Posted in Deception, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Law, Police, Politics on Saturday, August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Police told to ignore human rights ruling over DNA database
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 August 2009 21.32 BST
Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent [...]
Posted in CPS, Crime, Disaster, Fear, Fiction, Injustice, Integrity, Justice, Law on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/2009/04/bad-week-make-that-bad-fortnight.html
It isn’t getting better is it? Now we have the anti-terrorist operation in the North West apparently drawing a blank, and the arrest and release on bail of 114 potential environmental protesters in the East Midlands (on suspicion of conspiracy, which is a far more serious matter than the substantive offence). [...]
Posted in Atonement, Bad Theology, Christianity, Christology, Consumer, Fear, Good Theology, Indecency, Injustice, Justice, Punishment, Restoration, Theology, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another article linked to my dislike to a permanent angry God. This time a contractual God…
Excellent article by Maggi Dawn
I see that Giles Fraser is getting a bit of stick both in blogland and tweetsville over his latest comments on Good Friday and Easter. He has claimed that the idea that sin is like a [...]
Posted in Christianity, Fear, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below is taken from http://nextreformation.com/?p=2681
“One thing is clear to me:
“The temptation of power is greatest when intimacy is a threat.
“Much Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.
“Many Christian empire-builders have [...]
Posted in Bad Theology, Christology, Compassion, Crime, Evangelical, Good Theology, Holiness, Injustice, Justice, Law, Punishment, Restoration, Theology on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have commented at various times my objections to Penal Substitution, and have included articles within this blog about the same subject. Below is a continuation with some interesting comments to boot. Please look at the link below at Kingdom Grace. Some people can express themselves about the same subject and position far better than [...]
Posted in Church, Consumer, Culture, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below is a sample of a sermon from a friend of ours (my wife spent 3 years studying with him at NTC, Manchester)
Andrew Brower Latz ( preached recently for Christ the King Sunday)
Today is the feast of Christ the King, or the Reign of Christ, the last Sunday of the Christian year. It was [...]
Posted in Capitalism, Conflict, Consumer, Control, Crime, Culture, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Injustice, Institutionalism, Politics, Urban Decay, Violence on Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/politics/4738088/BNP-resurgence-fears-in-climate-of-discontent.html
Fears that voters are turning to extremist parties after losing faith in the Government’s ability to protect British jobs was fuelled yesterday after the BNP took a Labour seat in a district council. By Tom Whitehead. The far-right party triumphed in a by-election in Sevenoaks, Kent, a win [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheist, Capitalism, Christianity, Conflict, Consumer, Crime, Culture, Danger, Fear, Fiction, Fundamentalism, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Law, Muslim, Politics, Racism, Rights, Secularism, Security, Violence on Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the UK we have had articles recently in the press (broad and tabloid) regarding the fear of upsetting other religious groups namely Moslem, by the obvious presence of Christian books- ie the Bible etc. within eyeshot of others. As a consequence, some have placed them on the top shelf of book cases for fear [...]
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Crime, Culture, Deception, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, National Disgrace, Nazarene, Politics, Restoration, Violence, War, Zimbabwe on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back in March 2007, I suggested that an opportunity should be given for any Nazarenes to sign a petition if they so wished. The organisation is a reputable one who had organised the petition, and it is heavily involved with topics of reconciliation and poverty. The request went out via an Church of the Nazarene [...]
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Culture, Ethics, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Prayer on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Caroline Petrie, who has been reinstated Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5675452.ece
A nurse who was suspended without pay for asking a patient whether she would like to be prayed for has been reinstated and will return to work in the next few days.
Caroline Petrie, from Weston-super-Mare, who was subjected to disciplinary action even [...]
