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Time for SA Christians to engage with abortion?

2012-01-27T20:15:00.003+02:00

Andre Viljoen in Gateway News January 26, 2012Thirty nine years ago the landmark US Supreme Court ruling known as Roe vs Wade gave American women the right to choose to abort during the first three months of pregnancy. The ruling purportedly acknowledged women’s constitutional right to privacy.Before that judgement many US states had their own laws restricting access to abortion but thereafter

Major victory for life in Europe: ‘Euthanasia must always be prohibited’

2012-01-27T09:01:00.002+02:00

John-Henry Westen in LifeSite NewsJan 26, 2012Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a non-binding resolution stating: “Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited.” The purpose of the resolution, entitled “Protecting human rights and dignity

Govt backs down in face of Nigeria’s general strike

2012-01-26T15:28:00.004+02:00

George Conger in CofE Newspaper20/01/12The Bishop of Lagos has called upon the President of Nigeria to convene an all-party, all-ethnic congress to negotiate the future of the West African nation in the wake of a week-long general strike that followed the government’s lifting of price controls on fuel. On 16 January 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan capitulated to union demands and partially

Rise in dishonesty signals looming 'integrity crisis' in Britain

2012-01-26T08:47:00.002+02:00

British people have become less honest in the last decade, according to a study suggesting moral decline. John Bingham in the Telegraph25 Jan 2012 Lying, adultery, drug taking, breaking the speed limit, drink-driving, and handling stolen goods are all seen as more acceptable than they were at the turn of the century, it suggests. Disapproval of so-called “low level dishonesty” has

GPs told to quiz elderly with serious health problems about 'how they want to die'

2012-01-26T04:23:00.004+02:00

Sophie Borland in MailOnline25th January 2012GPs must ask the elderly with serious health problems if they want ‘do not resuscitate’ orders put in their files, according to senior doctors.They should also find out if patients want to die at home and whether they would rather refuse certain drugs or treatment in their final hours.Doctors who carried out a study found discussions about death

Anglican Unscripted Episode 25

2012-01-26T04:07:00.000+02:00

Not sure how to translate English to American? Kevin and George offer their years of experience in interpreting MISC 1011. They also take a gander at the news of AMiA, PEAR, and Moving Forward. And then there is that HIstory

Captain Coward’: Behold our brave new sexually emancipated world

2012-01-25T15:00:00.004+02:00

Hilary White in LifeSite News24/01/12What kind of man sneaks away under cover of darkness from his own sinking ship, leaving nearly 4200 passengers and crew to fend for themselves? What kind of men knock aside old ladies, little girls and young mothers to get to lifeboats first? Why, modern men, sexually emancipated men who have been raised on the tenets of feminism and our “contemporary”

AMiA break with Rwanda and Anglicanism complete

2012-01-24T18:53:00.004+02:00

George Conger in CofE Newspaper20/01/12Bishop Chuck Murphy along with the other former bishops of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) have rejected the protocol for reconciliation with the Church of Rwanda brokered by the Archbishop of Kenya at the 4 January 2012 meeting in Nairobi. Speaking at a conference in Houston this week, Bishop Murphy reiterated his plans to form a mission society

RESIST MILLITANCY – CHRISTIANS TOLD

2012-01-24T14:31:00.005+02:00

FOLUSO TAIWO in the Church of NigeriaThe Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Rowan Williams has in continuation of dialogue and mutual support, sent his sympathy to his colleague the Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion) the Most Rev Nicholas .D. Okoh on the national strike and the continuing dastardly acts and campaign by Boko Haram. Speaking through the Rt Rev

The new outlaws: how same-sex marriage suffocates freedom

2012-01-23T17:58:00.002+02:00

Bryce J. Christensen in Mercator.net23 January 2012Those advocating the radical social innovation, which they label “same-sex or gay marriage,” typically claim that they are fighting for freedom, championing a basic liberty. “Freedom to Marry” is indeed the name of a national organization devoted to the advocacy of same-sex marriage. Established in 2003 by civil-rights advocate Evan Wolfson

Why being Christian gets you crucified

2012-01-23T15:45:00.003+02:00

Miranda Devine in the AU Sunday TelegraphJanuary 22, 2012THE cyber bullies who piled onto anti-porn activist Melinda Tankard Reist last week are behaving like 17th century witch hunters, not the enlightened tolerance queens they claim to be.Tankard Reist's crime was to be profiled not unfavourably in a magazine which described her as "one of Australia's best-known feminist voices".This infuriated

