http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2760
[VirtueOnline] July 17, 2005--A Joint Affirmation of the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America
Monday, July 18, 2005
Kazakhstan Laws Tighten Restrictions on Religious Activity
http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1700/section/kazakhstan.laws.tighten.restrictions.on.religious.activity/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 16, 2005--New national security amendments, signed recently by Kazkhstan's president, have brought in tight new restrictions on religious activity that violate the country's international human rights commitments, a Norway-based watchdog group reported yesterday.
[The Christian Post] July 16, 2005--New national security amendments, signed recently by Kazkhstan's president, have brought in tight new restrictions on religious activity that violate the country's international human rights commitments, a Norway-based watchdog group reported yesterday.
Dumped into Drums
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/007/28.56.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 18, 2005--Eritrea ramps up brutal crackdown on Christians.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 18, 2005--Eritrea ramps up brutal crackdown on Christians.
Christianity Today News Briefs
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/008/10.23.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 18, 2005--Saudi Arabia releases arrested Christians, Canadian college disallows criticism of homosexuality.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 18, 2005--Saudi Arabia releases arrested Christians, Canadian college disallows criticism of homosexuality.
To Set our Hope on Christ: A Layman Responds
http://www.louisiana.standfirminfaith.com/archives/000775.shtml
[Stand Firm Louisiana] July 18, 2005--I read carefully the document To Set Our Hope on Christ: A Response to the Invitation of Windsor Report Paragraph 135 and I was troubled – not as much by the position the authors take regarding same sex relationship, for I am an academician trained to entertain objectively positions different from my own. Rather, I was troubled by the theology, philosophy and biblical scholarship underlying that position
[Stand Firm Louisiana] July 18, 2005--I read carefully the document To Set Our Hope on Christ: A Response to the Invitation of Windsor Report Paragraph 135 and I was troubled – not as much by the position the authors take regarding same sex relationship, for I am an academician trained to entertain objectively positions different from my own. Rather, I was troubled by the theology, philosophy and biblical scholarship underlying that position
The contest between good and evil
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/15/1121422838233.html
[The Age] July 16, 2005--When Jordon released a radical preacher recently, the world got a glimpse into the politics of terror.
[The Age] July 16, 2005--When Jordon released a radical preacher recently, the world got a glimpse into the politics of terror.
Islamic schools under scrutiny
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1415466.htm
[ABC Radio] July 17, 2005--As the London police uncover more evidence, attention is also moving to Islamic schools overseas which may play a part in training terrorists.
[ABC Radio] July 17, 2005--As the London police uncover more evidence, attention is also moving to Islamic schools overseas which may play a part in training terrorists.
Britain has failed many young Muslims: Imam Ajmal Masroor
http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2005/s1415420.htm
[ABC Radio] July 17, 2005--Imam Ajmal Masroor says the British community has failed many young Muslims, who are trying to follow their religious ideals in a liberal society.
[ABC Radio] July 17, 2005--Imam Ajmal Masroor says the British community has failed many young Muslims, who are trying to follow their religious ideals in a liberal society.
Time to set some limits
http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/17/1121538863185.html
[The Age] July 18, 2005--For the past two years Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad has preached in a London mosque, calling for Muslims to wage a holy war against Britain. Seemingly no one in tolerant, free-speech Britain has thought it a good idea to stop him. At a public meeting last December, he vowed that if Western governments did not change their policies, Muslims would give them "a 9/11 day after day after day".
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[The Age] July 18, 2005--For the past two years Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad has preached in a London mosque, calling for Muslims to wage a holy war against Britain. Seemingly no one in tolerant, free-speech Britain has thought it a good idea to stop him. At a public meeting last December, he vowed that if Western governments did not change their policies, Muslims would give them "a 9/11 day after day after day".
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The aim: Muslim state from Spain to Indonesia
http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/17/1121538866657.html?oneclick=true
[The Age] July 18, 2005--The accents were from the north of England. It was hard to know whether the scruffy, earnest and clearly hostile young men crowded into a smelly flat in Lahore were really dangerous, or whether they were just playing at being jihadis.
[The Age] July 18, 2005--The accents were from the north of England. It was hard to know whether the scruffy, earnest and clearly hostile young men crowded into a smelly flat in Lahore were really dangerous, or whether they were just playing at being jihadis.
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Priest rebuts bishop’s charges
http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14866805&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6
[The Bristol Press] July 15, 2005--The Rev. Mark Hansen is accusing the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut of misrepresenting key facts and endangering his family’s well-being in his decision Wednesday to suspend the Bristol priest from his pulpit.
[The Bristol Press] July 15, 2005--The Rev. Mark Hansen is accusing the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut of misrepresenting key facts and endangering his family’s well-being in his decision Wednesday to suspend the Bristol priest from his pulpit.
"Bishop Smith has acted in an unlawful and punitive manner": A Statement on the Actions of Bishop Smith by ACN Moderator Bishop Robert Duncan
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2754
[VirtueOnline] July 16, 2005--I say again what we all said in our April letter: At the March meeting of the House of Bishops we agreed as Bishops not to cross diocesan boundaries for Episcopal acts. But our agreement to this moratorium was based on other moratoria being observed as well as on the maintenance of status quo as regards actions against the conservative minority. Bishop Smith has again broken that status quo, jeopardized the future of a faithful Episcopal parish and taken steps that, if unchallenged, would end the ministry of a loyal Episcopal priest. I have no choice but to work with other communion leaders directly to challenge this action.
[VirtueOnline] July 16, 2005--I say again what we all said in our April letter: At the March meeting of the House of Bishops we agreed as Bishops not to cross diocesan boundaries for Episcopal acts. But our agreement to this moratorium was based on other moratoria being observed as well as on the maintenance of status quo as regards actions against the conservative minority. Bishop Smith has again broken that status quo, jeopardized the future of a faithful Episcopal parish and taken steps that, if unchallenged, would end the ministry of a loyal Episcopal priest. I have no choice but to work with other communion leaders directly to challenge this action.
Senate Committee Sends Gay 'Marriage' Bill Back to Senate with No Amendments - Pray
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071502.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--The Standing Senate Committee On Legal And Constitutional Affairs has sent the gay 'marriage' bill C-38 back to the full Senate for report stage and final reading and vote. The Senate will commence Monday at 6pm with C-38 on the agenda.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--The Standing Senate Committee On Legal And Constitutional Affairs has sent the gay 'marriage' bill C-38 back to the full Senate for report stage and final reading and vote. The Senate will commence Monday at 6pm with C-38 on the agenda.
Bible Will Have to be Altered in Canada Fears Former Ontario Human Rights Commissioner
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071503.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Mr. Abdul Hai Patel, of the Islamic Council of Imams Canada, made a presentation to the Senate Committee on the gay 'marriage' legislation Wednesday. During his presentation he noted that he is a "former commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission," and from his experience believes that the gay 'marriage' law, "if exercised, can become a subject of future challenges with respect to the Ontario Human Rights Code."
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Mr. Abdul Hai Patel, of the Islamic Council of Imams Canada, made a presentation to the Senate Committee on the gay 'marriage' legislation Wednesday. During his presentation he noted that he is a "former commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission," and from his experience believes that the gay 'marriage' law, "if exercised, can become a subject of future challenges with respect to the Ontario Human Rights Code."
Panel of Reference Meets to Begin Dispute Resolutions
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/00/acns4008.cfm
[Anglican Communion News Service] July 14, 2005--The Panel of Reference, established by Archbishop Rowan Williams in response to the request of the Primates and Moderators of the Provinces of the Anglican Communion in their Communiqué issued from Dromantine, Northern Ireland, in February 2005, met in London from Tuesday, 12th - Thursday, 14th July 2005. Members have been united in their prayers for, and send messages of goodwill to, all who suffer in any way as a result of the recent terrorist outrages in London. The Panel also shared in daily prayers and the celebration of the Eucharist.
Related article:
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.panel.of.reference.meets.in.anglican.communion.office/679.htm
Church of England Panel of Reference Meets in Anglican Communion Office - Christianity Today UK
[Anglican Communion News Service] July 14, 2005--The Panel of Reference, established by Archbishop Rowan Williams in response to the request of the Primates and Moderators of the Provinces of the Anglican Communion in their Communiqué issued from Dromantine, Northern Ireland, in February 2005, met in London from Tuesday, 12th - Thursday, 14th July 2005. Members have been united in their prayers for, and send messages of goodwill to, all who suffer in any way as a result of the recent terrorist outrages in London. The Panel also shared in daily prayers and the celebration of the Eucharist.
