Tee Hee. Cameron Eating Crow?

PM: I can do business with Juncker. David Cameron telephones EC president-elect to congratulate him on getting the job. Guardian.

Fear Death?

http://global.christianpost.com/news/perry-noble-either-death-will-destroy-you-or-jesus-destroyed-death-for-you-120808/

Don McLean.

Why is it so many singer/songwriters who were able to produce material which was off-the-scale wonderful at the beginning of their careers just cannot keep it going? - Don is just one example amongst many.

2011 - Yet Cranmer 's Piece Is Still Frighteningly Relevant.

The Demonisation of the Right. (Published 2011 and still valid!). Just a day after a ‘right-wing extremist’ systematically slaughtered around 100 Norwegian teenagers, Vince Cable goes on national television and denounces the ‘right-wing nutters’ in the US who don’t want to raise the debt ceiling. The ‘Tea Party’ Republicans, he says, pose a bigger threat to the world economy than any problems in the eurozone.

Just a few months ago the right-wing Freedom Association and Norris McWhirter were caricatured by the BBC as fascists and neo-Nazis, and even Margaret Thatcher’s official biographer Charles Moore now asserts that Right is wrong. International Development Minister Alan Duncan equates socially-conservative, right-wing Tories with the Taliban; the co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi has had a swipe at the Right; and David Cameron isn’t averse to talking about ‘right-wing extremists’; a ‘right-wing fascist party’; ‘far right groups’ and ‘the hard right’.
The subliminal message is inescapable: ‘Left is good; Right is bad’, because right-wing beliefs breed right-wing philosophy which spawns right-wing extremism which is malignant. Ergo, those who tend towards the political Right must be subject to state surveillance.
And so we arrive at the unquestionable BBC state orthodoxy and narrative of enlightenment. It is ‘spin’, but of such an Orwellian subliminal manipulation of the vernacular that any contrary utterance strikes a chord of jarring dissonance, and the speaker or writer is cast into political, social or spiritual oblivion. Norman Tebbit, Simon Heffer, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, Daniel Hannan, Peter Hitchens, John Redwood, Melanie Phillips, The Freedom Association... These are the new ‘fascists’ of the Right; they exist at the periphery of social acceptability, while the fascistic tendencies of those left-wing groups which seek to intimidate and silence any reasoned protest against socially-liberal, ecumenical, europhiliac multiculturalism are completely ignored.
It appears now that if you believe in small state, low tax policies; are fiscally conservative; oppose on-tap abortion; support the traditional, nuclear family; seek to limit immigration; support withdrawal from the EU; advocate freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and freedom of belief, you are without doubt a racist, bigoted zealot, and almost certainly a ‘right-wing extremist’ or a ‘right-wing nutter’.
And if it is ‘fascist’ or ‘extremist’ or ‘right-wing’ to say this, then it would appear that His Grace also needs watching. But so do the vast majority of Britons who are proud to stand up for such beliefs and advocate such policies, for there beats yet the Conservative heart of the nation.

One Out Of Two IS Bad!

Jesus would have supported gay marriage, says Sir Elton: Musician also says rules requiring Catholic priests to be celibate are 'old and stupid'.

The trouble is that 'some seeds fell onto the path!'

Jonah.

Physicist.

I met a physicist at Church yesterday and enjoyed a superb chat after the meeting. Starting with the Laws of Thermodynamics, he moved onto Physics in general as we touched on Biology, Genetics and skirted Geology. He made a straightforward statement, "Evolution is impossible." When I asked him why so few scientists seem to think so - he pointed out that many do. 
Hmm. Heads below the parapets? 'Professional suicide'?

Were It Not For Cricket I Wouldn't Pay Huge Amounts For Sky Sports.

Recent England performances have been so poor that I just have to remember how much better our team is than the footballing equivalent.

Local Ambassadors For The Unborn.

Volunteers committed to defending unborn children sought by pro-life group

Fiona Bruce MP

Jim Dobbin MP

Co-chairs of the All Party Pro-Life Group, Fiona Bruce MP and Jim Dobbin MP, are looking for volunteers committed to defending unborn children to act as local Ambassadors to their Parliamentary movement. Ambassadors will be responsible for acting on urgent correspondence from Parliament and for liaising with the wider pro-life movement in their constituencies.

