Peter Ould

Liberal Illiberality, Secular / Christian, UK Politics

Anti-Christian Labour boot out Methodist Pastor

Peter Ould Mar 5, 2010 Tagged with Applications Committee, Appointments Committee, Candidate One, Colliers Wood, Conservative Candidate, Council Candidate, Cranmer, Forthcoming Elections, General Purposes Committee, George Reynolds, Good And Faithful Servant, Labour Mp, Local Elections, Mcdonagh, Merton Council, Methodist Pastor, Mitcham, Overview And Scrutiny, Religious Conscience, Scrutiny Panel

You can’t make this stuff up. Cranmer has all the details but briefly the facts are …

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UK Politics

Michael Foot Dies

Peter Ould Mar 3, 2010 Tagged with Absolute Disaster, Bavaria, Comedians, Conservative Party Conference, Epitome, Holiday In Austria, Http Www Youtube, Immortal Line, Kenny Everett, Kinnock, Labour Party, Lad, Mandelson, Manifesto, Michael Foot, New Labour, Political Career, Political Satire, Red Roses, Socialism, St Giles, Suicide Note

On June 9th 1983 I was but a slip of a lad and my family were …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Legal Stuff, Secular / Christian

Lord Alli’s Amendment Passes

Peter Ould Mar 3, 2010 Tagged with Civil Partnerships, Cross Bench, Gay Marriage, Gays And Lesbians, Government Spokesman, Homosexual Couples, Jewish Synagogues, Labour Peer, Liberal Approach, Liberal Jews, Religious Establishment, Religious Establishments, Religious Language, Religious Organisations, Religious Premises, Report Stage, Same Sex Couples, Same Sex Relationships, Spokesman Said That, Thinking Anglicans

Thinking Anglicans have a number of links, the best of which are the reports from the …

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Scripture, Theology

Seeing Christ in the Old Testament

Peter Ould Mar 2, 2010 Tagged with Biblical Imagery, Christ In The Old Testament, Cloak, Egypt, Free From Blame, Genesis, Genesis 3, Hebrew, Literal Translation, Melchizedek, Messiah, Motifs, Powerful Man, Priestly King, Promise, Ram, Resurrection, Servants, Silver Cup, Slaves, Staff Group, Steward, Torah, Truth

This morning’s readings gave us another example from Genesis of how Christ and the truth of …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Secular / Christian

Lord Alli’s Amendment on Civil Partnerships in Religious Buildings

Peter Ould Mar 1, 2010 Tagged with Alli, Avoidance Of Doubt, Baroness, Civil Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Cpa, England, Obligation, Partnership Act, Registration Authority, Religious Buildings, Religious Organisations, Religious Premises, Religious Purposes, Section 6, Section 6a, Sloss, Subsection, Surbiton, Wales

This is the text of the new amendment to be moved by Lord Alli. Having been …

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Ecclesiastical, Ordination

Alter Christus?

Peter Ould Feb 27, 2010 Tagged with Baptism, Beginning Of Time, Catholic View, Catholics, Church of England, Evangelicals, Functional View, God, Good Stuff, Holy Orders, Holy Spirit, Http Www Youtube, Jesus, Liturgy, Norton, Ontological Difference, Ordination, Perspective, Presence, Priesthood, Priests, Recognises, Roman Catholic Church

Here’s a brilliant video (courtesy of Jeff) which looks at the priesthood from the perspective of …

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Church of England, Evangelism, General, Mission

The State We’re In

Peter Ould Feb 26, 2010 Tagged with Bishops, Christian Teaching, Churches, Civil Partnerships, Clergy, Eve, Falling Numbers, Flock, Gays, God, Members, Misogynists, People, Pointyheads, Profound Wisdom, Senior Women, Shares, Two Thousand Years, Vic

Some profound wisdom this morning from Vic. —- Once upon a time there were some pointyheads …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Secular / Christian, Sexuality

Blessing Civil Partnerships in Church

Peter Ould Feb 23, 2010 Tagged with Church of England, Civil Marriage, Civil Partnerships, Congress Shall Make No Law, Discrimination Law, Equality Bill, Faith Communities, Gay Couples, Government Proposals, Liberal Judaism, Partnership Act, Religious Bodies, Religious Establishments, Religious Marriage, Religious Premises, Slippery Slope Argument, Small Communities, Spiritual Independence, Straight Couples, Unitarians

A letter today in the Times has reignited the debate over whether Civil Partnership ceremonies should …

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Technology

A Moment of Pure Geekdom

Peter Ould Feb 22, 2010 Tagged with Geekdom, Youtube

This is just beautiful. No other words to describe it. Technology at its best.

Lighter Things, Media, Sexuality, Theology

Stop the Front Page!

Peter Ould Feb 20, 2010 Tagged with Abortion Clinic, Anthropologist, Benefit, City Gates, Dog Training, Expert, Front Page, Insight, Magic Shop, Massage Parlour, Renowned Theologian, Training Academy, Wisdom

Apparently a world renowned theologian and anthropologist has made a stunningly critical Christological statement full of …

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