Related article:
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.panel.of.reference.meets.in.anglican.communion.office/679.htm
Church of England Panel of Reference Meets in Anglican Communion Office - Christianity Today UK
Church Cannot Baptize Babies of Same-Sex Couples Says Quebec Cardinal
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071504.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Just how confusing and damaging the official legal recognition of same-sex 'marriage' will be has been made apparent by Cardinal Ouellet's recent remarks to the Senate's Bill C-38 committee.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Just how confusing and damaging the official legal recognition of same-sex 'marriage' will be has been made apparent by Cardinal Ouellet's recent remarks to the Senate's Bill C-38 committee.
A Statement by Six Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA Repudiating Actions of Andrew Smith, Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2752
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--Is the bishop of Connecticut a "Kissing Judas"? The author and scholar, Os Guinness, has recovered Soren Kierkegaard's 19th century stinging rebuke of the Church's leadership and applied it to many in the current Episcopal House of Bishops.
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--Is the bishop of Connecticut a "Kissing Judas"? The author and scholar, Os Guinness, has recovered Soren Kierkegaard's 19th century stinging rebuke of the Church's leadership and applied it to many in the current Episcopal House of Bishops.
Intolerant Secularism Canada's New State Religion says Senate Committee Witness
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071505.html
[LifesiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Yesterday, Dr. John Patrick, Director of Public Policy for the Canadian Christian Medical and Dental Society, Professor of History of Science and Medicine at Augustine College spoke to the Senate hearing on the imposition of gay 'marriage,' and its potential impact on Canadian society. His organization represents approximately 1500 Canadian physicians.
[LifesiteNews.com] July 15, 2005--Yesterday, Dr. John Patrick, Director of Public Policy for the Canadian Christian Medical and Dental Society, Professor of History of Science and Medicine at Augustine College spoke to the Senate hearing on the imposition of gay 'marriage,' and its potential impact on Canadian society. His organization represents approximately 1500 Canadian physicians.
Harry Beasts: The animal symbols in Potterdom are powerful pointers to Christian reality
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/128/52.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 15, 2005--Books that are rich in symbolism necessarily support a Christian worldview. The difference between believers and atheists or agnostics is that the secular crowd does not believe that anything exists beyond what can be sensed or measured. Everything is a this-worldly quantity. Christians understand the world to be a shadow of the reality of its Creator and that this greater reality—God—is rightly the focus of our lives. Symbolic literature requires—and celebrates—this otherworldly perspective that magically undermines the worldly, atheistic, and materialist perspective of our times.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/education/895/section/finding.god.in.harry.potter/1.htm
Finding God in Harry Potter - The Christian Post
[ChristianityToday.com] July 15, 2005--Books that are rich in symbolism necessarily support a Christian worldview. The difference between believers and atheists or agnostics is that the secular crowd does not believe that anything exists beyond what can be sensed or measured. Everything is a this-worldly quantity. Christians understand the world to be a shadow of the reality of its Creator and that this greater reality—God—is rightly the focus of our lives. Symbolic literature requires—and celebrates—this otherworldly perspective that magically undermines the worldly, atheistic, and materialist perspective of our times.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/education/895/section/finding.god.in.harry.potter/1.htm
Finding God in Harry Potter - The Christian Post
Out of Africa: The leader of nearly 18 million Nigerian Anglicans challenges the West's theology and control
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/007/27.40.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 15, 2005--Philip Jenkins, in his groundbreaking The Next Christendom, wrote that a "global perspective should make us think carefully before asserting 'what Christians believe' or 'how the church is changing.' All too often [such statements] refer only to what that ever-shrinking remnant of Western Christians and Catholics believe. Such assertions are outrageous today. … The era of Western Christianity has passed within our lifetimes, and the day of Southern Christianity is dawning."
[ChristianityToday.com] July 15, 2005--Philip Jenkins, in his groundbreaking The Next Christendom, wrote that a "global perspective should make us think carefully before asserting 'what Christians believe' or 'how the church is changing.' All too often [such statements] refer only to what that ever-shrinking remnant of Western Christians and Catholics believe. Such assertions are outrageous today. … The era of Western Christianity has passed within our lifetimes, and the day of Southern Christianity is dawning."
The Rev. Mark Hansen: A Personal Statement in Response to Bishop Smith’s Inhibition
From the AAC Weekly Update
July 13, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
The Rev. Mark Hansen
860-796-1175
I am personally devastated by Bishop Smith’s actions today. In inhibiting me on the grounds of abandonment of communion, he has misrepresented facts and caused tremendous stress on both my family and St. John’s Church. The bishop is fully aware that family circumstances necessitated a sabbatical leave. I have informed him of the fact that our son has needs requiring a variety of specialized support services. The needs are real, and the services are expensive. In inhibiting me, the bishop has knowingly and willfully endangered my family’s well-being and security. If the bishop had issues with my contractual arrangements with the congregation, surely his concerns could have been expressed through pastoral rather than canonical actions, particularly in light of his knowledge of my specific circumstances.
I have done all in my power to be faithful to providing for my family, but I have never lost sight of my responsibility to St. John’s. I have had the full support of the church leadership and congregation and remain committed to the church. Despite the bishop’s claims to the contrary, St. John’s has never been without pastoral care in the form of supply clergy for both weekday coverage and Sunday services. I am deeply saddened at the tactics displayed by Bishop Smith and his 12 associates who ignored pleas of St. John’s elected leadership, intimated those who attempted to reason with them, and hacked into computers to obtain confidential church records. How can this possibly be construed as being “concerned for the life and ministry of St. John’s”?
My wife Ceil and I ask for your prayers during this difficult trial.
July 13, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
The Rev. Mark Hansen
860-796-1175
I am personally devastated by Bishop Smith’s actions today. In inhibiting me on the grounds of abandonment of communion, he has misrepresented facts and caused tremendous stress on both my family and St. John’s Church. The bishop is fully aware that family circumstances necessitated a sabbatical leave. I have informed him of the fact that our son has needs requiring a variety of specialized support services. The needs are real, and the services are expensive. In inhibiting me, the bishop has knowingly and willfully endangered my family’s well-being and security. If the bishop had issues with my contractual arrangements with the congregation, surely his concerns could have been expressed through pastoral rather than canonical actions, particularly in light of his knowledge of my specific circumstances.
I have done all in my power to be faithful to providing for my family, but I have never lost sight of my responsibility to St. John’s. I have had the full support of the church leadership and congregation and remain committed to the church. Despite the bishop’s claims to the contrary, St. John’s has never been without pastoral care in the form of supply clergy for both weekday coverage and Sunday services. I am deeply saddened at the tactics displayed by Bishop Smith and his 12 associates who ignored pleas of St. John’s elected leadership, intimated those who attempted to reason with them, and hacked into computers to obtain confidential church records. How can this possibly be construed as being “concerned for the life and ministry of St. John’s”?
My wife Ceil and I ask for your prayers during this difficult trial.
Friday, July 15, 2005
A Statement from the American Anglican Council Condemning Seizure of St. John’s Church, Bristol by Bishop of Connecticut
http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.691897/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={30431B97-9B1C-4DBF-94F6-9843EC47BD49}¬oc=1
[American Anglican Council] July 14, 2005--Yesterday, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith, Bishop of Connecticut, issued an inhibition against the Rev. Mark Hansen, rector of St. John’s, Bristol and seized church property over the protest of the church’s elected lay leadership. We believe there are serious questions regarding the canonical grounds upon which this inhibition was based as well as inconsistencies in the bishop’s explanation of his actions. We are outraged that any bishop would seize control of a church without lengthy consultation with the vestry [elected church board], and to do so in the name of pastoral concern is unconscionable. Bishop Smith has exhibited pastoral disregard for the leaders, members and clergy of St. John’s. He also seems to display a lack of episcopal discretion and appears devoid of prudent counsel with which bishops are expected to carry out the historic and canonical role to which they are called.
[American Anglican Council] July 14, 2005--Yesterday, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith, Bishop of Connecticut, issued an inhibition against the Rev. Mark Hansen, rector of St. John’s, Bristol and seized church property over the protest of the church’s elected lay leadership. We believe there are serious questions regarding the canonical grounds upon which this inhibition was based as well as inconsistencies in the bishop’s explanation of his actions. We are outraged that any bishop would seize control of a church without lengthy consultation with the vestry [elected church board], and to do so in the name of pastoral concern is unconscionable. Bishop Smith has exhibited pastoral disregard for the leaders, members and clergy of St. John’s. He also seems to display a lack of episcopal discretion and appears devoid of prudent counsel with which bishops are expected to carry out the historic and canonical role to which they are called.
