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Privacy - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-24 23:52:00
The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. Anton ChekhovIf you would be known and not know, vegetate in a village. If you would know and not be known, live in a city. Charles Caleb ColtonWe are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government. -William G. DouglasI never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference. Greta GarboThings have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of private life.- Viscount MelbourneThe poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter, - but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the thresh...
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Priorities - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-24 15:38:00
The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life coming flowing in. C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)No one can maintain more than three priorities. If you have a job you care about, that's a priority. If you have a family, that's a priority. Which leaves one more. Maybe it's staying in shape, maybe it's volunteering at your church. Most people understand this intuitively. But they keep overcommiting themselves and overcomplicating their lives. So my advice is simple: figure out what your priorities are, and say "no" to everything else. --Elaine St. JamesNever let the urgent crowd out the important... Kelly Catlin Walker

Principles - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-24 15:37:00
principlesIt's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.Conviction and pragmatism are not incompatible. - Brenda Maddox, Maggie the First Lady, p130Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others. -- Grouch Marx
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Monkey business
2008-06-23 23:53:00
BBC says, " A group of Indians are planning to present a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group decided to order the idol after they read a magazine report saying that Mr Obama carried a good luck 'monkey king' charm. Hindus revere monkeys which they believe are descendents of the monkey God Hanuman. The two-foot tall, 15kg gold-polished, brass idol has been made as a present for Mr Obama because "he will be good for India if he becomes the next president," according to Brij Mohan Bhama, leader of the group. "We have heard that he carries a small monkey charm in his pocket. So he is a devotee of Hanuman. That's why we want to present him with this idol," he said. "So has Obama any Christian principles? Not if he carries charms and receives idols. Will he accept the idol and lose Christiam votes or take it to gain Hindu ones?
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Pride - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-23 16:07:00
Pride is what we have. Vanity is what others have.A man is usually as young as he feels, but seldom as important.Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride. Jonathan Aitken in The Tablet. 12 June 1999'I will cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism with the simple sword of truth'. These were insensitive words of pride which came back to haunt me. Jonathan Aitken in The Tablet. 12 June 1999Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.---Augustine (354-430)There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. --Edward G. Bulwer-LyttonSpiritual pride in its own nature is so secret, that it is not so well discerned by immediate intuition on the thing itself, as by the effects and fruits of it; some of which I would mention, together with the contrary fruits of pure christian humility. Spiritual pride disposes to speak ofother persons' sins,...
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Presuppositions - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-23 13:59:00
The mind of modern man is a curious mixture of decayed Calvinism and diluted Buddhism; and he expresses his philosophy without knowing that he holds it. We [i.e., Catholics] say what it is natural for us to say; but we know what we are saying; therefore it is assumed that we are saying it for effect. He says what it is natural for him to say; but he does not know what he is saying, still less why he is saying it . . . He is just as partisan; . . . just as much depending on one doctrinal system as distinct from another. But he has taken it for granted so often that he has forgotten what it is. So his literature does not seem to him partisan, even when it is. But our literature does seem to him propagandist, even when it isn't. G K Chesterton {The Thing, NY: Sheed & Ward, 1929, p. 120}The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the...

Blaming
2008-06-23 01:27:00
The Telegraph says, "Gordon Brown will today blame Margaret Thatcher for Britain's low rates of social mobility and accuse the former Conservative Prime Minister of creating a lost generation by "denying many children the chance to progress".The social mobility reduced by Maggie was her support for comprehensive secondary schools when Education Secretary. Grammar schools gave a meritocratic pursuit of excellence. Comprehensives are the nurseries of mediocrity.

Bishops criticise Anglican leader
2008-06-23 00:02:00
BBC says, " Conservative Anglican leaders have opened talks in Jerusalem on the future of the Church with criticism of its leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury.The Archbishops of Nigeria and Uganda attacked his failure to discipline the US Episcopal Church for consecrating an openly gay bishop in 2003.The 300 bishops are meeting to discuss the future of the worldwide Anglican Communion, amid fears of a split.Many of them say liberals are rewriting the Bible to fit modern trends."The Communion is in a state of brokenness," said Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola at the opening of the Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon), which brings together conservative Anglican leaders, many from developing countries. BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggot, who is at the conference, says the talks are in effect a rival to next month's Lambeth Conference - a 10-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops from all over the world.Many attending the Jerusalem talks have threatened to boycott...
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German Court Jailing Homeschool Parents
2008-06-22 17:41:00
HSLDA reports, "On Wednesday, June 18, a district court in the German state of Hesse sentenced Jurgen and Rosemary Dudek each to three months in prison simply because they homeschool their seven children.HSLDA condemns this court ruling in the strongest possible terms. Good parents who love and care for their children should never be sentenced to prison for doing what is best for their children. Germany is a Western nation and should know better.HSLDA will be helping the Dudeks with their appeals, but German courts have so far consistently ruled against homeschoolers.More information will be forthcoming as this story develops, and we will keep you informed. In the meantime, please remember the Dudeks in your thoughts and prayers. The family welcomes notes of encouragement which can be sent to:Family DudekFriedrichstr. 637293 Archfeld?GERMANY
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Presumption - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-20 16:50:00
If thou shalt remain faithful and zealous in labour, doubt not that God shall be faithful and bountiful in rewarding thee. It is thy duty to have a good hope that thou wilt attain the victory: but thou must not fall into security lest thou become slothful or lifted up. Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