The Ambassadors will be accredited and invited to Parliament annually to meet the patrons of the initiative, Jim Dobbin, Fiona Bruce and other pro-life parliamentarians. The work of the Ambassadors will be crucial to the success of the political strategy of the All Party Group.   

If you would like to become an Ambassador, please write to ambassadors@proliferesearch.org stating:

1) your name;
2) constituency, and;
3) a brief outline of why you want to get involved. If you have been active in pro-life campaigning, a short history should be included.” 

Empty Promises.

'Dave' promised to increase Tory Party numbers. It hasn't happened. Nigel Farage made no such promise for UKIP yet numbers are skyrocketing. It looks like the party will have gone through the 40,000 barrier well before early September. It's a shame, in one sense only, it would have made a rather nice announcement at the start of the proceedings!
I do hope that members in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will make every effort to attend.

Where To Place Your Trust.

Dan The Man On Divorce - From The EU.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2673698/DANIEL-HANNAN-Divorce-course-left-Britain-EU-make-amicable.html

Christian Concern - Italia.

Introducing Christian Concern Italia

Giuliano Palma explains how Christian Concern came into being (4m 5s) >

An Italian lawyer who contacted the CEO of Christian Concern, Andrea Williams, during a visit to the UK to represent a client in court in Dover, has explained how he read the mission and vision statements of Christian Concern and was inspired to establish an arm of the campaign group in his homeland.

Watch Giuliano Palma explains how Christian Concern Italia came into being here > 

My Evangelical Credentials.

It is rare indeed that my views stray beyond established evangelical positions. My beliefs are firmly rooted in God's Word.

At this point in modern history, when so many evangelical believers are girding their loins to fight 'assisted suicide' or 'euthanasia' bills, I must admit that I feel unable to lend them my support. 

It is not that I especially believe in either of those views - it is just that I cannot make the Scriptures fit the position of those who support compassion by aiding people who are suffering to depart - but neither can I find one whit of compassion in forcing someone to live out an horrendous life. Did Jesus ever leave anyone in their extreme suffering?

I REALLY do not know. My opinions just keep on changing.

Who is Jean-Claude Juncker? - Discover All The Tedious Details Below!

http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/124789

Even If Dave Were To Defy The EU And Its Acolytes ...

Sir Bernard Ingham, 82, has warned: "They got rid of Mrs Thatcher over Europe and the same thing can happen to Cameron. The truth is that you are never going to get anywhere with the European Union because it has a mind of its own. And its mind is to create the United States of Europe. All its denials are belied by its actions." Express.

No Respect ForThe Law.

More People To Leave The UK.

The Great Britain brain-drain: possibly 70% of graduates to move abroad. That is 350,000!

Wonderful, innit? The net immigration figure will reduce BUT look who we are losing - and think of the largely talentless hordes who will replace them!

Cameron - The New Blair?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2673621/PETER-HITCHENS-Can-spot-difference-two-men-No-neither.html
A SUPERB article. *****

Trust.

MoS Poll On EU Membership.

After a brief blip in recent polls showing a narrow support for remaining in the EU (swallowing the 'renegotiation' claptrap?) - normal service has been resumed with a clear 8% gap for quitting. (Cameron's recent failures have made his claims of influence to be a hollow sham!)

This Bears Repeating Every Year Or Two.

"The true object of propaganda is not - to convince or persuade, but rather to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought reveals itself as a jarring dissonance." Leonard Schapiro.

Cameron - Looking Foolish?

http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/124790

Thanks, Dan - Not Before Time!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10931918/Historian-Dan-Snow-received-hate-mail-for-debunking-World-War-I-myths.html

Good Response To FGM.

Female Genital Mutilation Is 'Un-Islamic,' Says Britain's Largest Muslim Organization

By Morgan Lee

Britain's largest Muslim organization has condemned female genital mutilation as "un-Islamic." Christian News.

Obama - View By Bill Maher.

Bill Maher Says Obama Is Really an Atheist, Mocks Hillary Clinton's Devotion to The Bible

By Stoyan Zaimov

HBO talk show host Bill Maher said in a Monday interview with the "Daily Show's" Jon Stewart that he does not find President Barack Obama's Christian faith to be genuine, arguing that he is really an atheist, and mocked former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent comments that the Bible is her biggest influence. Christian Post.