A Statement from Five Connecticut Episcopal Churches Decrying Actions of the Bishop of Connecticut
http://www.americananglican.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ikLUK3MJIpG&b=689485&ct=1181407
[American Anglican Council] July 13, 2005--We are extremely sympathetic to Father Mark Hansen, a godly and committed priest who is experiencing outrageous abuse at the hands of Bishop Andrew Smith. Father Hansen has sought to serve St. John’s and protect the interests of a congregation at odds with Bishop Smith regarding theological and doctrinal issues. Bishop Smith’s inhibition of Father Hansen is unconscionable and represents a personal attack devoid of pastoral concern for the Hansen family or the parishioners of St. John's.
[American Anglican Council] July 13, 2005--We are extremely sympathetic to Father Mark Hansen, a godly and committed priest who is experiencing outrageous abuse at the hands of Bishop Andrew Smith. Father Hansen has sought to serve St. John’s and protect the interests of a congregation at odds with Bishop Smith regarding theological and doctrinal issues. Bishop Smith’s inhibition of Father Hansen is unconscionable and represents a personal attack devoid of pastoral concern for the Hansen family or the parishioners of St. John's.
Connecticut bishop's actions reminiscent of inquisition
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2749
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--When the Bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith performed a lightning raid on the parish of St. John's in Bristol Connecticut this week; shutting out its rector, changing the locks on all the doors, breaking down the door to his private study, "hacking" into his parish computer that had confidential details on the lives of parishioners, he gave new meaning to the Inquisition of the Middle Ages.
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--When the Bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith performed a lightning raid on the parish of St. John's in Bristol Connecticut this week; shutting out its rector, changing the locks on all the doors, breaking down the door to his private study, "hacking" into his parish computer that had confidential details on the lives of parishioners, he gave new meaning to the Inquisition of the Middle Ages.
ACC's Sanctimonious Claptrap
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2748
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--It is not very often that I pay heed to newspaper editorials but last Thursdays Daily Telegraph editorial summed up perfectly the Anglican Peace and Justice networks recommendation to the ACC to encourage that provinces disinvest from Israel.
[VirtueOnline] July 15, 2005--It is not very often that I pay heed to newspaper editorials but last Thursdays Daily Telegraph editorial summed up perfectly the Anglican Peace and Justice networks recommendation to the ACC to encourage that provinces disinvest from Israel.
The Episcopal Church Self-Destructs over Homosexuality
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2746
[VirtueOnline] July 14, 2005--The Episcopal Church has been flirting with a disastrous schism for the last thirty-five years, and now a formal breakup seems inevitable following an unapologetic June 17–22, 2005, appearance before the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Nottingham, England. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the church's defense of its consecration of "gay" Bishop V. Gene Robinson.
[VirtueOnline] July 14, 2005--The Episcopal Church has been flirting with a disastrous schism for the last thirty-five years, and now a formal breakup seems inevitable following an unapologetic June 17–22, 2005, appearance before the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Nottingham, England. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the church's defense of its consecration of "gay" Bishop V. Gene Robinson.
Women bishops clear first hurdle in Synod
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/80256FA1003E05C1/httpPublicPages/EA7DF5E479E4DEF18025703E0047FD2C?opendocument
[Church Times] July 15, 2005--The Church of England's General Synod voted on Monday to remove legal obstacles that prevent women from becoming bishops. Traditionalists warned that the move was "premature and dangerous".
[Church Times] July 15, 2005--The Church of England's General Synod voted on Monday to remove legal obstacles that prevent women from becoming bishops. Traditionalists warned that the move was "premature and dangerous".
Connecticut Bishop Cuts-Off Conservative Priests
http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2166/section/connecticut.bishop.cuts-off.conservative.priests/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 15, 2005--One of six Episcopal priests who had opposed the Connecticut Anglican bishop’s support for the ordination of a gay bishop was temporary banned from his church Wednesday.
Related article:
http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14857256&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6
Bishop suspends Episcopal priest - The Bristol Press
[The Christian Post] July 15, 2005--One of six Episcopal priests who had opposed the Connecticut Anglican bishop’s support for the ordination of a gay bishop was temporary banned from his church Wednesday.
Related article:
http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14857256&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6
Bishop suspends Episcopal priest - The Bristol Press
Despite Iraq’s turmoil, churches are growing
http://www.baptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=21209
[Baptist Press News] July 14, 2005--Beneath the rubble of news about bombings, hostage-taking and political wrangling in Iraq lies a more positive picture of fledgling evangelical churches, Compass Direct news service noted in a report during the July 8-10 weekend.
[Baptist Press News] July 14, 2005--Beneath the rubble of news about bombings, hostage-taking and political wrangling in Iraq lies a more positive picture of fledgling evangelical churches, Compass Direct news service noted in a report during the July 8-10 weekend.
Saskatchewan Marriage Commissioner under Investigation for Unwillingness to Perform Gay 'Marriages'
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071403.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 14, 2005--Saskatchewan's Justice Minister is investigating a complaint about a marriage commissioner there who has refused to perform same-sex "marriages."
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 14, 2005--Saskatchewan's Justice Minister is investigating a complaint about a marriage commissioner there who has refused to perform same-sex "marriages."
Human Cloning to be the Next Step in Spanish Socialists’ Anti-Catholic Programme
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071404.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 14, 2005--Critics of the movement of the new Spanish government to liberalize the country might be forgiven for thinking that the real goal is to radically de-Catholicize the country. The list of initiatives taken by the Zapatero socialists could have been lifted straight from the Catholic Catechism’s list of the most popular modern sins. With over 80% of the country still claiming to belong to the Catholic Church, and with Spain’s recent history of anti-Catholic Marxist pogroms before the Franco regime, the impression becomes even stronger.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 14, 2005--Critics of the movement of the new Spanish government to liberalize the country might be forgiven for thinking that the real goal is to radically de-Catholicize the country. The list of initiatives taken by the Zapatero socialists could have been lifted straight from the Catholic Catechism’s list of the most popular modern sins. With over 80% of the country still claiming to belong to the Catholic Church, and with Spain’s recent history of anti-Catholic Marxist pogroms before the Franco regime, the impression becomes even stronger.
Europe's demographic crisis
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/chuckcolson/cc20050711.shtml
[townhall.com] July 11, 2005--Elsewhere in Germany and the rest of Europe, the emptying landscape provides an opening for an unlikely immigrant: the wolf. German biologists expect the growing packs to head soon toward Berlin.
[townhall.com] July 11, 2005--Elsewhere in Germany and the rest of Europe, the emptying landscape provides an opening for an unlikely immigrant: the wolf. German biologists expect the growing packs to head soon toward Berlin.
California Same-sex Marriage Bill Passes Legislative Committee
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1677/section/california.same-sex.marriage.bill.passes.legislative.committee/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 15, 2005--A legislative committee approved the new version of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in California, reviving the issue for a second chance at passage.
Realted article:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/11/151847.shtml
California to Push Same-Sex Marriage Again - NewsMax.com
[The Christian Post] July 15, 2005--A legislative committee approved the new version of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in California, reviving the issue for a second chance at passage.
Realted article:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/11/151847.shtml
California to Push Same-Sex Marriage Again - NewsMax.com
Vida Nueva
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/007/26.36.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 14, 2005--A dying urban church found new life to be costly.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 14, 2005--A dying urban church found new life to be costly.
Eminent Domain: Churches 'Targeted by the Bulldozers'
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1340426.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 15, 2005--There is disagreement over whether the U.S. Supreme Court's recent eminent domain decision endangers the property rights of churches, synagogues and other religious institutions. Some argue that the First Amendment and existing laws may offer adequate protection, while others worry that the decision will open the door to a political assault on the property of people of faith.
[Crosswalk.com] July 15, 2005--There is disagreement over whether the U.S. Supreme Court's recent eminent domain decision endangers the property rights of churches, synagogues and other religious institutions. Some argue that the First Amendment and existing laws may offer adequate protection, while others worry that the decision will open the door to a political assault on the property of people of faith.
Connecticut Six Defend their Churches’ Sanctity
http://titusonenine.classicalanglican.net/index.php?p=7818
[Titusonenine] July 13, 2005--Six Connecticut Episcopal churches have respectfully but firmly placedlimits on their diocesan bishop’s recently scheduled official visitations totheir congregations. In a letter delivered to Bishop Andrew Smith onWednesday, the six churches informed their Bishop that while he will bewelcomed at any time, their clergy and congregations believe it would beinappropriate for him to preach or to preside at the Eucharist.
