Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Church Planting IS Vital But The Declining Churches Also Need Refreshing.

God Actually Prefers That People Have Truly Entered His Kingdom.

God loves us all, anyway. Doesn't mean that he will overlook our sins, however! (I'm perhaps wrong but what are the odds that this church rejects scriptural precepts, I wonder?)

Irony Maybe - But Not In Any Way Amusing.

Texas Planned Parenthood Facility to Be Built Next to Adoption Agency.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-planned-parenthood-facility-to-be-built-next-to-adoption-agency-72592/

Mother Nature?

If I see one more reference to Mother Nature I think I'm gonna puke. Please Dear Christian, do not use this oh-so-common piece of God-diminishing garbage in careless words.

Even Sarkozy Can Earn Praise On This Blog!

Two radical Islamists were kicked out of France yesterday – prompting calls for Theresa May to take the same no-nonsense approach when it comes to removing extremists.
Nicolas Sarkozy demanded the deportation of a convicted  terrorist and a hate preacher.
No sooner had the expulsion order been signed than the pair were put on flights out of the country.
The swift departures led to  comparisons with the UK. 
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124572/Nicolas-Sarkozy-orders-instant-expulsion-radical-clerics-right-appeal.html#ixzz1r33YSt9T

Boris & Ken Won't Play Nicely Together!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124509/F-words-lies-day-election-rivals-Boris-Ken-went-nose-nose-lift.html

Hypocrite!

David Cameron has issued a rallying call for a 'Christian fightback' against attempts to ban the wearing of crosses and town hall prayers. (Mail.)

Counting the times he has let Christians down?


My Dearest Labour Supporter.

You realise in you heart that it is many a year since Labour last showed interest in the working classes. Deep down inside you know that the wretched Brown administration was as good as it is ever going to get.
Time to switch allegiances to UKIP.

My Dearest Conservative Supporter.

For nearly two years now, you have been trying to convince yourself that this horrendously poor government is due to the 'drag factor' exercised by the Lib Dem portion of the coalition.
In spite of the sulky faces in the photo, you must surely realise by this point that the Lib Dems and the new conservatives were just made for each other.
Time to switch allegiances to UKIP.

Bramshill College - Turning Out The Politically Correct Police Leaders Of Tomorrow.

Liverpool FC - A Powerful Argument!

From: Dai Woosnam, Grimsby.
SO, Liverpool Football Club will not play on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. I respect their feelings. But will they please be consistent and also refuse ever to play on the anniversary of the Heysel disaster out of respect for the Juventus dead? (Yorks Post.)

UCL - Extreme Atheists Checked.

An attempt to stop the issue of abortion being freely discussed at University College London (UCL) has failed after a coalition of students objected to what they considered to be a serious attack on free speech.Earlier this year, the student union at UCL officially declared their campus ‘pro-choice’ and voted to restrict the Catholic Society from having their own debates and speakers, forcing them to invite pro-abortion speakers to pro-life discussions.The passed motion stated that: ‘Any future open events focusing on the issue of termination invite an anti-choice speaker and a pro-choice speaker as well as an independent chair, to ensure there is a balance to the argument.’ (Christian Concern.)

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Avocet Made Me feel Content.

I had never seen an avocet close up before today. I scared him and he took flight from just a few yards away.
It made me feel most contented to see the chap. Thanks, Lord.

Galatians 5. Sometimes We Just Need A Reminder.

22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23] gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

I've Always Been Interested In Caravaggio.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9181383/Caravaggio--was-killed-by-the-Knights-of-Malta.html

Kindle Prices.

Prices for eBooks on Kindle could tumble as deal in Apple book price-fixing case is just 'weeks away'.
I own a Kindle but have been most disappointed with much of the pricing. It has often been a lot cheaper to order the actual book online and pay postage.( Ironically, many of these orders have been with Amazon.) Hopefully then, this is good news.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2123895/Prices-eBooks-Kindle-set-tumble-deal-Apple-book-price-fixing-case-happen-weeks.html#ixzz1qwU3eWhH

Persecution In Sudan.

Mar 29 2012
Humanitarian groups say Christians and churches are being targeted by aerial bombardment and militias in the Nuba Mountains area of Sudan. Four church buildings have been destroyed in Kadugli since June last year. The latest attack in February killed five members of a single family who belonged to the Episcopal Church of Sudan. Aid workers told Compass Direct that Christians were being targeted to present the continuing conflict in Sudan as a religious war in order to attract support from the Arab world.Sudan split into two nations in July last year, dividing the Arab, Islamic north and the black Christian and animist south. Conflict has continued in disputed areas, including South Kordofan.
http://www.releaseinternational.org/pages/posts/sudan-christians-targeted-in-nuba-mountains-961.php

Turning Other Cheeks.

How often we have heard liberal christians talk about the need for removing punishment from the criminal justice system.
They speak - like any fully paid up member of the liberal left - as if this is contained in the Scriptures.
When challenged, they usually remind us that Jesus taught that 'we should turn the other cheek'.
A cunning and diabolical misrepresentation if ever there was one!
An individual CAN 'turn the other cheek' but please explain how a society can do that!
For those who have only a tenuous grasp of biblical teachings on punishment and justice, in your studies may I recommend that you divorce teaching which is clearly to the individual believer from teaching which is clearly aimed at society.
If you fail to do this, you will find all sorts of 'inconsistencies' in the teaching. That's what happens when the waters get muddied!

Clegg Using The Classic EU Deceit.

Nick Clegg on the Today programme on BBC Radio Four on the 31st October 2011:
“There are three million of our fellow citizens, men and women, in this country whose jobs rely directly on our participation and role and place in what is after all the world's largest borderless single market with 500 million consumers right on our doorstep... isolation costs jobs, costs growth, costs people's livelihood.”
Tim Congdon's video below DESTROYS utterly this nonsense.

Atheism And Nothing.

Professor Congdon On Unemployment.

'In the last seven years the number of UK-born people in employment has fallen by about a million, whereas the number of foreign-born people at work here has risen by over a million. That jump in the number of foreigners in employment must have included a large element of East European workers who could participate in our labour market (and compete with our own people) only because we belonged to the EU. The figures invite the conclusion that “EU membership allowed foreign workers to take away jobs from British workers”, even if they do not prove that conclusion. Certainly, the notion that “EU membership creates jobs” is bunkum. (I suspect the theft of UK jobs by lower-paid immigrants is part of the explanation for the Bradford West by-election result. Let me make clear that I loathe George Galloway.)'

SO One-Sided!

Christians take issue with 'one-sided' engagement over conversion therapy ban.  (Photo: Getty/iStock) The Christian Institute (CI) h...