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Pray for the World May 2012
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 161 | Wed 30 May 2012 By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. MAY 2012 UPDATE – During May we prayed concerning . . . * AFRICA (RLPB 157), where Christians are at risk from Islamic terrorism from one side of the […]
HOMOSEXUALITY FOR DUMMIES: by a 21-year-old!
The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality Twitter: @VinesMatthew / Facebook: matthew.vines. Alright, I ¢â‚¬â„¢d just like to start by saying thank you to everybody for coming tonight ¢â‚¬“ I really appreciate it ¢â‚¬“ and for being interested in learning more about this subject. I also want to thank College Hill United Methodist for graciously agreeing […]
Fruits of the Spirit: [4] PATIENCE
Wednesday Koinonia 23/5/2012: Fruits of the Spirit: [4] PATIENCE (Reflection led by Rob Perkins) ¢â‚¬Å“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law ¢â‚¬ (Galations 5:23). ~~ Preamble (by Rowland): Our model of patience is God, who is ‘slow to anger’ […]
Henri Nouwen’s wisdom
Jesus Hungers and Thirsts for Uprightness Jesus, the Blessed Son of God, hungers and thirsts for uprightness. He abhors injustice. He resists those who try to gather wealth and influence by oppression and exploitation. His whole being yearns for people to treat one another as brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the same God. […]
Youth Criminal Offenders
Listened to a talk by an experienced Victorian YOUTH JUSTICE OFFICER. Some of his wisdom: * Fewer than 1% of young people (10-18) have a negative encounter with the police (2% couple of decades ago). Also fewer offences, but they’re more serious – crimes of violence are increasing, most of them unprovoked. Reason? Hollywood (graphic […]
Man discovers he’s actually a woman
Daily Mail May 25, 2012 A MAN who went to hospital with a kidney stone was stunned when a nurse gave him his results – and revealed that he was actually a woman. Steve Crecelius, a photographer from Denver, Colorado, was born with both male and female traits and had long repressed his feminine […]
Israel: whose perspective?
Facebook friends’ responses: * The hard thing to understand is what happened to all the rest of the chart, the bit with “Irgun Zwei Leumi” and “Stern Gang” and “Drive Palestinians into desert”. It goes above that part of the chart. I had a friend at school who carried his only photo of his […]
The Bible and Politics
Tim SuttlePastor, writer, musician What Is the Chief Political Concern of the Bible? Posted: 05/23/2012 8:16 am Both religion and politics are concerned with how we should organize societies. Yet the tendency for Christians has often been to begin with the politics and work backwards to find religious rationale for our political beliefs. As a […]
Is Australia meeting its foreign aid commitment?
May 22, 2012 Professor Peter Singer CANBERRA’S decision to strip foreign aid by $2.9 billion over the next three years prompted an outcry from aid agencies this month. The government denies it is balancing its books at the expense of the world’s poor, but one of the nation’s most influential public intellectuals, University of Melbourne […]
PRAY FOR THE WORLD (May 21-23 2012)
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER May 21, 2012 PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDORSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT MAKES TEARFUL APPEAL TO JESUS FOR HEALING GOD GIVES ILLITERATE MAN ABILITY TO READ SCRIPTURE FACEBOOK EVANGELISM REACHING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST LAO OFFICIALS CONFISCATE CHURCH BUILDINGS ALASKA VOTERS DEFEAT SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND LESBIANS THE […]
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