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Archive for September, 2011

Archbishop plea fails to silence unhappy clergy

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in Church Of Ireland, Gay Activism | Comments Off

From News Letter TWO Church of Ireland rectors have broken ranks to reject Archbishop Alan Harper’s appeal for an end to discussion of the church’s first same-sex union involving a minister. Amid ... Read more..

Persecuted Christians take Government to European Court so they can express their beliefs at work

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Jonathan Petre, Mailonline [...]  The Government must submit a formal statement by the end of next week outlining whether it believes the rights of Christians have been infringed in Britain. ... Read more..

Marriage Rights

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

by Steve Doughty, Mailonline IF there is one thing we have learned about human rights, it is that some rights are more important than others. So when a Coalition minister announces that ... Read more..

Why do I continue to be surprised by the infantile speculations of the mass media?

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in Faith, Media, Mission | Comments Off

By Peter Mullen, Mailonline [...]  The mass media perpetrates a universal disinformation about the status of Christianity in the modern world. For fifty years, they have been telling us it’s dying ... Read more..

Sunday worship from the UK and elsewhere

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Posted in Worship | Comments Off

1.The bells of St Mary's, Bishopstoke in Hampshire - BBC Radio 4 - available from 5:43am BST Sunday http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0150dsg   2. Choral Evensong with the choir of Clare College, Cambridge comes from St Matthew's ... Read more..

BBC turns its back on year of Our Lord: 2,000 years of Christianity jettisoned for politically correct ‘Common Era’

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Political Correctness | Comments Off

By Chris Hastings, Mailonline The BBC has been accused of 'absurd political correctness' after dropping the terms BC and AD in case they offend non-Christians. The Corporation has replaced the familiar Anno ... Read more..

The Pastoral Response to Homosexuality

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Miranda Selmys, First Things [...]  So why bother to analyze the cultural context of Romans 1 at all? Isn’t it just an exercise in historical trivia, one that should be ... Read more..

American couple fined for holding bible study in their own home

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From Christian Concern A couple in California have been fined after holding Bible studies twice a week in their spacious home in Southern California.   According to City officials in San Juan Capistrano, ... Read more..

Sir Brian Souter says defenders of traditional marriage are being marginalised in same-sex relationships debate

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

From The Courier Perth-based tycoon Sir Brian Souter has again put himself on a collision course with gay rights campaigners by denouncing same-sex relationships.   The joint co-founder of the Stagecoach transport group, ... Read more..

Scientists demand tougher guidelines on teaching of creationism in schools

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Faith, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Riazat Butt, Guardian Prominent scientists, including Sir David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins, have called on the government to toughen its guidance on the promotion of creationism in classrooms, accusing "religious ... Read more..

“The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality” – A response to its discussion of causation

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Communion, Homosexuality, Research | Comments Off

Dermot O’Callaghan - September 2011 The book "The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality"(1) is an important resource for Anglicans in the ongoing discussion of the topic. It says (p290), “As for causation, ... Read more..

Anger of the GP ‘on trial’ over Christian talk with a patient

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Healing, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Steve Doughty, Mailonline A Christian doctor spoke of his disgust last night after he claimed he was being put on trial for discussing his faith with a patient. Dr Richard Scott ... Read more..

The truth about polygamy: A special investigation into how Muslim men can exploit the benefits system

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Islam, Polygamy | Comments Off

By Sue Reid, Mailonline [...]  I learned of Ghulam and Wasim this week while investigating a subject that is taboo in politically correct Britain. It is the huge rise of bigamy ... Read more..

Christian charity told staff to remove cross ‘in case it offends public’

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Tim Ross, Telegraph The Kenward Trust, a 40-year-old Christian charity for drug and alcohol addicts, was accused of sidelining its religious origins in an attempt to make itself “more inclusive” ... Read more..

Conflict of ‘enormous proportions’ brewing thanks to Obama anti-marriage stance: head of US bishops

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Conflict, Marriage, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Peter Baklinski, LifeSite News The head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has expressed his “strong disappointment” in an open letter to the U.S. president over his ... Read more..

Another priest removed for explaining church teaching on homosexuality

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Christine Dhanagom, LifeSite News Just after news broke that a priest in Canada had been suspended from active ministry for speaking out against abortion and homosexual behavior, news has also ... Read more..

Saved sex – loving our young people enough to tell them the truth

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Sex education, youth culture | Comments Off

By Terrell Clemmons, Salvo Magazine Okay, I need to understand this 'victory,'" Jeannie started in. The governor of our state had just signed legislation stripping abortion giant Planned Parenthood of about ... Read more..

News Bulletin 23 September 2011 – The Christian Institute

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

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Message from Bishop David Anderson

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From AAC A strange letter has found its way across our desks, and it deserves a read and comment. It appears that when the majority of the Episcopal congregation of St. ... Read more..

Canterbury’s international agenda in tatters

Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Global South | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN The Archbishop of Canterbury’s strategy to hold together the Anglican Communion was left in tatters this week after the primates representing the Global South coalition of churches ... Read more..