[Titusonenine] July 13, 2005--Six Connecticut Episcopal churches have respectfully but firmly placedlimits on their diocesan bishop’s recently scheduled official visitations totheir congregations. In a letter delivered to Bishop Andrew Smith onWednesday, the six churches informed their Bishop that while he will bewelcomed at any time, their clergy and congregations believe it would beinappropriate for him to preach or to preside at the Eucharist.
UK multi-culturalism under spotlight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4681615.stm
[BBC News] July 14, 2005--The radicalisation of some younger members of Britain's 1.5 million-strong Muslim community has led to often heated debate. Now questions are being asked about whether British-style multi-culturalism is succeeding or failing.
Related article:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20050711.shtml
Terrorism's root causes - townhall.com
[BBC News] July 14, 2005--The radicalisation of some younger members of Britain's 1.5 million-strong Muslim community has led to often heated debate. Now questions are being asked about whether British-style multi-culturalism is succeeding or failing.
Related article:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20050711.shtml
Terrorism's root causes - townhall.com
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Episcopal priest is removed in Connecticut
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/nyregion/14episcopal.html?ex=1122004800&en=1b4eb6c3ca464769&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
[New York Times] July 13, 2005-- In the first step toward defrocking, one of the six Episcopal priests who has opposed the Connecticut bishop's support for the ordination of gay bishops was temporarily removed from his duties as rector of a church in Bristol on Wednesday because he had taken an unauthorized sabbatical.
Related articles:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Priest%20Removal
Episcopal bishop in Conn. suspends priest - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3590013&nav=3YeXc63r
Episcopal bishop inhibits one of six embattled priests - WTNH.com
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2742
Connecticut bishop swoops in on orthodox rector. Inhibits him - VirtueOnline
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2744
"I am in a state of shock; most of my parishioners are in shock" - VirtueOnline
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2743
Sometimes I hate it when I'm right - VirtueOnline
[New York Times] July 13, 2005-- In the first step toward defrocking, one of the six Episcopal priests who has opposed the Connecticut bishop's support for the ordination of gay bishops was temporarily removed from his duties as rector of a church in Bristol on Wednesday because he had taken an unauthorized sabbatical.
Related articles:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Priest%20Removal
Episcopal bishop in Conn. suspends priest - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3590013&nav=3YeXc63r
Episcopal bishop inhibits one of six embattled priests - WTNH.com
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2742
Connecticut bishop swoops in on orthodox rector. Inhibits him - VirtueOnline
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2744
"I am in a state of shock; most of my parishioners are in shock" - VirtueOnline
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2743
Sometimes I hate it when I'm right - VirtueOnline
Gay Anglicans doubt 'progressive' leader
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=4477
[Sydney Star Observer] July 14, 2005--Gay Anglicans have cautiously welcomed the election of progressive Brisbane archbishop Phillip Aspinall as their church’s new national leader, at a time when a dispute over homosexuality threatens to divide Anglicans worldwide.
[Sydney Star Observer] July 14, 2005--Gay Anglicans have cautiously welcomed the election of progressive Brisbane archbishop Phillip Aspinall as their church’s new national leader, at a time when a dispute over homosexuality threatens to divide Anglicans worldwide.
Church split over women bishops widens
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/13/1120934304119.html
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 14, 2005--A split between the Sydney Anglican diocese and the rest of Anglican Australia has intensified after the primate, Dr Phillip Aspinall, supported the Church of England's moves to clear the way for the consecration of women bishops.
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General Synod: Vote in favour of women bishops - Church of England Newspaper
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5777&title=New%20Australian%20Primate%20elected
New Australian Primate elected - Church of England Newspaper
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/conservatives.continue.to.resist.women.bishops.in.church.of.england./676.htm
Conservatives Continue to Resist Women Bishops in Church of England - Christianity Today UK
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 14, 2005--A split between the Sydney Anglican diocese and the rest of Anglican Australia has intensified after the primate, Dr Phillip Aspinall, supported the Church of England's moves to clear the way for the consecration of women bishops.
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General Synod: Vote in favour of women bishops - Church of England Newspaper
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5777&title=New%20Australian%20Primate%20elected
New Australian Primate elected - Church of England Newspaper
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/conservatives.continue.to.resist.women.bishops.in.church.of.england./676.htm
Conservatives Continue to Resist Women Bishops in Church of England - Christianity Today UK
Muslims seek to exempt Qu'ran from religious hate law
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5777&title=Muslims%20seek%20toe%20xempt%20Qu
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 15, 2005--A delegation of Muslim leaders delivered a last-minute appeal to the Home Office Minister asking for Islamic holy texts to be totally exempt from the Religious Hatred Bill.
For more articles from The Church of England Newspaper, go to http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php.
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 15, 2005--A delegation of Muslim leaders delivered a last-minute appeal to the Home Office Minister asking for Islamic holy texts to be totally exempt from the Religious Hatred Bill.
For more articles from The Church of England Newspaper, go to http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php.
The religious aspect of terror
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/editorial.php
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 14, 2005--Amir Tehari, an Iranian commentator, said in the Times that the terrorists are in fact motivated purely by religious zeal, and that the bombing was a shock raid or ghazava, designed to jolt the corrupt West, now so evil as to be impervious to normal persuasion, to wake up to the message of Islam. Islam is the final way God ordained for all human needs, spiritual, economic, political and social, down to the last detail, and so this ghazava is a means to a divine end.
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 14, 2005--Amir Tehari, an Iranian commentator, said in the Times that the terrorists are in fact motivated purely by religious zeal, and that the bombing was a shock raid or ghazava, designed to jolt the corrupt West, now so evil as to be impervious to normal persuasion, to wake up to the message of Islam. Islam is the final way God ordained for all human needs, spiritual, economic, political and social, down to the last detail, and so this ghazava is a means to a divine end.
What is really irking the radical Islamists?
http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/13/1120934299264.html
[The Age] July 14, 2005--Some people believe that Islamist terrorism such as the London attacks is due to unaddressed Muslim grievances that fester into violence. Therefore, they conclude, the "real" solution is to cure Muslims of their sense of victimisation with policies they approve: leaving Iraq, "solving" the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, providing economic aid to deal with Middle Eastern economic backwardness, and so on.
This theory is superficially plausible, but it fundamentally misunderstands both the causes of the anger and despair that lead Middle Eastern people to perpetrate or support terrorism, and the extent to which Western policies can affect public opinion in the non-democratic nations of the region.
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[The Age] July 14, 2005--Some people believe that Islamist terrorism such as the London attacks is due to unaddressed Muslim grievances that fester into violence. Therefore, they conclude, the "real" solution is to cure Muslims of their sense of victimisation with policies they approve: leaving Iraq, "solving" the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, providing economic aid to deal with Middle Eastern economic backwardness, and so on.
This theory is superficially plausible, but it fundamentally misunderstands both the causes of the anger and despair that lead Middle Eastern people to perpetrate or support terrorism, and the extent to which Western policies can affect public opinion in the non-democratic nations of the region.
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'Holy war' books spark legal threat
http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/13/1120934301928.html?oneclick=true
[The Age] July 14, 2005--A Melbourne Jewish group says it will use Victoria's anti-vilification laws unless a Brunswick group stops selling books that it says call for a "holy war"....Of chief concern, said the council, was Al Wala' wa'l Bara' (Love and Hate for Allah's Sake), by Muhammad Saeed al-Qahtani. It describes all non-Muslims as "the allies of Satan" who should be "trampled underfoot". "It is either Islam or death," says one chapter detailing why Muslims must not befriend Jews, Christians or non-Muslims."If it becomes clear that someone is at odds with Islam, then fight him. The (Jew or Christian) who insults the Prophet should be killed."
[The Age] July 14, 2005--A Melbourne Jewish group says it will use Victoria's anti-vilification laws unless a Brunswick group stops selling books that it says call for a "holy war"....Of chief concern, said the council, was Al Wala' wa'l Bara' (Love and Hate for Allah's Sake), by Muhammad Saeed al-Qahtani. It describes all non-Muslims as "the allies of Satan" who should be "trampled underfoot". "It is either Islam or death," says one chapter detailing why Muslims must not befriend Jews, Christians or non-Muslims."If it becomes clear that someone is at odds with Islam, then fight him. The (Jew or Christian) who insults the Prophet should be killed."
