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No comment on this one, but whilst to reduce road rage is an admirable aim, this seems just a little daft…
Vatican Driving Commandments
Enjoy

I have just picked up on an interesting article from The Guardian which suggests that the well publicised ‘new atheist’ movement (represented by the Dawkins/Dennett type of school) is essentially motivated by a political agenda – and in particular fear of radical Islam and ‘fundamentalist’ America.
Bunting rightly recognises that in their “vituperative polemic” the new atheists [...]

We went to see Spiderman 3 yesterday.  A good film, if a little longer than would have been ideal!  For a more in-depth discussion, here is one of a number of reviews and comments at Hollywood Jesus.
I will limit myself to a few observations.
As with the almost painfully blatant ‘Christian allusions’ in last year’s Superman Returns, [...]

A news article this morning caught my eye.  The Fire Brigade Union are having an argument about the representation of minority groups on their executive committee.
The debate centres on whether having black, gay and women representatives on the committee gives those ‘interest groups’ greater power than corresponds to their proportion of the total membership.
It represents [...]

As we continue to reflect on the blessings of Easter, it is interesting to note that the debate surrounding the doctrine of Penal Substitution (PS) rumbles on in the UK.
An almost tabloid headline in the Sunday Telegraph (Christ did not die for sin) trumpeted a strongly anti-PS sermon by Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans.
This [...]

A new book by Steve Jeffery, Mike Overy and Andrew Sach, all of Oak Hill Theological College is to be published next month.  The website accompanying the book which has links to some useful resources, including relevant texts, songs, and articles is now live at: www.piercedforourtransgressions.com.  Well worth a look.

‘Generation Next’ have published the findings of their recent survey exploring the attitudes of young men towards ministerial training.  It makes interesting reading, and the discussion forum will hopefully be useful in exploring some of the issues raised.  Find out more here: Generation Next.

Dawkin’s latest bestseller The God Delusion was recently recommended to me. Not because the person in question throught it was a good book (although he did acknowledge that Dawkins writes well), but because, so he said, therein you see the unravelling of atheism. In particular he made the point that so ‘polemical’ is [...]

A quick plug for a product I have just discovered and think is excellent!
Bible+ is a freeware Bible reader for the Palm OS. There are many other free and commercial Bible Readers (indeed I have been using Laridian MyBible for some time now), however, the real plus from my point of view is that [...]

Calling all university lecturers – it appears that you must now be careful who you quote in your lectures.
It would seem that simply for quoting the words of a 14th Century Christian Emperor the Pope is in big trouble. According to the BBC his remarks have “angered clerics and commentators around the Muslim world”.
By [...]