Irish CatholicBishop warns against gay marriage moveMichael KellyA leading bishop has warned the Government against the introduction of domestic partnerships for gay couples insisting that ”the State exists for the family and not the family for the State”.Speaking at the Annual Knock Novena, Bishop Christopher Jones argued that the ”Government must never introduce any form of legislation that could possibly undermine the importance and significance of marriage and family life in our country.”Dr
FROM SIKKIM EXPRESS BY SUREN MOHRA SOMBARIA, August 20: Two persons were killed, eight people were injured, scores of houses including government structures were damaged and cattle and standing crops were washed away by a massive landslide at Sombaria, West Sikkim yesterday night even as reports of more slides have been pouring in from other parts of the district. The Sombaria block faced the burnt of the rash of slides in West Sikkim triggered by heavy downpour in the last few days.
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SIKKIM: DEATH AND DEVASTATION COMES SLIDING IN AT SOMBARIA Two killed, scores of houses damaged, livestock buried, no power & drinking water…
A Council in the North of England is putting up Christmas lights in August in order to celebrate the religious festivals of several faiths.Rochdale Borough Council say the lights in Milnrow, Lancashire, will be used to celebrate a number of festivals, starting with the Muslim feast of Eid in September. Other “holy days” over the next few months include Hindu Diwali celebrations in October, the Jewish feast of Hanukkah in December and even Yule, the pagan celebration of the winter solstice
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Christmas lights in August? For all faiths, says council
I’ve seen this list in various forms, but just in case you haven’t seen it before, here’s John Stott’s list of the five paradoxes of preaching: 1. Authentic Christian preaching is both biblical and contemporary 2. Authentic Christian preaching is both authoritative and tentative 3. Authentic Christian preaching is both prophetic and pastoral 4. Authentic Christian preaching is both gifted and studied 5. Authentic Christian preaching is both thoughtful and passionate Stott concludes his article with this important observation: Our adversary, the devil, is the enemy of moderation and balance. One of his favourite hobbies, I’m persuaded, is tipping evangelical Christians off balance. If he cannot get us to dny Christ, then he will be happy if we distort Christ. Instead I want to encourage the read to develop what I call B.B.C. – Balanced Biblical Christianity. Let us seek to combine these truths that complement one another, and let’s not separate what God has united. For it is in these paradoxes that authentic Christian preaching is to be found. As we look over these five paradoxes, where do we see the balance missing today? Too much tentative preaching? Too much reliance on gifting alone? Too thoughtful without passion, or too passionate without thought? I suppose it is different in each culture, each denomination, each church. But it is worth the effort to think through where we might be becoming unbalanced.
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John Stott’s Paradoxes of Preaching
“[Spindrift has] upgraded the master’s spaghetti sonics for the new millennium on its imminent full-length debut The West…” -Wired.com“L.A.s leading practitioners of exotic soundscapes, conjuring up dreamy spells that alternately evoke spaghetti Westerns, psychedelia, dusty blues and Old World klezmer.” -LA WeeklyMixing the dusty, cinematic soundscapes of old spaghetti-western films with the mind-expanding Psych Rock of modern practitioners like The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre (n
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Spindrift Announce Dates w/ The Dandy Warhols, Monolith Festival, and More!
London is the home of magnificent musical productions, it creates the path for nonconformity and superb acting. The theatre plays and musical productions that run are both innovative and excellent. That is a good reason why the west end of London attracts a bunch of world famous actors to star in plays such as Billy Elliot and Rain Man
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Discover the Very Latest Theatre Plays this Year with Leicester Square Box Office
Associated Baptist Press – Bob AllenJohn Piper says possible tornado a warning to LutheransMINNEAPOLIS (ABP) — A Baptist pastor and popular Calvinist author says it was no accident that tornado-force winds hit downtown Minneapolis the same week that the nation’s largest Lutheran group was meeting there to debate liberalizing its policies toward gays.John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, wrote in an Aug. 20 blog that powerful winds that ripped through the city Aug. 19 wer
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John Piper a Baptist pastor and popular Calvinist author says it was no accident that tornado-force winds hit downtown Minneapolis the same week that…
“ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. ” – John 3:8 Many Christians have heard the story of the Pharisee coming at night to Jesus. Jesus famously told Nicodemus that he must be born again, to the befuddlement of that teacher of Israel. A bit later in the chapter sits the most famous verse in Scripture: John 3:16. In between is this little verse – not its o
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Wind, Faith, and Born Again
The “Normal” excuse is the excuse we use to justify not doing or attempting anything great for God. “I’m just a normal person, what can I do?” “God can’t use me, I’m not important.” “I’m a nobody, why would God even want to use me?” While reading through the Bible it seems to me that God enjoys using normal, everyday people. Most are not some kind of superhero or prominent person in society, they’re just normal. Some are what we would consider the lower end of society and one’s a donke
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The “Normal” Excuse
Our internet has been down and still isn’t working really well. I will try to do better with some updates but I wanted to say thank you for those who pray for us. God is doing a great work and we know it is because God’s people are praying.We hold a kids club in an area where we want to start a church. We would like to start this new work in a few months. Last week, we had one profession of faith there and this week we had three. This area is called Sanre. God gave a piece of land here a f
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Internet down but God is still blessing