October 2009 – Page 2 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Porvoo Shipwrecked

By Peter Ould Posted on October 23, 2009 Posted in Church of England, Secular / Christian, Sexuality 3 Comments Tagged with Church of England, Church Of Sweden, Civil Law, Conger, Conservative Members, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriages, Gay Rights Group, Kalin, Marriage Rites, No Doubt, Public Authorities, Rfsu, Same Sex Couples, Sexuality Education, Social Climate, Social Institution, Swedish Association, Theology Of Creation, Traditionalist

There can be no doubt about it – the actions of the Lutheran Church of Sweden this week in redefining marriage as a covenant in front of God that can be entered into by any two people, regardless of their …

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Questionable Time

By Peter Ould Posted on October 23, 2009 Posted in Liberal Illiberality, UK Politics 2 Comments Tagged with Blighty, Bnp, Churchill, Euro Elections, European Parliament, Famous Quote, Free Speech, Furore, Impartiality, Liberal Democracy, Meps, Mr Griffin, Peaceful Protest, Protesters, Public Platform, Question Time, Snp, Three Times, Trespass, Voltaire

Let me start this post by pointing out that I’m not a fan of the BNP, not by a long margin. It saddens me that I have to point that at at the beginning, but some people will read this …

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Affecting Society

By Peter Ould Posted on October 19, 2009 Posted in Holiness, Mission, Secular / Christian 32 Comments Tagged with Body Of Christ, Christians, Civil Partnerships, Decades, Dignity, Disciples Of Christ, Email To A Friend, God, Holy Lifestyle, Long Time, Pastors, Perspectives, Role Of The Church, Sake, Sexual Identity, Spirit, Truth, Witness

I’ve just answered an email to a friend about how as pastors we approach the changes that are happening in society around us. This is my response to him and I’m publishing it below to get your thoughts on my …

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How to Worship

By Peter Ould Posted on October 17, 2009 Posted in Lighter Things, Worship 2 Comments Tagged with Absolute Genius, Youtube

Genius. Absolute genius. H/T the Clone.

Casting Aspersions

By Peter Ould Posted on October 16, 2009 Posted in Homophobia, Media, Music, Pastoral, Popular Culture, Sexuality 3 Comments Tagged with Accusation, Acute Pulmonary Oedema, Annual Dinner, Aspersions, Autopsy, Bearing, Cannabis Consumption, Carapace, Cause Of Death, Celebrity, Commentators, Controversial Article, Daily Mail, Dangerous Lifestyle, Gay Issue, Illicit Sex, Jan Moir, Moral Rearmament, Narcotics, Nightcap, Ooze, Reprobate, Stephen Gately, Twitter

Following on from the power of Twitter in the Trafigura case earlier this week, it now appears that Web 2.0 is going to bring down one of the Daily Mail’s leading commentators. In a controversial article Jan Moir uses the …

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Changing Attitude get it spot on

By Peter Ould Posted on October 13, 2009 Posted in Church of England, Sexuality 6 Comments Tagged with Attitude, Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Clergy, Cofe, Colin Coward, Conversations, Dissidents, False Notion, Falsity, Frustration, Honesty, House Of Bishops, Human Sexuality, Peter Selby, Pretence, Registrations, Sake, Sexuality Issue, Western Canada

It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Colin Coward, but his blog piece this morning is right on the nail. The Church of England is fact divided on sexuality. The House of Bishops is divided – they are not …

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Month: October 2009