I have been wondering what happened to the Iraqi journalist, Muntadar al-Zeidi, who threw shoes at Bush a few weeks ago with the words “This is a farewell kiss, dog.”. I have looked online to see what happened to him but so far I haven’t found out much about his present condition. I have, however, [...]
Read full post...I only briefly commented on the Obama victory in a recent post but have since then been talking with friends about it, some of whom are US citizens. The US Christians I meet certainly seem to see things differently from the British Christians I speak with. I think most of the Brit Christians I know [...]
Read full post...I have been so busy recently I have neglected my blog. And what a time it has been too, with so many interesting things happening. Particularly the appointment in the USA of President-elect Obama.
Commenting on the Obama victory my wife reckons black could be the new black! I found myself agreeing, though I am not [...]
I received a text message late last night from an Indian friend and I paste in below.
We have a few Indian families in our church and it has been great getting to know them and learning a bit about the culture they bring to us. As they are Christians it is even more interesting to [...]
So yet another Christian leader is fallen, and this time one that has been heavily promoted, particularly by “God TV”. We now know his deception had been going on for months.
Some will feel disillusioned, particularly new Christians who had hitched their wagon to this teacher and his claims. Though not a ‘Toddley’ myself, I can [...]
Three men, one of them armed with a gun and wearing gloves, threatened a Protestant church and its pastor in the Turkish capital city of Ankara yesterday. The culprits fled in a car before police could be summoned.
The attempted attack marked the seventh incident in the past four months of threatened violence against Turkeys tiny [...]
The following is a declassified copy of one of the 2003 “Yoo Memos” issued by William J. Haynes II, (General Counsel of the Department of Defence) and written by John C. Yoo, then a deputy in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
In the memo they argue that torture of foreign nationals is [...]
