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Background to Mumbai terrorist attacks and Hindu attacks on Christians in Orissa

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

Dr Timothy Shah, of the Council of Foreign Relations, fills in the background of the attacks on Mumbai, suggesting their links to Lakshar e Taiba in Pakistan, and also the ... Read more..

Twice the number dead in Jos as in Mumbai

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, Timesonline Horrific stories of ruthless killings on the streets of Jos in northern Nigeria are emerging. At least one church pastor was shot dead, along with three members ... Read more..

Christian Counsellor Gary McFarlane: case against Relate

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From Christian Concern for our Nation Gary McFarlane appeared at the Bristol Employment Tribunal on 1 and 2 December 2008. The legal grounds for his case were that he had been ... Read more..

Jos goes up in flames: Warning graphic imagery

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in ECUSA, News | Comments Off

 According to their website, these Christians never stood a chance.   Pictures from the very recent violence, burning and killing in Jos, Northern Nigeria.  Please be praying! View the Diocese of Jos website ... Read more..

Advent Meditation – Day 5

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

 Psalm 18: 1-50, Isa 2:12-22, 1 Thes 3: 1-13. Luke 20: 27-40 John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749 and Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, ... Read more..

The Queen’s Speech: More equality laws

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute The Government’s legislative programme has been outlined by the Queen in the state opening of Parliament, with a promise to introduce a new Equality Bill. The Bill will ... Read more..

Advent Meditation – Day 4

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Faith, suffering church | Comments Off

Wed  Dec 3: Psalm 119:1-24, Psalms 12, 13, 14,  Amos 3:12-4:5, 2 Peter 3:1-10, Matt 15:29-37 Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Missionary to the East 1506-1552 The Gospel mandate is for all ... Read more..

Historic week for Anglican Communion: From Chicago to London to Canterbury

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

Historic week for Anglican Communion: From Chicago to London to Canterbury Bishop Martyn Minns was at Truro yesterday and held a Bishop's Forum between services. He reported on recent and upcoming ... Read more..

Some media reports about violence in Northern Nigeria are false: Archbishop Ben Kwashi

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

In the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit amen. We have heard foreign media report that about three hundred Muslims were killed by Christians, this is an old ... Read more..

Advancing a Heterosexual Public Ethic With Grace, Wit, and Natural Law

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Apologetics, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Dr. J. Budziszewski, Family Research Council (Hat Tip: Virtueonline) The talk these days among activists who want to keep the "hetero" in "sexuality" is that we need a "public philosophy" ... Read more..

Archbishop of Jos appeals for prayer amidst violence in Jos, Nigeria

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

Please pray for us in Jos, we are being attacked by Muslims. Churches have been burnt, no exact figures of casualties yet. We need prayer to stay the hand the ... Read more..

Church responds to ‘anti-gay’ opinion

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Apologetics, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Melanie Menkevich, Religious Intelligence The Church reacts to the US opinion that all Christians are "anti-gay," especially with the recent passing of proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as ... Read more..

Muslims burn Trinity Church, Bauchi Road, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

  The Archbishop of Jos, Rt Rev Ben Kwashi, reports that following peaceful elections whose results have not yet been announced, at 2 a.m. this morning crowds of Muslims burnt Trinity ... Read more..

Struggle to stay Christian

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Religious Liberty, Social justice, suffering church | Comments Off

by Julia Duin   The Washington Times    Hat-tip:  David Virtue   November 27, 2008 He sat in my office, a Turkish scholar and theologian who helps people who are tortured for their faith. According to Ziya ... Read more..

Pornography – quitting the habit

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, News, Pornography | Comments Off

Charlie Butts - One News Now The damage from pornography addiction runs deep, but one author has found freedom through Christ. Author and speaker Jarrod Jones has written a book called 13 Ways ... Read more..

Don’t let the Welsh Assembly insult Jesus Christ

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Petitions | Comments Off

The Liberal Democrat culture spokesman, Peter Black AM, has invited the poet Patrick Jones to insult Jesus Christ in the National Assembly If the event goes ahead the militant atheist ... Read more..

TFT and the hope of change

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Testimonies | Comments Off

The Continuing Journey: hope and healing in our lives:  From True Freedom Trust    By Jim   Why did you first contact TfT? What were you hoping for? ... Read more..

Examples of what’s in store for groups who support marriage: I

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Coercion, Freedom Of Speech, From Lisa's Lookout | Comments Off

Though things have calmed down now, with Thanksgiving just around the corner and the California Supreme Court  involved (again), furious LGBTQ activism in California and elsewhere has subided.  But have a watch ... Read more..

Praying for the persecuted Church

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

From Evangelical Alliance Over 200 million Christians around the world suffer persecution in varying forms—a Christian child kidnapped and forced into Islam; a Chinese Christian worshipping in an underground church for ... Read more..

Christians in Orissa forced into hiding

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

AM web editorial note:  Almost £3,000 have been raised for our sisters and brothers in Orissa.  We welcome your donations which are sent in their entirety to Orissa. See sidebar (right) for information. Thank ... Read more..