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Our Forgotten Christian Heritage
"Christianity, and nothing else is the ultimate foundation of liberty, conscience, human rights, and democracy, the benchmarks of Western civilization. To this day, we have no other options [than Christianity]. We continue to nourish ourselves from this source. Everything else is postmodern chatter."Church...
John Hayward Posted: 29 May 2008 4 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Worldviews & Culture,
Uniqueness of Christ in Multi-Faith Britain
"That this Synod request the House of Bishops to report to the Synod on their understanding of the uniqueness of Christ in Britain's multi-faith society, and offer examples and commendations of good practice in sharing the gospel of salvation through Christ alone with people of other faiths and of none."The...
John Hayward Posted: 27 May 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion,
Discrimination in Sport?
Bringing back memories of Eric Liddell's refusal to race on a Sunday, the issue of football on a Sunday has been raised in the Scottish parliament after a girls' football team from Back qualified for the 16-team Coca-Cola Sevens finals at Tynecastle in Edinburgh on 25 May. The school team looks set to...
John Hayward Posted: 15 May 2008 3 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Lifestyle Issues,
Israel at 60
Sixty years ago today, the state of Israel declared its independence. Since then, the state has been in locked in almost perpetual conflict with the neighbouring Arab countries. Today is therefore a good time to revisit our 1996 Cambridge Paper Centre stage: Jerusalem or Jesus?, which asked: How much...
John Hayward Posted: 14 May 2008 1 comment
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Government & Foreign Affairs,
An Evangelical Manifesto
"We Christians today may feel that our faith and our witness are not making headway and that they are like ‘the tired waves, vainly breaking’. But we ought to remember that the Church has always been in crisis and always in need of reformation. We may not feel we have the answers to...
John Hayward Posted: 9 May 2008 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion,
Offering Muslims Support
"Christians should be willing to support those Muslims who challenge the harsher Islamist interpretations of the Qur'an. Instead of suggesting that 'the Qur'an is essentially violent', Christians should listen to the internal debate between moderate and extremist Muslims and add whatever weight they...
John Hayward Posted: 23 April 2008 13 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Worldviews & Culture,
Islamic Finance: Opportunity or Threat?
Muslims are demanding that Britain gives ethical concerns priority over financial returns in financial transactions. Are they not putting Christians to shame for failing to protest about Western financial practices?In Alistair Darling’s Budget, the Treasury laid the foundations for the Government...
Michael Schluter Posted: 13 March 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Finance & the Economy,
The Ultimate Punishment
Steve Wright, the killer of five Ipswich prostitutes, and Levi Bellfield, who murdered two young women in London, have this week joined the ranks of Britain's 35 other "whole life tariff" prisoners. The families of two of Steve Wright's victims have called for the death penalty to be reinstated.At...
John Hayward Posted: 22 February 2008 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Crime & Justice,
On Islam and Social Cohesion
Once again, the Archbishop of Canterbury has displayed his apparent misunderstanding of Islam by suggesting the adoption of certain aspects of Shari'a law in the UK "seems unavoidable." He stresses that "nobody in their right mind would want to see in this country the kind of inhumanity...
John Hayward Posted: 7 February 2008 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Government & Foreign Affairs, Worldviews & Culture,
Richard Gunton on 5 May 2013
I found this a really stimulating talk - an excellent start to the afternoon. It went by so fast (or...
Gary Colville on 22 Dec 2012
Typical European attempts to understand another culture. You just don't get it do you? I Pastor a church...
Richard on 1 Oct 2012
Phil, dude, your comment is silly. Read what people have said and try not to be a self-fulfilling prophecy...