOPE EXTINGUISHED

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Rev’d Theodore L. Lewis, Resident Theologian All Saints’ Church, Chevy Chase, Maryland The Anglican Communion has had its conciliar movement, as did the medieval church.  The medieval movement offered perhaps the ... Read more..

Gay Rights Agenda Is Shutting Down Debate on Homosexuality, Says Author

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post A well-published theologian struggling to draw public attention to his most recent bestseller hopes that his book will expose the one-sided conversation about homosexuality in ... Read more..

Hell is justice for everyone, for everything, forever

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

From the UgleyVicar blog [...] What if justice could be done absolutely? Would we not welcome the prospect? Or would we throw our hands up in horror, and say that such ... Read more..

Telling the census your religion is ‘lesbian’? Count me out

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Brent Martin, Guardian Census time is almost upon us again, and again we have controversy over the issue of the question on religion. It does seem that every 10 years, ... Read more..

Same-sex parenting – More information

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

On Daybreak TV on ITV on Friday March 25 a discussion of same-sex parenting took place. A three minute case "for" was followed by a discussion with only one short ... Read more..

iPhone App Attack

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Chuck Colson, Breakpoint The greatest threat to religious liberty and free speech in the United States is on the attack again. I’m not talking about Islamic extremism or the New ... Read more..

Appeals seek stop 2nd prison term for father who kept kids out of sex-ed

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

From LifeSite News Alliance Defense Fund attorneys representing four German parents sent two letters asking the European Court of Human Rights to quickly review appeals filed last year on their behalf ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Friday, March 25th, 2011 Posted in Lent | Comments Off

Fri Mar 25 Psalm 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-2 Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 Hebrews 10:5-10 Hebrews 10:5-10 Second Friday in Lent- Feast of the Annunciation LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY:  On this feast of the Annunciation, we take a ... Read more..

Church of Nigeria and the proposed Anglican Covenant

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Bishop John Akao, Church of Nigeria, Church Times March 18 2011 What is a Christian Covenant? The cautious attitude of most African Anglican provinces towards the recent ‘Anglican Covenant’ is informed by ... Read more..

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has warned that Britain is no longer a free society that respects conscience and human values

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Culture, Secularism | Comments Off

From Pakistan Christian TV Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has warned that Britain is no longer a free society that respects conscience and values human life at every stage. Speaking at the Christian ... Read more..

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is supposed to protect my rights as a Christian. It doesn’t

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Cristina Odone, Telegraph Theresa May apparently has the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in her sights. The Home Secretary thinks they have struggled to deliver, and have been too ... Read more..

The BBC puts out two spurious reports about religion dying out, just before the Census. How strange

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Faith, Media | Comments Off

By Ed West, Telegraph Now that’s funny. Just as we’re all about to fill in a Census, the most controversial issue of which is the question of religion, the BBC carries ... Read more..

Democrats advance ‘lesbians-as-role models’ plan

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Sex education | Comments Off

By Bob Unruh,World Net Daily 'Costly state mandate targets children for sexual brainwashing' A band of six Democrats in the California state Senate voted today to advance a bill that has been ... Read more..

Launch of Manna Microfinance in Southern Sudan March 29th 2011

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Appeals, News | Comments Off

Please could you remember this in prayer this coming Sunday and commend it to your people for their support. The launch of Manna Microfinance in Southern Sudan Southern Sudan is to become ... Read more..

UN campaigners sense victory is near over ‘right to believe’

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media A stronger ‘right to believe’ – under attack at the UN since 1999 from the world Muslim body the Organization of Islamic Conference – may be ... Read more..

The Most Islamic Community in Europe

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

by Soeren Kern, Hudson New York Leicester, an industrial city in central England, is home to the most conservative Islamic population anywhere in Europe, according to American diplomatic cables that were ... Read more..