Not Ashamed is an initiative to encourage Christians to resist the pressure from the secularists to hide their faith in public. See this video. And go to the web site.
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The question of whether a Christian can eat meat that has been dedicated to another god was something that taxed the minds and faith of the early Christians. It was such an important topic that the apostle Paul advised about it in his letter to the Christians in Corinth (1 Corinthians 8). I think the [...]
Been working on my sermon for Sunday today, which the beginning of a new series I will do on the epistle of Paul to Titus. It is interesting to see the suggestions as to who founded the church in Crete where Titus was. One theory is that it was Paul when he passed by on [...]
Maryam and Marzieh Acquitted
Posted: 24th May 2010 by graham in Church, Global, news_comment, PrayerFantastic answer to prayer – Maryam and Marzieh have been acquitted of all charges by the Iranian judicial authorities. However, they were warned that any future Christian activity in Iran would be seriously dealt with. On Saturday 22nd May they left Iran and arrived safely in another country. Maryam and Marzieh have sent a message [...]
Muslim doctors and nurses have been allowed to opt-out of NHS hygiene rules in a move that has been blasted by critics as double standards. Critics compared the opt-out given to Muslims to cases of Christians being marginalised by the NHS. That is my gripe. Christian nurse Caroline Petrie was suspended for offering to pray [...]
One of my daughters sent me the link to an excellent article on the demise of Emerging Church at WorldMag.com. Written by Anthony Bradley, in ‘Farewell Emerging Church, 1989-2010′ Bradley says that while the effects of the emerging church movement will linger for some time we will begin to see books praising and attacking the [...]
Labour To Remove Free Speech Safeguard
Posted: 12th April 2010 by graham in Church, Culture, news_commentThe Labour Party has made a manifesto commitment to abolish a free speech safeguard introduced by Lord Waddington to a sexual orientation ‘hate’ crime law. The safeguard makes clear that criticising homosexual conduct, or encouraging someone to refrain from such conduct, is not in itself a crime. The free speech protection is backed by comedy [...]