AMiA Break with Rwanda and Anglicanism Complete

2012-01-23T08:45:00.003+02:00

Bishop Murphy tells Winter Conference the AM is ready to go it aloneGeorge Conger in Anglican InkBishop Chuck Murphy along with the other former bishops of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) have rejected the protocol for reconciliation with the Church of Rwanda brokered by the Archbishop of Kenya at the 4 January 2012 meeting in Nairobi. Speaking at a conference in Houston this week,

Church of England General Synod Report Encourages “Open-Ended Engagement”

2012-01-22T09:18:00.003+02:00

Link:The General Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, released a report this week providing further clarity on its working relationship with the Anglican Church in North America, and encouraged an “open-ended engagement with ACNA on the part of the Church of England and the (Anglican) Communion.” “We are encouraged by the desire of the Church of England to

Presbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy

2012-01-22T06:27:00.004+02:00

Barbara Liston (Reuters) Jan 19, 2012 Presbyterians opposed to gay clergy split from the church on Thursday, announcing in Orlando a new denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.More than 2,000 Presbyterians from 500 churches witnessed the launch of the new group, which was formed in reaction to a decision in July by the 2.3 million member Presbyterian Church (USA)

Special Offer

2012-01-21T15:14:00.002+02:00

January 21st, 2012 Anglican Mainstream By David Lindsay If you won't advertise abortion, then don't allow abortion. To cite only one among many possible examples, will these adverts mention Marie Stopes's extravagant, versified love letters to Hitler? Or that she disowned her own son because he married a woman who wore glasses? Or her campaign for the compulsory sterilisation of "

Message from Bishop David Anderson - AAC

2012-01-21T07:23:00.003+02:00

20th January, 2012Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Anglican family,Over the last few months, the Anglican Mission and its relationship with the Anglican Province of Rwanda has been a subject of intense interest on blogs and internet postings. Various letters have circulated, and most of you have read them. This week, the Archbishop and Primate of Kenya and chairman of the GAFCON Primates

News Bulletin 20 January 2012 -- The Christian Institute

2012-01-21T05:53:00.001+02:00

UK: MP: the dying need care not assisted suicide

2012-01-21T05:45:00.002+02:00

January 20th, 2012 From The Christian Institute David Burrowes MP led a Westminster Hall debate on palliative care on the 17 January 2012. He spoke out against assisted suicide, instead backing end-of-life care services. He commented: "Rather than legislating for an abrupt end to life, we need to find better ways to help care for the dying".

A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population

2012-01-20T14:47:00.005+02:00

ANALYSIS December 19, 2011Executive SummaryA comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion. Christians are also geographically widespread – so far-flung, in fact, that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to be

Christians in Uganda demand protection from Muslim extremists

2012-01-20T06:05:00.003+02:00

Islam devotees go on defense after acid attack on preacherIoannis Gatsiounis inThe Washington Times18/01/12A Pentecostal preacher who has converted thousands of Muslims to Christianity was disfigured when men shouting “God is great” in Arabic threw acid in his face in a Christmas Eve attack that has stoked religious tensions here.The victim, Umar Mulinde, is a Muslim convert to Christianity

My Take: The Bible really does condemn homosexuality

2012-01-19T18:15:00.005+02:00

Source:Editor’s Note: Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D., is associate professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and author of The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics and (with Dan Via) Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views. In her recent CNN Belief Blog post “The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality,” Jennifer Wright Knust claims that Christians can’t

The Torah Declaration is a public statement signed by 1 8 0 Rabbis, Community Leaders, and Mental Health Professionals

2012-01-19T17:45:00.004+02:00

Source: Torah DeclarationAnglican MainstresamSocietal Developments On HomosexualityThere has been a monumental shift in the secular world’s attitude towards homosexuality over the past few decades. In particular over the past fifteen years there has been a major public campaign to gain acceptance for homosexuality. Legalizing same-sex marriage has become the end goal of

Pro-life website to offer facts on abortion clinics

2012-01-19T06:38:00.002+02:00

Cheryl Wetzstein in The Washington Time17/01/12A pro-life group has launched a new website offering what it calls detailed “derogatory information” about the nation’s abortion clinics and abortion providers.“We get calls every day, ‘Oh, this happened at this clinic,’ and ‘This happened at this clinic.’ Now the whole world can see how horrible abortion is,” said Troy Newman, president of

ANGLICAN UNSCRIPTED EPISODE 24

2012-01-19T04:13:00.001+02:00