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
The Barnums On Mission in Sabah, Malaysia
http://www.theamia.org/index.cfm?id=AAE62A41-4E0A-491C-B1E76EC66E959936
[Anglican Mission in America] June 30, 2005--Bishop Thad and Erilynne Barnum returned in June from three weeks of ministry in the Diocese of Sabah, in South East Asia. They were preaching and teaching in the home region of Archbishop Yong Ping Chung, one of the Anglican Mission’s sponsoring Primates, and at his invitation. Bishop Barnum’s primary purpose in going was to lead the retreat portion of the 23rd Diocesan Synod, in which a candidate for Bishop would be put forward as the Diocese prepares for Archbishop Yong’s retirement in February 2006. Bishop Barnum presented four messages on Biblical leadership as part of an exhausting yet exhiliarating schedule of travel and preaching that included 15 preaching events in ten days. Erilynne’s teaching gifts were also put to good use as she addressed women at the cathedral in Kota Kinabalu and St. Michael’s in Sandakan.
[Anglican Mission in America] June 30, 2005--Bishop Thad and Erilynne Barnum returned in June from three weeks of ministry in the Diocese of Sabah, in South East Asia. They were preaching and teaching in the home region of Archbishop Yong Ping Chung, one of the Anglican Mission’s sponsoring Primates, and at his invitation. Bishop Barnum’s primary purpose in going was to lead the retreat portion of the 23rd Diocesan Synod, in which a candidate for Bishop would be put forward as the Diocese prepares for Archbishop Yong’s retirement in February 2006. Bishop Barnum presented four messages on Biblical leadership as part of an exhausting yet exhiliarating schedule of travel and preaching that included 15 preaching events in ten days. Erilynne’s teaching gifts were also put to good use as she addressed women at the cathedral in Kota Kinabalu and St. Michael’s in Sandakan.
African Churches May Refuse UCC Cash After Gay Marriage Vote
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/07/071205uccAfrica.htm
[365Gay.com] July 12, 2005--Kenya's National Council of Churches is considering severing ties with the United Church of Christ following the American church's decision to support same-sex unions.
Related article:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200507120892.html
NCCK Opposes Same Sex Marriages - allAfrica.com
[365Gay.com] July 12, 2005--Kenya's National Council of Churches is considering severing ties with the United Church of Christ following the American church's decision to support same-sex unions.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200507120892.html
NCCK Opposes Same Sex Marriages - allAfrica.com
Southwest Florida bishop says Episcopalians face a choice
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2735
[VirtueOnline] July 12, 2005--The Bishop of Southwest Florida the Rt. Rev. John B. Lipscomb has written to his diocese saying that Episcopalians face a choice: accept the recommendations of the Windsor Report or walk apart.
[VirtueOnline] July 12, 2005--The Bishop of Southwest Florida the Rt. Rev. John B. Lipscomb has written to his diocese saying that Episcopalians face a choice: accept the recommendations of the Windsor Report or walk apart.
Bishop says fleeing Anglicans must join church for positive reasons
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2736
[Catholic News Service] July 12, 2005---- A Catholic bishop said Anglican clerics opposed to the ordination of women bishops should not be received into the Catholic Church for "negative reasons."
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http://www.cathnews.com/news/507/69.php
Bishop says Anglican refugees not wanted - Catholic News
[Catholic News Service] July 12, 2005---- A Catholic bishop said Anglican clerics opposed to the ordination of women bishops should not be received into the Catholic Church for "negative reasons."
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http://www.cathnews.com/news/507/69.php
Bishop says Anglican refugees not wanted - Catholic News
The Church of England's Skewed Priorities
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2739
[VirtueOnline] July 13, 2005-- Regardless of how one feels about the ordination of women, the Church of England's decision to prepare for female bishops at this pivotal point in history proves that this denomination has its priorities ludicrously skewed.
[VirtueOnline] July 13, 2005-- Regardless of how one feels about the ordination of women, the Church of England's decision to prepare for female bishops at this pivotal point in history proves that this denomination has its priorities ludicrously skewed.
Is This A Serious Theological Dispute?
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2728
[VirtueOnline] July 11, 2005--In conversation with seven of us clergy meeting with him on June 16, 2005, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson Howard asked if our request for alternative episcopal oversight (appended) was the result of a "serious theological dispute." This question goes to the heart of the matter, and I will address it shortly.
[VirtueOnline] July 11, 2005--In conversation with seven of us clergy meeting with him on June 16, 2005, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson Howard asked if our request for alternative episcopal oversight (appended) was the result of a "serious theological dispute." This question goes to the heart of the matter, and I will address it shortly.
“Reject Papacy of Benedict XVI” say Feminists Calling for Female Priesthood
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071206.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 12, 2005--Rosemary Radford Ruether, a professor of Feminist Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley California, has announced that for feminists and so-called ‘liberal’ Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI does not represent them as head of the Catholic Church. She says in a media release from an organization called, “Women’s Ordination Worldwide” that the Pope “is not our Pope.”
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 12, 2005--Rosemary Radford Ruether, a professor of Feminist Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley California, has announced that for feminists and so-called ‘liberal’ Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI does not represent them as head of the Catholic Church. She says in a media release from an organization called, “Women’s Ordination Worldwide” that the Pope “is not our Pope.”
Nike Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071201.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 12, 2005--An American Family Association release last Friday revealed that sportswear manufacturer Nike has endorsed a same-sex civil unions bill for its home state of Oregon.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 12, 2005--An American Family Association release last Friday revealed that sportswear manufacturer Nike has endorsed a same-sex civil unions bill for its home state of Oregon.
BBC Removes References to Terrorists
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1340041.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 13, 2005--Britain's national broadcaster re-edited some of its online coverage of last Thursday's London bombings to remove references to "terrorists" and related words, after earlier appearing to have set aside its policy of not using the terms.
[Crosswalk.com] July 13, 2005--Britain's national broadcaster re-edited some of its online coverage of last Thursday's London bombings to remove references to "terrorists" and related words, after earlier appearing to have set aside its policy of not using the terms.
Hatred Bill goes ahead despite Church protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/12/nhate112.xml
[BBC News] July 12, 2005--The Government pressed ahead last night with plans to outlaw incitement to religious hatred despite warnings from Christians that the move would worsen relations between different faiths.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/483/section/british.house.passes.religious.hatred.bill/1.htm
British House Passes Religious Hatred Bill - The Christian Post
[BBC News] July 12, 2005--The Government pressed ahead last night with plans to outlaw incitement to religious hatred despite warnings from Christians that the move would worsen relations between different faiths.
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http://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/483/section/british.house.passes.religious.hatred.bill/1.htm
British House Passes Religious Hatred Bill - The Christian Post
Church faces women bishops split
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4676181.stm
[BBC News] July 12, 2005--For such a momentous event the vote approving in principle the ordination of women bishops was a muted affair.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2162/section/church.of.england.opens.doors.to.women.bishops/1.htm Church of England Opens Doors to Women Bishops - The Christian Post
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/toneddown.decision.for.women.bishops.as.church.of.england.debate.way.forward/674.htm
Toned-Down Decision for Women Bishops as Church of England Debate Way Forward - Christianity Today UK
[BBC News] July 12, 2005--For such a momentous event the vote approving in principle the ordination of women bishops was a muted affair.
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http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2162/section/church.of.england.opens.doors.to.women.bishops/1.htm Church of England Opens Doors to Women Bishops - The Christian Post
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/toneddown.decision.for.women.bishops.as.church.of.england.debate.way.forward/674.htm
Toned-Down Decision for Women Bishops as Church of England Debate Way Forward - Christianity Today UK
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Episcopal Integrity organization must face facts about sexuality
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2733
[Virtue Online] July 12, 2005--Integrity, the Episcopal Church's official organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] Episcopalians is finding itself increasingly marginalized by newer scientific studies that show that sexuality preferences can not only be changed, but some sexual orientations might actually be fraudulent.
Related article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/05sex.html
Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited - The New York Times
[Virtue Online] July 12, 2005--Integrity, the Episcopal Church's official organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] Episcopalians is finding itself increasingly marginalized by newer scientific studies that show that sexuality preferences can not only be changed, but some sexual orientations might actually be fraudulent.
Related article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/health/05sex.html
Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited - The New York Times
Jensen opposes female bishops
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15907515%255E1702,00.html
[Herald Sun] July 12, 2005--The Church of England's decision to move towards ordaining women bishops would be a divisive issue in the worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen said today.
[Herald Sun] July 12, 2005--The Church of England's decision to move towards ordaining women bishops would be a divisive issue in the worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen said today.
Anglican-Episcopalian unity tested
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/09/Citrus/Anglican_Episcopalian.shtml
[St. Petersburg Times] July 9, 2005--Last month the Anglican Consultative Council, the constitutional instrument of unity in the worldwide Anglican Communion, voted to ask its North American churches to voluntarily withdraw from its meetings for three years. The action came because of the stand the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada have taken regarding the ordination of a noncelibate homosexual man as bishop of New Hampshire and the blessing of same-sex relationships.