The Maginot Waltz.

If you can forgive the blatant anachronism (I won't tell you what it is if you haven't spotted it) this is one of the most poignant songs I have ever heard.

Ralph McTell:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfl2QLPVaA

Where Is Your Trust?

Avoiding The Great Commission.

http://global.christianpost.com/news/why-churches-talk-the-great-commission-but-dont-do-it-121983/

EU ‘does not aid investment in Britain’.

BRITAIN’S membership of the EU has brought no lasting investment benefits.

Many non-EU countries have done better, says a leading academic’s report for the Civitas cross-party think-tank.There is no evidence the “borderless” Single Market has boosted foreign

Plenty of countries, including some similar-sized nations in Europe, have done better than the UK on both measures without being a member

Dr David Green, Civitas

investment into the UK, former London School of Economics lecturer Michael Burrage found. In a previous report, Mr Burrage also showed that EU membership had failed to boost Britain’s exports. His new findings will be seized on by Brussels’ opponents.

Civitas director Dr David Green said: “Plenty of countries, including some similar-sized nations in Europe, have done better than the UK on both measures without being a member. It is time to leave.”Mr Burrage’s research, based on figures over 40 years, says the UK attracted no more foreign direct investment (FDI) as a member of the European Single Market than it would have done outside the EU. Express.

And The Consequence of This To Evolutionists Would Be ...?

Was Einstein wrong all along? Controversial theory suggests the speed of light is SLOWER than first thought

The theory by Dr James Franson from the University of Maryland looked at why light particles of supernova SN 1987A, arrived 4.7 hours later than expected. Mail.

A Reminder To Cook That Attacking Fields Are Possible.

The Central African Republic.

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a little-known nation right in the middle of the African continent. However, right now the country is in the midst of unimaginable fear and suffering.
 Bitter conflict has left thousands dead and 560,000 people homeless, while 250,000 have fled to neighbouring countries. Violence can flare up without notice and the innocent are the ones who suffer in the fallout.
More than half the population, 2.5 million people, are in urgent need of food, water, sanitation and healthcare
 Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN described the situation as ‘the worst crisis most people have never heard of’.
Despite CAR being one of the most dangerous places on the planet, Tearfund has set up a new programme and is launching an emergency appeal to help the most vulnerable affected by conflict. We’ve already distributed food, drinking water and everyday essentials to thousands of displaced people – but we need to do so much more.
 Please support the appeal, through prayer and by giving, to help the people of CAR. There is no better example of what we believe in - following Jesus, where the need really is greatest.
 

Take action

Be Wise.

Don't Be Fooled.

All this guff about 'Dave batting for us in Brussels' - it is the precise scenario which this Blog has been predicting for several years! And his role as 'superhero' is going to build right up to the point when he - or others - are seen as the victors returning from the EU Commission 'bearing the spoils of their triumph.' Not since a previous tory called Neville Chamberlain ...

Best Advice To Youth Pastors On How To Lose Youngsters From Their Group?

http://global.christianpost.com/news/10-ways-to-shrink-a-youth-group-121987/

1 Thessalonians 4: Note The Word 'Believers'.

Believers Who Have Died.

¹³ Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. ¹⁵ According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

So Much For The UN And Democracy!

UN committee 'backs Argentina' over Falkands dispute

Decolonisation Committee approves new resolution urging UK and Argentina to negotiate a solution, despite 99 per cent of residents voting to remain as they are. Telegraph.

Leftist = Mainstream?

The New York Times would like us to believe that there is a "mainstream" in America today because what "mainstream" means is status quo – don't rock the boat. Because of the massive growth of government over recent years, today's status quo means acceptance of a great lurch leftward, which has already occurred. Star Parker.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/in-todays-america-mainstream-means-left-121499/#UEEpL1F04VA1T5AO.99

Beware Of All Folk Songs Which Begin ...

... My name it is ________  ______________. With very few exceptions, they are truly dire!

Peter Hitchens - Le Chat Entre Les Pigeons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xu7hu5OOvE

Relief For Meriam.