Presbyterian - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-20 16:49:00
I started life as a Presbyterian , where "You may be seated" is one of the most exciting part of those servicesQUESTION: What's the difference between a Presbyterian and a Baptist?ANSWER: A Presbyterian will speak to you in a liquor store.He advised that Methodists be accepted as jurymen because their religious emotions can be transmuted into love and charity; but warned against taking Presbyterians because they knew right from wrong. -- Harry Golden, _For 2¢ Plain_ (ON CLARENCE DARROW)

POLICE STATE, GERMANY
2008-06-20 07:10:00
Hitler passed a law outlawing homeschooling. Germany still keeps this Nazi law.June 18, 2008 Bob Unruhreports in WorldNetDaily "A mother and father who have been homeschooling their children each have been ordered by a German judge to serve three-month prison terms after a prosecutor said he was unhappy with fines the family paid and he wanted the parents jailed.The sentences for Juergen and Rosemarie Dudek were announced in Germany's equivalent of a district court today in the state of Hesse, according to a staff attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association. The group, the premier homeschooling advocacy organization in the world, has been monitoring and helping in the Dudeks' case since before a federal prosecutor announced his intention more than a year ago to see the parents behind bars."Words escape me, it's unconscionable, incredible, shocking," HSLDA staff attorney Mike Donnelly told WND after he got word of the sentence. "They'll appeal of course."He said the pr...
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Prejudice- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-19 01:07:00
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. - Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) "Patterns of Culture," ch. 1, 1934he eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. -- Henri BergsonPrejudice s, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones." - Charlotte Bronte, Jane EyreWho needs debate, the Left rationalizes, when those who disagree are bigoted, homophobic, sexist pigs? Dealing with their arguments is a just a waste of time. In this model, dissenters begin to look less and less like members of society with a right to their own opinions and more and more like speed bumps on the road to social change. -- Tammy Bruce, _The New Thought Police_, 2001Birds are taken with pipes that imitate their own voices, and men with those sayings that are most agreeable to their own opin...

