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Archive for May, 2011

Was Obama’s Speech Addressed to the U.S. or to the Muslim World?

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Islam | Comments Off

by Michael Nazir-Ali You cannot blame a politician for liking rhetoric, and President Obama’s speech on the Middle East is full of it. His favorite word “change” occurs often, and there ... Read more..

Anglican-Catholic dialogue considers how its work impacts, informs relationships ‘on the ground’

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Arcic | Comments Off

From ACNS The Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCICIII) has completed the introductory part of the agenda for its first meeting. On Friday and Saturday it discussed background papers on the ... Read more..

Wisdom from the Scots: The CofE and Same-sex Unions

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Church Of Scotland, Civil Partnerships | Comments Off

By Andrew Goddard and Giles Goddard, Fulcrum The Anglican Communion is not, of course, the only denomination in which this subject is bitterly divisive. Next week, the General Assembly of the ... Read more..

Marriage doesn’t make families more stable, claims Milliband

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Marriage | Comments Off

by James Chapman, Mailonline Labour leader Ed Miliband insisted that marriage does not automatically make families more stable as he spoke of how he is looking forward to his own 'special ... Read more..

Britain third worst country for families in Europe

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

By Karen Peake, Christian Today Britain is the third worst place for a family to live in Europe, according to a new index published by the Relationships Foundation. The think tank’s ... Read more..

The GMC has overreacted in reprimanding Dr Richard Scott

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Healing, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

by Peter Saunders, Christian Medical Fellowship After receiving the complaint, the GMC apparently sent Dr Scott a letter warning him over his conduct and told him that the way he expressed ... Read more..

Sweden, Sheep, and Sexual Suicide

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Culture | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg Examples of moral inversion abound. What once was called bad is now called good. What once was frowned upon is now celebrated. What once was seen as deviant ... Read more..

How the BBC spends Britain’s international aid

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Posted in Charity, Media | Comments Off

By Jason Lewis, The Telegraph   A little-known charity run by the BBC is spending more than £15 million from the UK taxpayer on “international aid” projects including “educating” Africa on climate ... Read more..

Bishop and baroness warn of rising violence against Christians in Egypt

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Persecuted church | Comments Off

From Christian Today Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali and Baroness Caroline Cox criticise inadequate response of Egyptian Army to violence against Christians Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali and Baroness Caroline Cox have expressed concern over the ... Read more..

Christian doctors back GP over ‘Jesus’ remarks

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Ethics, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Tim Ross, Telegraph The medical standards watchdog is facing a backlash from doctors after censuring a Christian GP who raised his personal beliefs with a patient of a different faith. ... Read more..

Anglican Communion ‘quite close to being dysfunctional’, senior English layman tells the Gazette

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Church Of Ireland, Church of England | Comments Off

From the Church of Ireland Gazette (Hat Tip: Thinking Anglicans) Interview with Dr Philip Giddings Chairman of the Church of England General Synod's House of Laity The full Interview can be heard ... Read more..

The Oxford Student: Lecturer or lecherer at LGBT talk?

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Education, Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Frances Reed, The Oxford Student A controversial professor in Sociology gave a provocative talk in Trinity College last Thursday on ‘Why gay sex is better than straight sex’. Professor Eric Gumby Anderson, ... Read more..

Christian GP’s appeal challenges the very heart of government

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Political Correctness, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

by Peter Saunders, CMF I note that Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, the Christian GP dismissed as a Government drugs adviser for his views on homosexuality, has launched a legal bid to win ... Read more..

Doctors can be Christians, too

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Telegraph comment The case of a doctor reprimanded for discussing his religion is a worrying one. The General Medical Council is the body responsible for upholding medical standards in the UK; without ... Read more..

GP rapped for talking about God with patient

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Healing, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From The Telegraph A family doctor, Dr Richard Scott, fears losing his job after he was reprimanded by the General Medical Council for talking to a patient about God.  The committed ... Read more..

We must teach our girls (and boys) that they can just say NO to sex

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

By Nadine Dorries MP, Mailonline If you read some commentators a couple of weeks ago, you might be forgiven for thinking I had stood in Parliament and called for the compulsory ... Read more..

Multi-faith Cathedral unlikely, says NZ Dean

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

From Stuff.co.nz A multi-faith rebuild of the quake-shattered ChristChurch Cathedral is unlikely, says Anglican dean, Peter Beck. "It's a holy place, a sacred space for people of all faiths, [but] at ... Read more..

Sunday Worship from the UK and elsewhere

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 Posted in Worship | Comments Off

1. Bells on Sunday - the bells of St Clement Danes in the Strand - BBC Radio 4 - available from 05:43 am BST Sunday] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0118873 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons 2. Choral Evensong comes from St ... Read more..

US backing for communion without baptism

Saturday, May 21st, 2011 Posted in Church life, TEC | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN The Episcopal Church’s national office has given a backhanded blessing to the practice of allowing those not baptized to receive Holy Communion—a practice forbidden by canon law. Supporters ... Read more..

Message from Bishop David Anderson

Saturday, May 21st, 2011 Posted in American Anglican Council, Gay Activism, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From AAC Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus, Many within the American Episcopal Church (TEC) have been sheltered from the worst of TEC's spiritual and theological innovations. Moderate to conservative bishops ... Read more..