[St. Petersburg Times] July 9, 2005--Last month the Anglican Consultative Council, the constitutional instrument of unity in the worldwide Anglican Communion, voted to ask its North American churches to voluntarily withdraw from its meetings for three years. The action came because of the stand the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada have taken regarding the ordination of a noncelibate homosexual man as bishop of New Hampshire and the blessing of same-sex relationships.
The Sexual Clash of Civilizations
http://www.christianpost.com/article/editorial/425/section/the.sexual.clash.of.civilizations/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--In the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain, prominent writer V. S. Naipaul declared the dawn of a "universal civilization." According to Naipaul's vision, the end of the Cold War was a signal that the entire planet was moving toward a single civilizational form that would transcend ethnic differences, ideological cleavages, and the fault lines that have separated cultures in the past.
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--In the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain, prominent writer V. S. Naipaul declared the dawn of a "universal civilization." According to Naipaul's vision, the end of the Cold War was a signal that the entire planet was moving toward a single civilizational form that would transcend ethnic differences, ideological cleavages, and the fault lines that have separated cultures in the past.
All That Terror Teaches: Have We Learned Anything?
http://www.christianpost.com/article/editorial/424/section/all.that.terror.teaches.have.we.learned.anything/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 8, 2005--We are living in dangerous times, but far too many Americans seem to have forgotten this unforgiving fact. How can so many forget the unforgettable?
[The Christian Post] July 8, 2005--We are living in dangerous times, but far too many Americans seem to have forgotten this unforgiving fact. How can so many forget the unforgettable?
California Senate to Reconsider Same-Sex Marriage Bill
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1673/section/california.senate.to.reconsider.same-sex.marriage.bill/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 12, 2005--Advocates of same-sex marriage in California plan to seek legal status once again, this time in the Senate.
[The Christian Post] July 12, 2005--Advocates of same-sex marriage in California plan to seek legal status once again, this time in the Senate.
Citing Kids, N.J. Court Says No to Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
http://www.ncregister.com/current/0710lead1.htm
[National Catholic Register] July 10-16, 2005--Kristen sees the news from New Jersey as a rare victory for people like her.
[National Catholic Register] July 10-16, 2005--Kristen sees the news from New Jersey as a rare victory for people like her.
The same sex story
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Fisher_Douglas/2005/07/10/1124672.html
[TorontoSun.com] July 10, 2005-- Two questions disturb me in my midsummer lull.
First, how was the coup of legalized same-sex marriage achieved? Who shaped it, who co-ordinated it from a long-shot prospect a few years ago to a clinched deal last month?
Second, how might Canada's "natural opposition party," the Conservatives, now led by Stephen Harper, respond to the fresh leadership contest shaping up within the federal Liberal party, now that we know of Michael Ignatieff's bold determination to win a seat in the next election -- on his way to becoming Liberal leader and prime minister?
[TorontoSun.com] July 10, 2005-- Two questions disturb me in my midsummer lull.
First, how was the coup of legalized same-sex marriage achieved? Who shaped it, who co-ordinated it from a long-shot prospect a few years ago to a clinched deal last month?
Second, how might Canada's "natural opposition party," the Conservatives, now led by Stephen Harper, respond to the fresh leadership contest shaping up within the federal Liberal party, now that we know of Michael Ignatieff's bold determination to win a seat in the next election -- on his way to becoming Liberal leader and prime minister?
Cardinal Archbishop Ouellet Primate of Canada to Defend Marriage Before Senate Committee
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071101.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005-- A July 10 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops release states that Canadian Catholic Prelate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec City, will defend the traditional definition of marriage before a Senate committee deliberating over same-sex “marriage”Bill C-38.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005-- A July 10 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops release states that Canadian Catholic Prelate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Quebec City, will defend the traditional definition of marriage before a Senate committee deliberating over same-sex “marriage”Bill C-38.
Vatican Document Forbidding Homosexuals to Priesthood Ready for Release says Vaticanologist
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071107.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005-- One of the best known English-speaking Vatican reporters, John Allen, reports that the long-expected Vatican document calling attention to the fact that homosexual persons are not to be admitted to the priesthood is "now in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI". The document will come as no surprise to Vatican watchers since Rome has previously released two official documents barring homosexuals from the priesthood. As Allen puts it, with the new document, the teaching won't "change, but the level of authority and clarity" will, since the new document will be directly authorized by the Pope.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005-- One of the best known English-speaking Vatican reporters, John Allen, reports that the long-expected Vatican document calling attention to the fact that homosexual persons are not to be admitted to the priesthood is "now in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI". The document will come as no surprise to Vatican watchers since Rome has previously released two official documents barring homosexuals from the priesthood. As Allen puts it, with the new document, the teaching won't "change, but the level of authority and clarity" will, since the new document will be directly authorized by the Pope.
B.C. Gay Couple Seeks Mandatory Homosexual School Curriculum Without Parental Opt-Out
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071106.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005--A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is preparing to hear what pro-family and religious groups are calling a truly frightening case. Murray and Peter Corren, a B.C. gay couple, filed a complaint against the B.C. Ministry of education in 1999 alleging that the Ministry’s curriculum didn’t adequately “address issues of sexual orientation.” That case is slated to be heard beginning today.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 11, 2005--A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is preparing to hear what pro-family and religious groups are calling a truly frightening case. Murray and Peter Corren, a B.C. gay couple, filed a complaint against the B.C. Ministry of education in 1999 alleging that the Ministry’s curriculum didn’t adequately “address issues of sexual orientation.” That case is slated to be heard beginning today.
Same-Sex 'Marraige' and the Culture War
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/050711a.html
[Catholic Insight] February 1, 2005--Same-sex "marriage" is but the latest episode in the culture war. This becomes obvious if one analyzes the arguments supporting that concept and links them to those aspects of our modern culture that give it an aura of legitimacy. Most of the literature supporting same-sex marriage boils down to two basic arguments: the inequity of traditional marriage and the bigotry of those upholding it.
[Catholic Insight] February 1, 2005--Same-sex "marriage" is but the latest episode in the culture war. This becomes obvious if one analyzes the arguments supporting that concept and links them to those aspects of our modern culture that give it an aura of legitimacy. Most of the literature supporting same-sex marriage boils down to two basic arguments: the inequity of traditional marriage and the bigotry of those upholding it.
Do Young People Make Poor Short-Term Missionaries?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/128/13.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 11, 2005--A missions researcher answers readers' questions about his recent study and last week's Christianity Today conversation.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 11, 2005--A missions researcher answers readers' questions about his recent study and last week's Christianity Today conversation.
The C of E - Women Bishops; ECUSA - Gay Bishops; Communion and 1 Corinthians 5:9-11
http://descant.classicalanglican.net/index.php?p=339
[Drell's Descants] July 11, 2005--As I write this, the Church of England is in its grand debate over women bishops (UPDATE: The female bishops resolution has now passed, with some provision to be made for those that can’t live with it), and a split is threatened. ECUSA, having already endured this debate, has already consecrated Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire, and a split is threatened.
[Drell's Descants] July 11, 2005--As I write this, the Church of England is in its grand debate over women bishops (UPDATE: The female bishops resolution has now passed, with some provision to be made for those that can’t live with it), and a split is threatened. ECUSA, having already endured this debate, has already consecrated Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire, and a split is threatened.
Two Men First to Wed Under New Spain Law
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-spain-gay-marriage,0,635152.story
[Newsday.com] July 11, 2005--Two men who have been together for 30 years got married Monday, becoming the first couple to wed under Spain's new law allowing same-sex marriages.
[Newsday.com] July 11, 2005--Two men who have been together for 30 years got married Monday, becoming the first couple to wed under Spain's new law allowing same-sex marriages.