The dependency culture
2008-06-18 00:05:00
I have now come across three people I know who have been told by people in authority that they should stop work and be better off.The first is a single mother of three working part time and behind with council tax due to the mistakes of her local housing benefit department. She stopped work. For her work was a fulfilling therapy which got her out of the house. When she went back to part time work she immediately received a bill for all her tax debt from the council. What a disincentive to gainful employment.The second is a man working on low pay for a charity. With a growing family and money very short he sought help and was told he should stop work and be better off on benefits.The third is another part time worker. Once again, returning to work meant a mess up with housing benefits and a demand for council tax. A court summons resulted. She went to contest it and at the court asked for a duty solicitor. An unidentified woman came and started asking her questions. It turned out she...
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Predictions- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-17 23:52:00
The proof of Trotsky's farsightedness is that not one of his predictions has yet come trueIsn't it strange that the same people that laugh at gypsy fortune tellers take economists seriously?Q: How can you make God laugh? A: Tell Him your plans for the future.I've gone to hundreds of fortune-tellers' parlours, and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her. New York City Detective
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Muslim children in Britain 'brought up to hate their homeland'
2008-06-17 15:29:00
Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent of the Telegraph reports on 11/06/2008"Radical British Muslim s have formed chatrooms to discuss adopting orphans and bringing up children to be Islam ic fighters, a study has found.The teachings of Omar Bakri Mohammed are popular on radical sitesDiscussions on a number of radical websites have asked how children should be brought up to be "mujahideen" and whether they should be pulled out of mainstream schools.Other participants boast of how their children threaten to kill "kuffar" [non-believers] and complain that the Shakespeare being taught in schools is "full of homosexuality, fornication and adultery."The Centre for Social Cohesion says radical Muslims are using the internet to create a "virtual Islamic caliphate" and calls on the government to launch a crack down.According to the Centre for Social Cohesion, a think tank which has been monitoring radical websites, users of a site called www.islambase.co.uk discussed the possibility of adopt...
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Predestination - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-17 15:07:00
Predestination was doomed from the start.When they inquire into predestination, they are penetrating the sacred precincts of divine wisdom. If anyone with carefree assurance breaks into this place, he will not succeed in satisfying his curiosity and he will enter a labyrinth from which he can find no exit. For it is not right for man unrestrainedly to search out things that the Lord has willed to be hidden in Himself; nor is it right for him to investigate from eternity that sublime wisdom, which God would have us revere but not understand, in order that through this also He should fill us with wonder. He has set forth by His Word the secrets of His will that He has decided to reveal to us. These He decided to reveal in so far as He foresaw that they would concern and benefit us. ... John Calvin (1509-1564), The Institutes of the Christian Religion (III, xxi, 1)For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, ...
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Preaching- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-17 13:03:00
Sermonettes make ChristianettesI don't care what people say, Pastor. I like your sermons.The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.The hungry sheep, that crave the living Bread.Grow few, and lean, and feeble as can be,When fed not Gospel, but philosophy;Not Love's eternal story, no, not this,But apt allusion, keen analysis.Discourse well framed -- forgot as soon as heard --Man's thin dilution of the living Word.O Preacher, leave the rhetorician's arts;Preach Christ, the Food of hungry human hearts;Hold fast to science, history, or creed,But preach the Answer to our human need,That in this place, at least, it may be saidNo hungry sheep looks up and is not fed.Robert Hammond Adams (1883-1975) INSCRIPTION FOR A PULPITI preached as never sure to preach again,And as a dying man to dying men.Richard Baxter, 1615-1691, Love Breathing Thanks and Praise.Screw the truth into men's minds.- RICHARD BAXTER (on preaching)He doth preach most that doth live best. - JOHN BOYSHe preaches well th...
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If you are a British citizen; sign up!
2008-06-17 07:08:00
Take 30 Seconds To Make Gordon Brown ListenLast Friday the people of Ireland voted to reject the Lisbon Treaty.But politicians across Europe are refusing to accept the result. They arrogantly insist that the Treaty must go ahead anyway. Despite the no vote, the UK Government is planning to carry on regardless, and ratify the Treaty in the House of Lords on Wednesday.This is part of an attempt to isolate and bully the people of Ireland.Please take 30 seconds to send a message to Gordon Brown by signing the petition on the Downing Street website. Tell Gordon to respect the verdict of the Irish people - and drop the Treaty.http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon -Lisbon/Many thanks-----How politicians are refusing to listen to the no voteFrench Europe Minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet says: 'I don't think you can say the treaty of Lisbon is dead even if the ratification process will be delayed.'German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says: 'We are sticking with our goal for it to com...
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Prayers- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-16 15:48:00
Dear Lord, please protect me from your followers.- Bumper StickerThe Prayer of an American Civil War SoldierI asked God for strength that I might achieve . . .I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked for health, that I might do greater things . . .I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.I asked for riches, that I might be happy . . .I was given poverty, that I might be wise.I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men . . .I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life . . .I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.I got nothing that I asked for,but everything I had hoped for.Almost despite myself,my unspoken prayers were answered.I am, among all,most richly blessed!She had been teaching her three-year-old daughter, the Lord's Prayer. She listened with pride as the little girl carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer. "Lead us not into temptation," she pr...
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Dubya is here
2008-06-15 15:19:00
BBC says, "Protesters greet Bush's UK visit"I welcome this much maligned president; a much better man than his predecessor.
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New tastes
2008-06-15 10:33:00
I am indebted to two good presbyterian friends for improving my palette. First, some years ago, Gordon introduced me to the delights of single malt whisky. Gordon had acquired the taste when his employers put in a new computer system for the Distillers Company. I now drink it when i can afford it from time to time. Islay malts with their peaty flavour are my favorites, plus Talisker from Skye but I will drink any Freemans :-) i am no expert. Do single casks really taste superior to cheaper malts?Bill then introduced me to Belgian beer. IMO English beer is good to quench the thirst, but Belgian is for sipping and savouring. Here is what i brought back from Belgium .Deugniet 7.3%Petrus Goulden tripel 7.5%Chimay Peres Trappistes Tripel 8%Cookie 8%Scotch Silly 8%Vicaris Generaal 8.8%Abbey - Abdij du Val - Dieu Triple 9%Abbey - Abdij van Leffe 9%Balthazar 9%La Trappe Quadrupel 10%The so called Amber Nectar can be put back in the billabong folks. Belgium is the beer capital of the world! I...
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More trumpet blowing
2008-06-15 09:39:00
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A2 9Q72GBEFKJLF/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdpI am now Reviewer Rank:294 on amazon.co.uk with 285 reviews (1,085 helpful votes.
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Blowing my own trumpet
2008-06-15 02:33:00
Technoranki (click on title) is ranking me at number 76. At 226 comes adrianwarnock.com Wow! Fame at last. Comparisons may be odious and pride is a sin, but I am fair chuffed as we say up north.Now for my dose of humility and perspective. The top Christian blog is at number 8, The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker.
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Is there any church discipline in the C of E?
2008-06-15 00:56:00
The Telegraph reports, "Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay 'wedding' By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs 15/06/2008An Anglican church has held a homosexual "wedding" for the first time in a move that will deepen the rift between liberals and traditionalists, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.Two male priests exchanged vows and rings in a ceremony that was conducted using one of the church's most traditional wedding rites ? a decision seen as blasphemous by conservatives.The ceremony broke Church of England guidelines and was carried out last month in defiance of the Bishop of London , in whose diocese it took place. News of the "wedding" emerged days before a crucial summit of the Anglican Church's conservative bishops and archbishops, who are threatening to split the worldwide Church over the issue of homosexual clergy.Although some liberal clergy have carried out "blessing ceremonies" for homosexual couples in the past, this is the first time a vicar has ...
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Three cheers for Ireland!
2008-06-13 16:39:00
BBC says,"Voters in Ireland have rejected the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty in a referendum by 53.4% to 46.6%.The vote is a major blow to leaders in the 27-nation EU, which requires all its members to ratify the treaty. Only Ireland has held a public vote.The European Commission says nations should continue to ratify the treaty, designed to streamline decision-making.Irish PM Brian Cowen said he respected the vote but it had caused a "difficult situation" that had "no quick fix".Leaders of the No campaign said the vote was a "great result for Ireland".An earlier, more wide-ranging EU draft constitution failed after French and Dutch voters rejected it in 2005.The Irish No campaign won by 862,415 votes to 752,451. Turnout was 53.1%.A referendum was mandatory in Ireland as the country would need to change its constitution to accommodate the treaty.France and Germany quickly issued a joint statement expressing regret over the Irish result.British Foreign Secretary David Miliban...

