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Archive for December, 2011

The Government can’t fix the education system without our help

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Education | Comments Off

By James Townsend, Telegraph Both Michael Gove and David Cameron have recently embraced the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible. As is only right, the Secretary of State and Prime ... Read more..

NI homosexual adoption case put on hold until New Year

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Gay Activism | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute A controversial attempt to allow homosexual couples in Northern Ireland to adopt children has been adjourned by the High Court until March. The Northern Ireland Human Rights ... Read more..

Bishop disappointed as figures show lack of religious Christmas cards in supermarkets

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Christmas | Comments Off

From The Telegraph A bishop has voiced his disappointment after a survey showed that little more than one in 200 Christmas cards sold individually by Britain's four major supermarkets featured religious ... Read more..

Jacob Zuma blames Christianity for South Africa’s problems

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Culture, Faith | Comments Off

By Barney Henderson, Telegraph Jacob Zuma is at the centre of a religious storm in South Africa after reportedly blaming the introduction Christianity in the 19th century for the continent's current ... Read more..

Anglican Unscripted Episode 22

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

This last week of Advent Kevin and George bring news from Sudan, North Korea and Pittsburgh. Allan Haley brings good news from Quincy in our legal segment, And, Episode 22 ... Read more..

How can we break the spiral of silence?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Culture | Comments Off

By Chuck Colson Why do people go along with the crowd, even when they know it's wrong? Simply stated, people go along with what they think is the popular opinion out of ... Read more..

Muslim Persecution of Christians at a Crossroads

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Persecuted church | Comments Off

By Raymond Ibrahim, Christian Solidarity International   When the major media reported a few months ago that Iranian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani was set to be executed for leaving Islam, many Western people ... Read more..

Global Christianity

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

From Pew Forum A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of ... Read more..

Former governor candidate says university denied him job because he’s pro-family

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

By Ben Johnson, LifeSite News   A former Republican candidate for Minnesota governor says a local university offered him a job, then reneged when faculty members objected to his defense of traditional ... Read more..

Two Episcopal Bishops Spin Archbishop of Sudan’s Disinvitation to TEC PB Jefferts Schori

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Sudan, TEC | Comments Off

By David Virtue, VOL Two Episcopal dioceses that have relationships with the Episcopal Church of Sudan have responded to a letter, recently released by Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul, in which he ... Read more..

The Queen’s new chaplain declares: Women bishops are wrong

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Monarchy, Women Bishops | Comments Off

By Tim Walker, Telegraph The Queen has appointed an outspoken critic of women bishops to be her new chaplain. As the Church of England’s General Synod prepares to give final approval to ... Read more..

Advent Meditations – Thursday 22 December

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Posted in Advent | Comments Off

  Thurs Dec 22 am: 80 pm: 146, 147 2 Sam 7:-18-29 Gal 3:1-14 Luke 1:57-66 ON THE CALENDAR – The Fourth Thursday of Advent -O King of the Nations," A kingdom in which everyone is king is no ... Read more..

Polyamory lawyer – Canada decision a clear win

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in Polyamory | Comments Off

From Polyinthemedia After two weeks of analyzing the British Columbia Supreme Court's ruling to support Canada's anti-polygamy law, attorney John Ince — who represented the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association in the ... Read more..

EU rules on promoting sex education in schools ‘linked to attempt to legalise paedophilia’

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in Paedophilia, Sex education | Comments Off

From British Church Newspaper Increasing concern about the sexualisation of young children, by introducing sex into the primary school curriculum in the UK, has led to public protest meetings. One mother taking ... Read more..

Southern Cone approves Covenant

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

From ENS At its recent November (3 to 11) meeting in Asunción, Paraguay, the Executive Committee of the Province of the Southern Cone of America, together with its Bishops, voted to ... Read more..

Abstinence funding restored in fed. budget

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in Sex education | Comments Off

From Baptist Press Funding for abstinence education has returned to the federal budget in the spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The $1 trillion budget, which staves off ... Read more..

An elephant in the press room

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Tracey S O'Donnell, MercatorNet Why did leading media fail to point out the real news in a report on abortion and mental health? It is hard to read media coverage of ... Read more..

Call for review of psycho-social factors in sexuality

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in Homosexuality | Comments Off

Church of England Newspaper December 12 Relationships Sir, Dr de Pomerai’s letter (9 December) highlights the “glaring omission” from the Lambeth 2008 book The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality of any discussion of ... Read more..

Canadian gay culture – one view from the inside

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in AIDS | Comments Off

By John Richardson From "Life After Death" by Michael Harris [...] ... My peers and I are supposed to be “over” our gayness. It’s unfashionable to have gay-related “issues.” Many of us ... Read more..

SNP considers plan to buy off concerns over gay marriage

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute The Scottish Government is considering redefining marriage but barring same-sex ceremonies from religious settings, media reports have suggested. Earlier this month the SNP Government closed its consultation on ... Read more..