Church of England backs women bishops
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/12/1120934208425.html
[The Age] July 12, 2005--The Church of England voted to move towards ordaining women bishops, a step which could provoke an exodus of conservative clergy and deepen the widening splits within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Way cleared for women bishops - The Australian
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1081959
Women bishops a step nearer after Synod vote - Yorkshire Post Today
http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=NationalNewsStoryPage&ItemID=14008379&ServiceID=8&filterid=10&searchid=8
Church of England backs ordination of female bishops - DeHavilland
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.opens.its.doors.to.women.bishops.at.general.synod/671.htm Church of England Opens its Doors to Women Bishops at General Synod - Christianity Today UK
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=14877
Women bishops vote angers critics - Turkish Weekly
[The Age] July 12, 2005--The Church of England voted to move towards ordaining women bishops, a step which could provoke an exodus of conservative clergy and deepen the widening splits within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15901875-401,00.html
Way cleared for women bishops - The Australian
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1081959
Women bishops a step nearer after Synod vote - Yorkshire Post Today
http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=NationalNewsStoryPage&ItemID=14008379&ServiceID=8&filterid=10&searchid=8
Church of England backs ordination of female bishops - DeHavilland
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.opens.its.doors.to.women.bishops.at.general.synod/671.htm Church of England Opens its Doors to Women Bishops at General Synod - Christianity Today UK
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=14877
Women bishops vote angers critics - Turkish Weekly
UK church leader warns against 'scapegoating' Muslims
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1411929.htm
[ABCNewsOnline] July 12, 2005--The spiritual leader of the Church of England, Rowan Williams, is warning against making Muslims "scapegoats" for the London bombings after a number of attacks on mosques.
[ABCNewsOnline] July 12, 2005--The spiritual leader of the Church of England, Rowan Williams, is warning against making Muslims "scapegoats" for the London bombings after a number of attacks on mosques.
Britain's Muslims brace for backlash
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/11/1120934186041.html
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 12, 2005--Britain's 1.6 million Muslims fear a backlash as terrorism specialists say a small number of British-born Muslims are likely to have taken part in the attacks that devastated London last week.
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[Sydney Morning Herald] July 12, 2005--Britain's 1.6 million Muslims fear a backlash as terrorism specialists say a small number of British-born Muslims are likely to have taken part in the attacks that devastated London last week.
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New al-Qaeda, new danger
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/11/1120934186029.html
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 12, 2005--The London bombers are a new breed of terrorist, writes Ahmed Rashid, one of the world's leading commentators on militant Islam.
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[Sydney Morning Herald] July 12, 2005--The London bombers are a new breed of terrorist, writes Ahmed Rashid, one of the world's leading commentators on militant Islam.
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What lies beneath
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/09/1120704593766.html?oneclick=true
[The Age] July 10, 2005--An extreme interpretation of Islam is threatening the world. Not only are we failing to confront it, argues Charles Moore, but even moderate Muslim leaders are too scared to condemn the teachings that give cover to violence.
[The Age] July 10, 2005--An extreme interpretation of Islam is threatening the world. Not only are we failing to confront it, argues Charles Moore, but even moderate Muslim leaders are too scared to condemn the teachings that give cover to violence.
Long 'tradition of tolerance' blamed for sheltering radicals
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15887340%255E2703,00.html
[The Australian] July 11, 2005--Britain has been criticised by some European security experts, who claim its "tolerance" towards Islamic radicals has created the so-called "Londonistan" shelter for terrorists.
[The Australian] July 11, 2005--Britain has been criticised by some European security experts, who claim its "tolerance" towards Islamic radicals has created the so-called "Londonistan" shelter for terrorists.
Monday, July 11, 2005
War Over Marriage
http://www.thetrumpet.com/print.php?id=811
[theTrumpet.com] July 11, 2005--Why marriage? An aggressive push by entertainers, politicians, judges and priests toward homosexual marriage is provoking a fundamental redefinition of traditional family. Battle lines are being drawn. But no one should take a stand on this issue without knowing the facts!
[theTrumpet.com] July 11, 2005--Why marriage? An aggressive push by entertainers, politicians, judges and priests toward homosexual marriage is provoking a fundamental redefinition of traditional family. Battle lines are being drawn. But no one should take a stand on this issue without knowing the facts!
Religions Not Likely To Accept Gay Rule
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050709/NEWS/507090307/1021
[Religion News Service] July 9, 2005--Are other mainline churches likely to follow the UCC's independent example? The answer, for a number of reasons, is probably not.
[Religion News Service] July 9, 2005--Are other mainline churches likely to follow the UCC's independent example? The answer, for a number of reasons, is probably not.
Church of England Votes Against Legalisation for Euthanasia
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.votes.against.legalisation.for.euthanasia./669.htm
[Christianity Today UK] July 11, 2005--The Church of England has once again rejected the legalisation of euthanasia or assisted suicide, in a vote at the General Synod in York.
[Christianity Today UK] July 11, 2005--The Church of England has once again rejected the legalisation of euthanasia or assisted suicide, in a vote at the General Synod in York.
Williams and Griswold fall short in condemning London bombings
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2721
[VirtueOnline] July 10, 2005--Two world Anglican leaders fell short in declaring the terrorist bombings in London acts of Jihardist Muslim murderers, while quickly endorsing ecumenical relations with Islam and Muslim leaders; with one leader, an American Presiding Bishop, indulging in a statement of Western self-loathing and guilt.
[VirtueOnline] July 10, 2005--Two world Anglican leaders fell short in declaring the terrorist bombings in London acts of Jihardist Muslim murderers, while quickly endorsing ecumenical relations with Islam and Muslim leaders; with one leader, an American Presiding Bishop, indulging in a statement of Western self-loathing and guilt.
New Jersey celebrates year of domestic partnerships
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050711/APN/507110664&cachetime=3&template=dateline
[Tuscaloosanews.com] July 11, 2005--Members of New Jersey's gay and lesbian community gathered for a town hall meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the state's passage of a domestic partnership law.
[Tuscaloosanews.com] July 11, 2005--Members of New Jersey's gay and lesbian community gathered for a town hall meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the state's passage of a domestic partnership law.
Opposing views on sexuality in the North South debate
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2716
[VirtueOnline] July 8, 2005-- There are two equal and opposing views on human sexuality that make it clear that one must triumph and the other fail, the one adopted and the other abandoned.
[VirtueOnline] July 8, 2005-- There are two equal and opposing views on human sexuality that make it clear that one must triumph and the other fail, the one adopted and the other abandoned.
Anglican Pan American Conference Affirms Common Ministry
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2726
[VirtueOnline] July 11, 2005--Biblically Orthodox Anglicans from the Americas and Caribbean meet to promote their common ministry in the Western Hemisphere.
[VirtueOnline] July 11, 2005--Biblically Orthodox Anglicans from the Americas and Caribbean meet to promote their common ministry in the Western Hemisphere.
Churchmen on brink of exodus over women bishops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1688178,00.html
[TimesOnline] July 10, 2005--On the eve of a critical vote on the creation of women bishops in the Church of England, a senior figure has warned he and hundreds of priests will quit if the move is approved.
Related articles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4670631.stm
Anglicans vote on women bishops - BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4668751.stm
Clergy warn against women bishops - BBC News
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1688977,00.html
Say a prayer for the C of E today - TimesOnline
[TimesOnline] July 10, 2005--On the eve of a critical vote on the creation of women bishops in the Church of England, a senior figure has warned he and hundreds of priests will quit if the move is approved.
Related articles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4670631.stm
Anglicans vote on women bishops - BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4668751.stm
Clergy warn against women bishops - BBC News
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1688977,00.html
Say a prayer for the C of E today - TimesOnline
Jesus and homosexuality: a reflection
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2714
[Virtue Online] July 8, 2005--Thirdly, we hear it said that Jesus made no reference to homosexuals or homosexuality - although that is questionable in light of the fact that he seems to have commended two and only two possible ways of life for his followers: lifelong heterosexual marriage, or consecrated celibate singleness (Matthew 19: 10 - 12). "While some are incapable of marriage because they were born so . There are others who have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let those accept who can".
[Virtue Online] July 8, 2005--Thirdly, we hear it said that Jesus made no reference to homosexuals or homosexuality - although that is questionable in light of the fact that he seems to have commended two and only two possible ways of life for his followers: lifelong heterosexual marriage, or consecrated celibate singleness (Matthew 19: 10 - 12). "While some are incapable of marriage because they were born so . There are others who have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let those accept who can".
P.E.I. Pre-Empts Feds: Government Decides to Legalize Gay “Marriage”
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070803.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 8, 2005-- Prince Edward Island Attorney General Mildred Dover said Thursday that the province would be legalizing same-sex “marriage,” claiming the decision is because the federal government has already done so - despite that the bill has not yet passed and is still being debated before the federal Senate.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 8, 2005-- Prince Edward Island Attorney General Mildred Dover said Thursday that the province would be legalizing same-sex “marriage,” claiming the decision is because the federal government has already done so - despite that the bill has not yet passed and is still being debated before the federal Senate.
