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If you go to superherostuff.com you will see that these Robin socks are not longer in stock. They have sold out!
How can that be? How may people would have bought a pair? And what for? Where on earth could one wear something like this?
Perhaps they are just the thing for cycling through York on dark evenings as a safely feature so car drivers will give a wide berth. But I will give them a miss.
Some Christians think Mormons are Christians
Posted: 28th October 2011 by graham in Church, Culture, preach_it!
As an ex Mormon I have been interested in the rise of Mit Romney and especially how the USA’s international reputation may be harmed if they elected a Mormon as President.
A friend sent me details of an interview on Fox TV of a few years back between Joel Osteen and the host of the show, Chris Wallace of FOX News. Joel Osteen is an American author, televangelist, and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.
WALLACE: And what about Mitt Romney? And I’ve got to ask you the question, because it is a question whether it should be or not in this campaign, is a Mormon a true Christian?
OSTEEN: Well, in my mind they are. Mitt Romney has said that he believes in Christ as his saviour, and that’s what I believe, so, you know, I’m not the one to judge the little details of it. So I believe they are.
And so, you know, Mitt Romney seems like a man of character and integrity to me, and I don’t think he would — anything would stop me from voting for him if that’s what I felt like.
WALLACE: So, for instance, when people start talking about Joseph Smith, the founder of the church, and the golden tablets in upstate New York, and God assumes the shape of a man, do you not get hung up in those theological issues?
OSTEEN: I probably don’t get hung up in them because I haven’t really studied them or thought about them. And you know, I just try to let God be the judge of that. I mean, I don’t know.
I certainly can’t say that I agree with everything that I’ve heard about it, but from what I’ve heard from Mitt, when he says that Christ is his saviour, to me that’s a common bond.
- Source: FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace, Dec. 23, 2007
I hope Osteen is better informed now. Though it is alarming that even then, as a senior Christian leader, he seems to have been seriously lacking in theological stature.
I assume my friend sent me this as he read my post “Mitt Romney Republican hopeful believes Jesus is son of God. Oh does he?” where I wrote about this very same claim of Romney’s about Jesus being the son of god. What sort of son and what sort of god was he talking about was the very thing I addressed.
For much greater detail about Mormonism see my previous post: Mitt Romney: “Would the USA people elect a Mormon President?”
Guidance from Royal College of Nursing: ‘When someone asks for your assistance to die’
Posted: 24th October 2011 by graham in CultureLast week the Royal College of Nursing issued guidance for nurses and health care assistants (HCAs) on how to approach assisted suicide requests from patients.
The guidance is gives security with respect to the responsibilities nurses and HCAs have to work within the law. The guidance is clear about discussing end of life issues whilst ensuring that no pressure is applied to patients and no agenda is pushed. It makes it clear that assisting someone to commit suicide is illegal and that nurses and HCAs should act ‘in a manner that as far as possible empowers and supports people to live well until they die.’
We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between…
Posted: 17th October 2011 by graham in Culture, Global, preach_it!We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between:
a man who flatters her
and a man who compliments her,
a man who spends money on her
and a man who invests in her,
a man who views her as property
and a man who views her properly,
a man who lusts after her
and man who loves her,
a man who believes he’s a gift to women
and a man who believes she’s a gift to him.
And then we need to teach our sons
to be that kind of man.
White Ribbon Day, 25th November, is the campaign day to encourage men to swear, “I swear never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women. This is my oath.”
The image below was sent to me. I think it comes from the Australian White Ribbon webs site, a less cluttered site than the UK White Ribbon.
I have daughters. These are the sort of things I hope for them when they were little.
I have met many men over the years who did not know how to treasure a woman.
General Lord Richard Dannatt on the Moral and Spiritual Vacuum
Posted: 15th November 2011 by graham in Culture, news_commentThough greeted with alarm by some, this sort of observation will not seem novel to people of faith who believe that there is a Law Maker over all our lives.
We know that in many families values are presented as a matter of personal choice. Small wonder that when we hear of a politician cheating on expenses they insist there has been “no wrong doing.” They are claiming that it is simply a matter of rules, rather than personal values. The summer riots were evidence that for many it is a matter of what they can get away with rather than living according to principles and convictions.
I believe that Christians should be better employees as they work for a Master that always sees what they do and who calls for their best service. They of all people should not be taking a ‘sickie’ to suit their own convenience, or arriving late for work, or pilfering from their work place.
Would we have had the banking crisis if there had been more bankers that lived by a moral code other than putting self first, I wonder? Would we have had the phone hacking scandal?
I know the atheist claim that they to can have high moral standards. The problem is that for them their standards are of their own invention, and therefore can be changed with a change of wind direction. They have gained ground in our society and we can see the results of this social experiment – it is failing! A compass works because it constently points in the same direction. A moral compass that spins is not going to work.
One interesting thing that General Dannatt said was that the moral dimension alone is not sufficient. There needs to be a spiritual dimension too. He repeatedly said that “everyone, when push comes to shove, is reaching out for something bigger than themselves.”
Dannatt was careful not to impose his spiritual beliefs on others. He repeatedly emphasised that it was “down to individuals to work out what their spiritual dimension is for themselves.” However, he is clear that his deeply held Christian faith are, and have been a moral compass for him. When he was Chief of Staff he had instructed the Chaplain General “to make sure that everyone deployed on operations has some understanding of the Christian message.”
Many people do what they do because of the effects of their actions on other people. A Christian will do that too, but will also consider what God requires, and what the Holy Spirit within them is saying.
History is littered with examples of Christians who got it wrong, but there are many more who got it right. That is why almost all social reforms can be traced back to those who were followers of Jesus.
This stuff about Jesus is not just true, it works!