October 2003

Can a mum teach her religious views to her child?

October 31, 2003

In the USAa custody case Judge has ordered that a child’s religious upbringing must not expose her to the idea that homosexuality is in any way wrong. Whilst the circumstances of this case are probably heartrending, it seems to me that a Judge cannot prohibit someone teaching their child views that they believe to be [...]

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Whatever next….

October 31, 2003

The folly of so called scholars never ceases to amaze me. Claims that Jesus had a wife are as foolish as anything I have ever heard and have no substance to them whatsoever.

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Happy reformation day!

October 31, 2003

Thanks to Blandus Rex for pointing out that today was important for other reasons. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg and changed the course of history. It seems that Haloween has seen some interesting events- according to the History Channel this was [...]

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Abortion laws ‘to be challenged’

October 30, 2003

Abortion laws in the UK may fall foul of the European constitution. Professor Jack Scarisbrick, national director of the charity Life, said he was confident they could win. ‘If you have a law which says special needs children can be killed, you are clearly practising eugenics,’ he told BBC News Online. ‘It is weeding out [...]

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Daniel Bedingfield finds naked woman in his bath

October 29, 2003

The Mirror reports: “HE’S used to adoring fans throwing themselves at him but the last thing Daniel Bedingfield expected was to find one of them soaking in his bath.” I know some of you are thinking some guys have all the luck, but I would imagine this was actually quite a distressing experience for the [...]

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Blogging from my hotel

October 26, 2003

After being in three different European countries in two days its great t be able to blog from the comfort of my hotel room. I was lucky enough to be delayed at Heathrow the other day so that in fact from my waiting lounge window I got a perfect view of the last three commercial [...]

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Leadership on the web

October 18, 2003

The Obvious? states “for leaders who have forgotten how to talk like human beings, who are so used to being in charge that they think they are above the fray of human interest and human passion: as we get used to more humane and egalitarian conversations on the Web, we never want to go back [...]

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‘This will tear the fabric of our communion’

October 17, 2003

‘This will tear the fabric of our communion’ say the primates of the Church of England

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More on the Passion

October 14, 2003

Faced with the possiblility of not getting a distributor, Mel Gibson’s the passion is causing great interest on the internet- take a look at this site, vote, register your interest and view the trailer.

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Labour hopes the Tories never reach Planet Portillo

October 14, 2003

This interesting article argues Tony Blair is probably glad that Portillo has never made it to the top of the Tory Party. It also makes the point that Portillo who is also appearing as a single mum for a weak is currently on holiday allegedly to ensure that no one thinks that he is trying [...]

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A belated apology…….

October 14, 2003

The family of an English missionary who was eaten by Fijian tribespeople 136 years ago are to receive an apology.

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Weblogs with ISSNs?

October 14, 2003

Is a weblog an online serial publication? Can it then be given an ISSN a bit like an ISBN? It seems it depends where you live!

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Ever wished you were a Roman Catholic priest?

October 14, 2003

If you have always wanted to hear confessions (ie you are nosy) I have just the site for you- here is a sample (NB this is not for the faint of heart and some of these are a little salacious.) A few days ago I was walking my girlfriend to the bus and found a [...]

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great google hacks

October 14, 2003

Use Google to create sentances, find out what the share of a subject certain keywords have, find the dates of events, etc etc… Google hacks is fun, go visit!

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UK Blogs

October 14, 2003

I am surprised how few good UK blogs I can find so this UK blogs Aggregator makes for good reading. For some reason I am not listed there, but I guess that can be fixed sometime.

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News from the Anglican conference…..

October 14, 2003

The CofE invented the politics of the third way, refusing a contradiction in being both Catholic and reformed. For some this has meant that Anglicanism takes the middle path between the evangelical and Catholic tendencies: playing things safe, seeking balance and distrusting extremes.

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‘My life with an iron lung’

October 14, 2003

The oldest surviving Iron Lung user gives an interview

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Blogging from abroad

October 14, 2003

I write this in an internet cafe somewhere in Europe. Quite how I made it here I don’t know, having been supposed to go somewhere else for the day then come on here, I missed my morning flight. 3 hours on the M25 to Heathrow when it normally takes 30 minutes!!! Then my colleagues wanted [...]

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Which came first the chicken or the egg?

October 14, 2003

Tamasin my daughter was profound the other day. She brought up the age old question which came first the chicken or the egg? After thinking for a while she said God must have made the chicken first because if he had made an egg first, it would never have hatched because there would not have [...]

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Legalism what is it?

October 12, 2003

C J Mahaney says: “Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from God and acceptance by God through obedience to God….In other words, a legalist is anyone who behaves as if they can earn God’s approval and forgiveness through personal performance” That is all too often exactly what people think Christians believe they should do. The [...]

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