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Archive for April, 2011

Hallelujah! An Easter victory as Christian electrician wins battle to display cross in his van

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Nick Fagge, Mailonline Christian electrician Colin Atkinson has won his fight to display a cross in his van following a nationwide outcry. The dramatic climbdown by Wakefield District Housing came after ... Read more..

Holy Week Meditations

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 Posted in Church life | Comments Off

Fri Apr 22  am: Ps 95, 22  pm: 40, 54 Gen 22:1-14    1 Pet 1:10-20 am: Jn 13:36-38 pm: Jn 19:38-42 GOOD FRIDAY LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: Increasingly in this age of cynicism ... Read more..

Music for Good Friday – Stabat Mater (Palestrina)

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

    At the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother weeping, close to her son to the last. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, all His bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword has ... Read more..

Lesbian couple take hotel to court after they claim they were turned away for being gay

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

From Mirror A lesbian couple are taking legal action against a hotel after they claimed they were turned away for being gay. Rebecca Nash, 22, and Hope Stubbings, 19, said they ... Read more..

Amoral judges, shameless celebrities and a Britain that’s coming close to a police state

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Injustice, justice | Comments Off

by Stephen Glover, Mailonline Every day brings a new lunatic ruling on privacy which curtails not only the media’s right to report the misbehaviour of public figures but also the right ... Read more..

Men ‘worried’ about heavy internet porn use

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Pornography | Comments Off

From BBC Newsbeat A quarter of men aged 18-24 are worried about the amount of porn they are watching on the internet, new research suggests. Heavy users in the study were much ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury shares thoughts about royal wedding

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Marriage, Royal Wedding | Comments Off

From The Telegraph The Archbishop of Canterbury talks about the importance and significance of marriage ahead of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding on 29 April. With eight days to go ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury: rich should help the poor

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From The Telegraph   The rich and powerful should be required by law to spend some time every year helping the poor and needy, the Archbishop of Canterbury suggested today. Rowan Williams ... Read more..

Grace and Hope in Southern Sudan

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

A sermon preached Juba Cathedral, Southern Sudan   March 27 2011 Canon Dr Vinay Samuel In Romans chapter 4, Paul writes to Gentile and Jewish Christians in Rome that as Christians, we are ... Read more..

Time to stand up for Christianity

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Andrew Carey, CEN It is time for the British to assert their own rights over the petty tyranny of local councils. The latest case is the attitude of Brent Council ... Read more..

Without free speech, this island seethes with resentment

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Culture, Freedom Of Speech | Comments Off

By Padraig Reidy, Guardian Police warnings that anyone attempting to burn a union flag during the royal wedding next week will be arrested are part of a worrying drift towards a ... Read more..

Release the figures on late abortions, orders High Court

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Jenny Hope, Mailonline Figures on late abortions of ‘less than perfect’ foetuses must be released to the public, the High Court has ruled. Campaigners claimed victory last night in a long-running ... Read more..

Slavery

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Theology | Comments Off

Letter to CEN from Faith Hanson Sir, Slavery in the Bible is a subject which is repeatedly raised in relation to current gender issues, namely human sexuality. Yet again this slavery argument ... Read more..

The case against gay marriage

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

Letter to CEN from Dr Christopher Shell Sir, The Rev Benny Hazlehurst’s claim (letter, Apr 8) that same- and opposite-sex unions are equivalent is scientifically very inaccurate.The large-scale study by the Center ... Read more..

Row over sex programme on Channel 4

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Chris Sugden, CEN CHANNEL 4 recently aired the controversial series “The Joy of Teen Sex”. Some viewers regarded aspects of this to be problematic morally, medically and psychologically. Miriam Grossman is ... Read more..

Defend Truths the Church was founded on!

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Manhatten Declaration | Comments Off

What caused the collapse of civilized society in Germany in the 1930s was the abandonment of ethics and the failure of the Church-except for a brave few-to stand for truth. ... Read more..

Un-Stonewalling my dad

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Healing, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Paul V Gaetani, JONAH Introduction from the Co-Directors: The following essay was posted on an E-mail support group to others who struggle with the question whether and how to tell their ... Read more..

More Anglicans to convert to Catholicism at Easter

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

From BBC News About 900 Anglicans are expected to convert to Catholicism this Easter in protest at the Church of England's decision to ordain women as bishops. They will join a special ... Read more..

Easter worship in the UK and elsewhere

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in News, Worship | Comments Off

Easter Resources: Easter with Premier - Premier Christian Media - Radio and TV http://tinyurl.com/3ttyz6s   The Passion Experience - sign up for real time eye witness messages sent direct to you by text, email, ... Read more..

Holy Week Meditations

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Church life | Comments Off

Thur Apr 21  am: Ps 102  pm: 142, 143 Jer 20:7-11 1 Cor 10:14-17, 11:27-32 John 17 MAUNDY THURSDAY LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: Also known as Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, is, commemorates the Institution ... Read more..