I’ve just returned from a holiday and just catching up on the news. One article I read was about the Episcopalians (Anglican Church in the USA), who recently overturned a moratorium on the consecration of practising lesbian or homosexual bishops. As an aside, I think the debate on homosexuality is out of balance, because the [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Shayne
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The reading for today, in a local church, was Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians 3:1-18, as follows (New Living Translation): “Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you. Pray, too, that [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by Shayne
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In the Macquarie Dictionary, there is a fairly straight forward definition of – heresy:1. doctrine contrary to the orthodox or accepted doctrine of a church or religious system. 2. the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine. 3. any opinion or belief contrary to established theory. So it is interesting when Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Shayne
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Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church of England’s Bishop of Rochester, is under increasing pressure from homosexual activists, after he expressed a view the Church should “welcome homosexuals” but “we want them to repent and be changed”. His critics have said that homophobes, like Bishop Nazie-Ali, ‘have turned their back on the love and compassion that is central to [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Shayne
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My land – is the land, I stand on! On reading the Israeli news media (e.g. http://www.haaretz.com/), you will see a number of articles on USA (and UN) requests to freeze settlement growth – in two main areas: the Palestinian West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Let’s look at the scale of this issue in the [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Shayne
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Has anyone read this article? [It's about the 'split' in the Anglican Church, regarding conservatives and liberal views.] If so – have you any views on it?
Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Shayne
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