The most vigorously persecuted
2008-06-13 13:25:00
The Christian Institute says, "Gordon Brown?s Government is discriminating against Christianity in favour of other religions, says an official Church of England report.It accuses Labour of failing to acknowledge the breakdown in society and excluding vital Christian voices.The report, which has been endorsed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, states: ?We encountered on the part of the Government a significant lack of understanding, or interest in, the Church of England?s current or potential contribution in the public sphere.?Indeed we were told that Government had consciously decided to focus?almost exclusively on minority religions.?It adds: ?Every participant in our study from the Church agreed that there was deep ?religious illiteracy? on the part of the Government.?The report echoes comments made recently by the Bishop of Rochester, Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, who said the dismantling of Christian values has left a ?moral vacuum? which will be filled by radical Islam .Rat...

Books Read in June 2008
2008-06-08 10:53:00
1. Minority Report by Carl R. TruemanCarl Trueman is to church history what Fred was to fast bowling. He is the best for enjoyment and he sends down some bouncers too. Carl is a great read. he is a challengingly intellectual historian and theologian. He will make you think, provoke you and make you laugh. Part one of this book is the longer more formal papers. This is not the easiest of starts but keep going. the fun is part two. Yes, Carl can make history fun. He is the best historian I have read for linking the past to the present. I think he has convinced me that I too am a Zen Calvinist and like him I recommend the Psalter. All human life is there. Read this book. be challenged and smile.
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Why the preachers were stopped. It was the Muslim cop!
2008-06-05 21:01:00
The Daily Mail reports, on 02nd June 2008,"Two Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible extracts by police because they were in a Muslim area, it was claimed yesterday.They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.The community officer is also said to have told the two men: 'You have been warned. If you come back here and get beat up, well, you have been warned.'A police constable who was present during the incident in the Alum Rock area of Birmingham is also alleged to have told the preachers not to return to the district.It comes amid growing concern over the development of Islamic 'no-go areas'.The preachers, Americans Arthur Cunningham and Joseph Abraham, are demanding an apology and compensation from West Midlands Police.They say their treatment breaks the Human Rights Act, which guarantees freedom of religious expression.The preach...
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Praise- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-01 22:56:00
Look upon the rainbow, and praise him who made it. Sirach 43:11Let us go and wake up the universe .. and sing his praises. Mariam Baouard But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me. Ps. 13:5-6.o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/Ps. 149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/ o/...a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Isa. 61:3Were the holiest heart upon earth enlarged to the vast comprehension of this great world's wideness; nay, made capable of all the glorious and magnificent hallelujahs and hearty praises offered to Jehovah, both by all the militant and triumphant church, yet would it come infinitely short of sufficiently magnifying, admiring, and adoring the...
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