Civil partnerships have finally arrived and there is a predictably mixed response in the secular and Christian world. The BBC reporting Scottish Same-Sex Partnerships is typical of the secular coverage – a triumph for equality.
As a Christian seeking to uphold the teaching of the Bible, I would find it difficult to support same-sex marriages [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2005’
Gay Marriage?
Ministers Don’t Grow on Trees
So says David Jackman in a helpful article you can read here.
As a young man in training for the ministry I found David’s article to well analysed some of the problems in some independent churches. Let’s be praying that the Lord of the Harvest will be raising up workers.
Get Thinking!
This is a post just to highlight an excellent website by the UCCF which I have not looked at for a while. It is called BeThinking.org and is full of excellent resources and articles, which seek to engage with culture and provide some answers. There are audio versions of most of the talks [...]
Over 40% of Muslims back Christian values
This is a most intriguing article looking at the results of a survey on religious beliefs in Britain. Although it was based on a sample of only just over 1000 people, and so may not be statistically significant, the idea that over 40% of Muslims questioned thought that it was “important” that Britain [...]
Archbishop of York
Good news for the Church of England with the arrival of the new Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. He is the first black Archbishop in the history of the Church of England, and there is a sense of expectation about what he may achieve under God. He will certainly present a lively contrast [...]
