There are occasions in which civil disobedience is morally justified. As a general rule, we will assume that the law is the moral minimum. Obeying the law is the beginning of our moral obligations, not the end. -- Ethicist Scott Rae
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July 7, 2023
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND is heading towards the cliff over prayers for same-sex unions.
Read moreWe, in GAFCON and GSFA had earlier declared unequivocally that we no longer recognise the Archbishop of Canterbury as the head, leader or spokesperson of the Anglican Communion. --- Rwanda Archbishop Laurent Mbanda
"What good is freedom to you! If you're free, your faith will soon be choked by thorns! Be glad you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul." --- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Read moreDoes the Bible preach "God helps those who help themselves" and prosperity for all those who believe hard enough, or does it preach a very different gospel, something like "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God." -- Luke: 6:20)? --- Ben Witherington
Read more"Persecution is coming. Let us not deceive ourselves but prepare for it now in order to thrive. In Christ, we will be victorious. Rather than fearing persecution, let us fear sin and the loss of grace." -- Fr. Paul John Kalchik
Read more"African Pentecostalism has grown large enough to begin to influence world Christianity" -- Evangelical Focus
"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums." --- G. K. Chesterton
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May 12, 2023
Lambeth Palace responded, ignoring the ultimatum, attempting to redirect its concerns to the other Instruments of Communion. It was an insulting brush off. The divorce papers were delivered, and the Archbishop of Canterbury must now face the fact that what he called a "ginger group" is, in fact, the Anglican proletariat, the true believers. GAFCON is the upholder of 'the faith once for all delivered to the saints' facing down its cultured despisers.
Read moreThere is much talk of "Global Anglican Re-alignment," the challenge for the English Anglicans going to the Global Anglican Futures Conference is to have hearts realigned to be the servants of all and master of none. -- Anglican Futures
Read moreIt is not Christian orthodoxy but moralistic liberalism that reduces the surprising news of the gospel to the bland repetition of what people already know. – Michael Horton
Jesus did not become incarnate to make possible the First Amendment or inspire the US Constitution. Civic virtue is essential to sustaining an open society. But civic virtue is not the same thing as Christian belief, and Christianity is not the only source of it. --- Christianity Today
Read moreLast year, 5,621 Christians were killed worldwide because of their faith -- 90% of them were northern Nigerians. -- Christian Post
DNA proves that both Jews and Palestinians (like other Arabs in the region) can trace their roots back to the ancient Canaanites, but there are no ancient Palestinian people--politically or culturally. -- Ron Cantor
Read moreOrwell noted in '1984' that by changing the language, you could limit the parameters of thought -- Lifesitenews
The Archbishop of Uganda condemns 'the suicidal path now taken' and prays for the Church [of England] to 'repent or leave' and form their own Communion. --- The Telegraph
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March 3, 2023