Uganda Protects True Marriage and Criminalizes Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070805.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 8, 2005--In response to the sudden arrival of same-sex ‘marriage’ in several developed nations the Ugandan Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a constitutional amendment that criminalizes same-sex ‘marriage’.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 8, 2005--In response to the sudden arrival of same-sex ‘marriage’ in several developed nations the Ugandan Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a constitutional amendment that criminalizes same-sex ‘marriage’.
Sunday School Changing in Significant Ways
http://www.christianpost.com/article/ministries/1308/section/sunday.school.changing.in.significant.ways/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--The Sunday school landscape has changed, according to a new study by The Barna Group, but it may be premature to sound the alarm.
The Rainer Group's research found that the traditional adult Sunday school class, coupled with aggressive outreach efforts, is a very effective method of reaching the unchurched.
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--The Sunday school landscape has changed, according to a new study by The Barna Group, but it may be premature to sound the alarm.
The Rainer Group's research found that the traditional adult Sunday school class, coupled with aggressive outreach efforts, is a very effective method of reaching the unchurched.
Oregon Senate Approves Same-sex Civil Unions
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1671/section/oregon.senate.approves.same-sex.civil.unions/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--On Friday, a bill to recognize same-sex civil unions was approved by the Oregon Senate but faces challenges in the state House.
[The Christian Post] July 11, 2005--On Friday, a bill to recognize same-sex civil unions was approved by the Oregon Senate but faces challenges in the state House.
Politicians, Experts Dispute Why Terrorists Hate the West
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1339485.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 11, 2005--But Larry Johnson -- CEO and co-founder of the Business Exposure Reduction Group and a former State Department expert on Middle Eastern terrorism -- disagreed. He said it is not the good, but the bad in American society that drives Islamic extremists.
"It's not that they hate us because of our freedoms," Johnson told Cybercast News Service. "They hate us because they think we're corrupt and evil. We have pornography. We have drug use. We have homosexuality."
[Crosswalk.com] July 11, 2005--But Larry Johnson -- CEO and co-founder of the Business Exposure Reduction Group and a former State Department expert on Middle Eastern terrorism -- disagreed. He said it is not the good, but the bad in American society that drives Islamic extremists.
"It's not that they hate us because of our freedoms," Johnson told Cybercast News Service. "They hate us because they think we're corrupt and evil. We have pornography. We have drug use. We have homosexuality."
Primate: Time to learn from Sydney
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/sydneystories/primate_time_to_learn_from_sydney/
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 11, 2005--Like the appointment of Dr Carnley, Dr. Aspinall's tenure will fail to please conservative evangelicals.
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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15888919%255E662,00.html
Anglican leader backs females - Herald Sun
Aspinall signed a prohomosexual statement during the 2008 Lambeth Conference, has served as an advisor to the Gay and Lesbian Christian Movement, and invited John Shelby Spong to speak in the Diocese of Brisbane.
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 11, 2005--Like the appointment of Dr Carnley, Dr. Aspinall's tenure will fail to please conservative evangelicals.
Related article:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15888919%255E662,00.html
Anglican leader backs females - Herald Sun
Aspinall signed a prohomosexual statement during the 2008 Lambeth Conference, has served as an advisor to the Gay and Lesbian Christian Movement, and invited John Shelby Spong to speak in the Diocese of Brisbane.
Appeals court rules against partial-birth abortion ban, calling it unconstitutional
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21170
[Baptist Press News] July 8, 2005--A federal appeals court upheld July 8 a lower-court opinion striking down the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
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http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1667/section/appeals.court.rules.against.partial.birth.abortion.ban/1.htm
Appeals Court Rules Against Partial Birth Abortion Ban - The Christian Post
[Baptist Press News] July 8, 2005--A federal appeals court upheld July 8 a lower-court opinion striking down the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
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http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1667/section/appeals.court.rules.against.partial.birth.abortion.ban/1.htm
Appeals Court Rules Against Partial Birth Abortion Ban - The Christian Post
Friday, July 08, 2005
Church of England General Synod in York Commences to Resolve Splits
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.general.synod.in.york.commences.to.resolve.splits/662.htm
[Christianity Today UK] July 8, 2005--The Church of England’s 2005 July General Synod will commence Friday 8th July at the University of York. The 5-day conference will focus on discussions over a wide range of subjects from Church politics to social issues, including the clergy discipline, Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, interfaith relationship, women bishops consecration and Anglican-Methodist Covenant.
[Christianity Today UK] July 8, 2005--The Church of England’s 2005 July General Synod will commence Friday 8th July at the University of York. The 5-day conference will focus on discussions over a wide range of subjects from Church politics to social issues, including the clergy discipline, Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, interfaith relationship, women bishops consecration and Anglican-Methodist Covenant.
No clear frontrunner for Anglican primate, says bishop
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=3412069
[The Daily Telegraph] July 8, 2005--Tomorrow's election of Australia's new Anglican primate is a chance for a new generation of leadership within the church, South Sydney Bishop Robert Forsythe says.
[The Daily Telegraph] July 8, 2005--Tomorrow's election of Australia's new Anglican primate is a chance for a new generation of leadership within the church, South Sydney Bishop Robert Forsythe says.
On gays, Anglicans use Bible 4 ways
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/07/07/faith.20050707-sbt-MICH-D4-On_gays__Anglicans_u.sto
[SouthBendTribune.com] July 7, 2005--In their tense debate about homosexuality, the world's 77 million Anglicans (called Episcopalians in the United States) take four approaches to biblical teaching: dismissal, perplexity, renovation and traditionalism.
[SouthBendTribune.com] July 7, 2005--In their tense debate about homosexuality, the world's 77 million Anglicans (called Episcopalians in the United States) take four approaches to biblical teaching: dismissal, perplexity, renovation and traditionalism.
National Chairman of WATCH accuses Forward in Faith of comparing women priests with 'cheap whores'.
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2711
[Forward In Faith UK] July 7, 2005--General Synod member Mrs Christina Rees, Chairman of the pro-women bishops lobby group WATCH (Women and the Church), recently launched an extraordinary attack on members of Forward in Faith, the traditionalist organisation which represents the many thousands of members of the Church of England unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women to the priesthood or episcopate.
[Forward In Faith UK] July 7, 2005--General Synod member Mrs Christina Rees, Chairman of the pro-women bishops lobby group WATCH (Women and the Church), recently launched an extraordinary attack on members of Forward in Faith, the traditionalist organisation which represents the many thousands of members of the Church of England unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women to the priesthood or episcopate.
Church Society writes Open Letter to C of E Bishops and Archbishops
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2710
[Church Society] July 7, 2005--Because Archbishops and Bishops have such a high profile in the nation, we would ask you, in your public utterances and actions, to display an unmistakable loyalty to the Scriptures, the Creeds, and the Historic Formularies of our Church, and to make the preaching of the gospel your chief priority.
[Church Society] July 7, 2005--Because Archbishops and Bishops have such a high profile in the nation, we would ask you, in your public utterances and actions, to display an unmistakable loyalty to the Scriptures, the Creeds, and the Historic Formularies of our Church, and to make the preaching of the gospel your chief priority.
Canadian Senate Passes Second Reading of Gay “Marriage” Bill
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070702.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 7, 2005--The Canadian Liberal-dominated Senate passed the Bill C-38 same-sex “marriage” legislation through second reading by a 43-12 vote Wednesday. The Senate has adjourned until Monday, July 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 7, 2005--The Canadian Liberal-dominated Senate passed the Bill C-38 same-sex “marriage” legislation through second reading by a 43-12 vote Wednesday. The Senate has adjourned until Monday, July 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m.
Jesus would Vote with Me in Favour of Gay 'Marriage' Says Canadian Senator
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070704.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 7, 2005--Senator Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, in comments made during debate of the impending same-sex “marriage” legislation Wednesday, made the astonishing claim that Jesus Christ would have voted in favour of the legislation as she did.
More articles from LifeSiteNews.com can be found at http://www.lifesite.net/.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 7, 2005--Senator Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, in comments made during debate of the impending same-sex “marriage” legislation Wednesday, made the astonishing claim that Jesus Christ would have voted in favour of the legislation as she did.
More articles from LifeSiteNews.com can be found at http://www.lifesite.net/.
Religious leaders condemn London bomb attacks
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/80256FA1003E05C1/httpPublicPages/3368AD862821AA248025703700417075?opendocument
[Church Times] July 8, 2005--The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of his shock at the explosions in central London on Thursday morning.
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http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2708
Archbishop of Canterbury's statement on London terrorist attacks - Episcopal News Service
[Church Times] July 8, 2005--The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of his shock at the explosions in central London on Thursday morning.
Related article:
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2708
Archbishop of Canterbury's statement on London terrorist attacks - Episcopal News Service
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