Free woman: Sudanese mother Meriam and family released to 'travel to the U.S.' as charges for trying to flee the country and death sentence for marrying a Christian are dropped!

More Persecution In Egypt.

Christians Convicted of 'Blasphemy' in Egypt for 'Liking' Facebook Page

By Morning Star News

A young Christian man in Upper Egypt accused of blaspheming Islam for "liking" a Facebook page was sentenced Tuesday (June 24) to six years in prison, shocking the Coptic community and other Facebook users.

27th June.

The nights are drawing, in winter is on its way.

A Paltry 274,000?

In 2014, this is the approximate, combined circulation figure of The Guardian & The Independent. Not much is it, considering how much influence they yield?

(Even The Mirror has fewer than a million!)

John Mackay: How To Live Your Spiritual Life.

“Pray without ceasing,” (1 Thess 5:17), and do all things “..by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,” (Phil 4:6). This is the challenge the Holy Spirit has given all Christians through the apostle Paul. Is it the way you live? It is the way you should be living and so should we! It’s also God’s Word on how we should be speaking to God; praising Him, imploring Him, and enquiring of Him. For our God is the Holy and Righteous Creator God who empowered the Old Testament Patriarchs, strengthened the New Testament saints and saves today’s disciples who are reading this right now, as He enables us to boldly live His way. So make sure you thank Him right now and bless Him as you pray, “My aim and my prayer today Oh Lord is for Thy will to be done, in me, to me, for me and through me to the honour and glory of the risen Lord Jesus.” Then continue to pray for those of us in Creation Research as we share so much to praise for. You will be blessed and encouraged by the time you finish this brief electronic newsletter. Yours in Christ’s service

John Mackay for the world wide team. 

Justified.

Juncker Appointment. Brexit?

Monumental stoopidity? - Well it is the European Union! (Or is it all part of the plan that 'Cameron will come riding to the rescue in spiffing white armour?')
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100277552/junckers-appointment-is-a-grand-historical-disaster-which-makes-brexit-very-likely/

Lies And Deceits.

In the runup to the EU Elections, UKIP (and others) destroyed the Lib Dem argument that 3 million jobs are endangered - but now the 'old lie' is being trotted out yet AGAIN!
The trouble is that there will always be some, so simple-minded, that they'll fall for it!

Meriam - The Latest News.

Another cruel twist of the knife: Sudanese mother Meriam Ibrahim faces SEVEN years in jail for trying to flee country hours after death sentence for 'marrying Christian was dropped'

The mother-of-two was told the devastating news after being detained with her husband, US citizen Daniel Wani and their two young children as they tried to fly out of the African country. Mail.

Big.

I Have An Hypothesis Here.

At least 21 killed in Nigerian shopping mall explosion one hour before country kicked off against Argentina in the World Cup.

Hmm. Better Not Take The Risk.

Vile!

Poland's Prime Minister Says Doctor Must Put Law Over Faith, Perform Abortion Despite Christian Belief

By Katherine Weber

Poland's prime minister spoke out Tuesday regarding a nationwide abortion debate after a Catholic doctor refused to perform the life-ending procedure on a patient, even though the fetus had severe abnormalities. Christian Post.

And yet, you know with absolute certainty that most of these apologists for the butchery of the unborn would whinge forever if the rights of conscientious objectors were trampled on in a just war!

How It All Works.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jonathan-arnott/european-parliament_b_5511698.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics

Wallace And Gromit Lead The Way On Climate Change!

John Redhead, Owst Road, Keyingham, East Yorkshire.

ACCORDING to President Obama, to doubt the concept of man-made climate change is akin to believing that the Moon is made of cheese.

Clearly the President has overlooked the work of the celebrated Yorkshire academics, Wallace & Gromit, who some years ago established by personal observation that the Moon is in fact made up entirely of finest Wensleydale.

He may also not have noticed that despite the mythical “carbon” global temperatures have not risen for 17 years and predictions based on solar activity indicate a slight fall in temperature over the next 12 years.

Perhaps the President can’t tell his weather from his climate. Yorks Post.

In The Name Of Cricket - GO!

Dan Hannan On Quitting The EU.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100277381/britain-is-scorned-and-insulted-across-the-eu-why-do-we-stay/

Where To Safely Place Your Trust.

