From the New York Times… Jewish Hospital a fixture in Tehran TEHRAN — Sitting in his office at Tehran’s only Jewish hospital, Ciamak Morsadegh lit another cigarette and reminisced about how his wife left Iran for the United States after he insisted on staying. Dr. Morsadegh, the director of the Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity … More Jewish Healthcare in Iran
Adelaide Fringe Festival organisers say they will not cancel a Melbourne comedian’s show that has come under fire as being anti-Christian. The ABC reports… Josh Ladgrove’s one-man show, Come Heckle Christ, will feature at the festival later this month despite more than a dozen official complaints. The show begins with Ladgrove, who has long hair … More So when will Josh do a ‘Come Heckle Mo’ Show?
Via Q, an article from Christianity Today which demonstrates the link between the work of Christian missionaries and modern democracy. The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries They didn’t set out to change history. But one modern scholar’s research shows they did just that. Andrea Palpant Dilley For many of our contemporaries, no one … More How Christian Missions influenced democracy…
From a wise Editorial in the Australian… NO book has had a greater impact on Western civilisation than the Bible. Believers or not, few would disagree. The Bible has shaped our language, art and institutions. Its Christian teachings have informed our development from exploration to enlightenment, through customs to laws, forging countries and cultures. So … More The Greens don’t have a prayer…
Be warned, Australia, the future of a Politically Correct overbearing nation looks something like this… From the BBC: Stewart and Natasha Sutherland fined for term-time holiday A couple who took their children on a week-long holiday during school term time have been ordered by magistrates to pay £1,000 in costs and fines. Stewart and Natasha … More PC UK fines parents for taking children on holiday…
In the spirit of some of the reconstruction of facts which has been indulged in by one or two left-leaning commenters lately, I thought some Fake News would brighten up what has been an icy beginning to 2014 at SP02. The parody of a news story that follows is quite topical in the light of … More Stuck in the Ice – a tale of global warming…
If you don’t believe in prosperity over Christmas and the New Year, at least be happy, joyful and in good health! Steve
UN interpreter accidentally tells the world the truth… Hillel Neuer of UN Watch writes: On Thursday a United Nations interpreter, unaware that her microphone was on, uttered words of truth in reaction to the General Assembly’s adoption of nine politically-motivated resolutions condemning Israel, and zero resolutions on the rest of the world. Under the mistaken impression that … More ‘UN peu trop!’ Interpreter tells truth about UN witch-hunt of Israel
From History.com, an article on the origins of Halloween. I wonder if any of the parents dressing their little ones as witches, ghouls and devils realise what they are promoting. Ancient Origins of Halloween Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area … More The spread of paganism – Halloween
John McArthur is a well known critic of what is known as the Charismatic movement, which, by his reckoning, also includes many Pentecostals, and, he thinks, needs sorting out – by a Reformed Theology teacher, of course! In this sermon, ‘Is God Still Revealing the Truth?’, he claims that the main problem with the Charismatic movement … More John McArthur’s misleading revelations redux
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