Gay, No Gay, Ex Gay Bus Campaigns

Listening again to the tortuous BBC Radio 4 Sunday program where during the last item a lively discussion took place about the Gay / Ex Gay bus campaigns. As seems the norm these days Free Speech only seems to work one way – in opposition to Christianity. I can do no better than point you to Archbishop Cranmer for [...]

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Rally for Reason

Taking a look at the Atheist Rally for Reason website makes one wonder if they really know what they are doing. The reason (there’s that word) I say this is because there are so many Christian books that encourage or use reason, so many in fact, that it might be profitable to list them here. [...]

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Drawing the line – ‘Somewhere’,

I couldn’t decide what to call this post, as it could so easily have been ‘you couldn’t make it up’. On Sunday morning while preparing the veg for dinner I normally listen to the tortuous  BBC Radio 4 Sunday broadcast. The purpose of listening is to have some sort of idea what’s going on in [...]

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Hajj – journey to the heart of Islam

Yesterday I went to the British Museum to view ‘Hajj – journey to the heart of Islam’. Frankly, expectations were mixed not really knowing what to expect. Let’s just get a couple of criticisms of the exhibition out-of-the-way – it would have greatly enhanced the exhibition to have had a guide. This might just have been peculiar to [...]

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Archbishop Williams Bows Out – The Legacy

Just the other day I sat at work listening to the news that Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury is to end his time in post this coming  December. I had the desire to write on this, and many have already, but only today has what to write formulated in my mind. And so what to [...]

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Dawkins Anger – an explanation

I have no idea if Richard Dawkins is an angry man all the time, but he seems to be when it comes to Christianity. I’d like to think that he’s actually a nice bloke – maybe he is. An idea popped into my head about why he seems to be particularly angry at Christians. This [...]

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The Aftermath of Abortion

The Pro Choice Abortion ideology present the only real difficulty about having an abortion is the hoops a woman has to jump through in order to get one. But there is a real ongoing cost to taking the decision to ‘terminate’ the child. To read about the journey one woman has made and is making [...]

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‘Against All Odds’ by Paul Connolly

I’ve just finished reading ‘Against All Odds’ by Paul Connolly - Kindle edition. It’s quite a brave book to write, it’s honestly written and pulls no punches (pun intended). The early chapters are quite a harrowing account of life in an institution till he was forced to leave at the age of 17. Paul was abandoned at [...]

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The battle is the LORD’s

1 Samuel 17:47 ‘and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”‘ For those of you that might not be too familiar with the Bible the above quotation is from probably the most famous [...]

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New Year Message 01/01/2012

It’s a New Year and what better way to begin than gathering together to worship God and hear His Word preached. Our Pastor gave a very encouraging message this morning from Haggai 2: 1-9 (“Be strong and work” – Haggai 2:4). We have home group Bible Study every other Tuesday evening. At present we discuss and [...]

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And Thy Years Shall not Fail – a Christmas Reflection – Mail Online – Peter Hitchens blog

And Thy Years Shall not Fail – a Christmas Reflection – Mail Online – Peter Hitchens blog. It’s from a few days ago but still worth a read.

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam – Book Review

I seem to have posted rather a lot on Islam of late. This wasn’t really intentional it’s just that circumstances – admittedly an existing interest – seemed to dictate. This was partly due to the programs aired by the BBC and I still have to post on aspects of these. The programs were a little [...]

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Riots, Rioting & Disorder in Britain

There is going to be the most almighty investigation into the causes and prevention of disorder since, well, since the last time. I mean the PM came back from holiday so it must be serious. I don’t begrudge him a holiday by the way. Sadly it has taken a not unexpected turn and three young [...]

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Riots in London

Rioting in the UK is not new. Going back just a few years I recall the Poll-Tax Riots, the Brixton Riots, The Toxteth Riots, Miners Strike Riots and a host of others that I either didn’t know about or have simply forgotten. Go back further and there will be many many more. My own mind [...]

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Something from Nothing?

Something from Nothing. Is this possible! In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in The Times, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, [...]

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