Foolishness?

When Jesus told parables, it was not always to inform, educate and offer salvation. They were also designed so that they would go over the heads of antagonistic listeners. 'So that seeing, they would not perceive.' To many, in a similar fashion, the cross must indeed appear to be foolishness. It is like the man in the building which is on fire who refuses to follow signs to the Fire Exit!

0 - 0

Sooo glad I didn't watch it. So what is the problem? Why are we so dire?
The answer is spotted instantly when you look at Arsenal & Chelsea teams, both Manchesters and of course, Liverpool. Their squads are filled to the gunwales with foreign players. Our youngsters are not being allowed any chance to develop. There has to be restrictions - if, on the club level, this costs us some success in European club competitions - then so be it!

Sky is manipulating us. The European Courts will make restricting numbers on the field to, say, two/three foreign players on the pitch at any one time impossible. You may be able to guess my views on that!

Feeding The Four And The Five Thousand+ Families.

Meriam Now Charged With 'Fraud'!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2668475/Sudanese-mother-freed-death-sentence-arrested-American-husband-babies-feared-security-forces-family-tried-flee-country.html

Marine Le Pen And Geert Wilders FAIL To Form An EU Group

It has long been the policy of this Blog to attack the right as much as it does the left. The trouble has always been that the left has proved far more anti-democratic and anti-Christian than the right - so naturally they have attracted far greater coverage. (The Blog's title had rather anticipated this.)
Le Front National has, for several years, been attempting to become more mainstream and consequently, has moved towards the centre a notch. There is still clear blue water between their position and where UKIP sits on the centre right. Were it not for the inane bigotry of Marine Le Pen's father - who retains influence - Le Front National would have moved away from neo-fascism to respectability by now. And, say what you will about Wilders - the man is an out and out democrat. It is a scandal, even so, that Corbett's nasty, anti-democratic little rule of  '25 MEPs and at least seven countries represented' should have deprived these parties of legitimate funding. Politics at its lowest. Incidentally, Golden Dawn from Greece and several other minority parties are the real rightist hardliners, but in an equitable system, wherein verminous, hardline leftists have tagged onto socialist groups and been readily accepted to gain themselves funding, it is not morally justifiable that these groups should be robbed in this devious manner!
http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/124719

Meriam Rearrested At Khartoum Airport As She Leaves The Country!

Please Pray.

Direct Democracy & What It Means.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jonathan-arnott/european-parliament_b_5511698.html

Blair - I Shall Keep My Opinions Of The Man To Myself.

PEACE ENVOY (Allegedly.) 
Three Former British Ambassadors Call For Blair To Be Fired Over Iraq Crisis

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Diplomats Demand Former PM Is Sacked Over Attempts To 'Absolve Himself'..Letter Argues 2003 Invasion Led To Current Rise In 'Fundamentalist Terrorism'..US Neocons Follow Blair In Rejecting Blame For Rise Of ISIS. Huff Post.

Mother Teresa.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa.

Justifying Abortion: The Most Self-Serving, Evil Arguments I've Ever Encountered

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/francesca-richardsspiller/reasons-for-abortions-mothers_b_5498043.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Hollywood Distortions - No Real Surprise.

Hollywood Distorts Religion, Bible, Claim Christians in New Poll

By Morgan Lee

Results from a recent poll suggest that while nearly 50 percent of American Christians favourably view Hollywood but more than 40 percent believe that the major studios do not accurately represent their faith on screen. Christian News.

So.Cannabis Is Not Addictive, Huh?

The number of children receiving treatment for addiction to cannabis has hit a record high, with one expert warning the age they try the drug for the first time has fallen which places them at greater risk. A total of 13,581 children received medical treatment for drug addiction and cited cannabis as their "main problem drug", which is an increase of nearly 50% in seven years, the latest statistics show.

That number represents 68% of all those under 18 who received medical treatment for substance misuse in England in 2012/13.

The number of young people hospitalised for cannabis addiction has increased nearly 50% in seven years.                                                                                                                                                   The increase in the numbers being treated for cannabis is in contrast to a fall in the number being treated for alcoholism, which fell by 29% in a year to 4,704. Huff Post.