Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-12-25
- "we need fewer #christians. we need more people to come to the cross" http://bit.ly/4vYOom Be #Christ centred, not self-centred. #
- #Catholic charity to pull out of DC if #ssm bill is passed into law: http://bit.ly/6Zt0y2 #tcot #marriage #
- @snw1969 IKEA at Christmas time … don't get lost! in reply to snw1969 #
- Our consciences don't just tell us what is right they urge us to live right #FrankTurek #
- How they really want you to halt #GlobalWarming: http://is.gd/5y2z0 #humanism #science #satire #
- @nomorechange blessings to you
School orders psychological assessment for 8yo who drew a crucifix in class
Here’s one for the No Shortage of Crazy basket: an 8 year old boy who, on having been instructed to draw something that reminded him of Christmas, drew a picture of a crucifix with a stick figure of Jesus. On showing the picture to his teacher he was sent to see the Principle who in turn sent him home with his parents, not to return until the boy’s mental health could be assessed.
Apparently, the drawing – shown below – was deemed ‘violent’, or portrayed ‘violent’ tendencies.
The report from Breitbart.com says the boy was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation before being allowed to return to school:
The boy was cleared to return to school on… Continue reading ...
10 reasons why absent fathers are bad for society
There is a lot of hoo-hah in today’s society as to the role that fathers play in the lives of their children. It seems that society nowadays believes that single-parenting is an okay situation – and by accepting this situation in totality, they state that fathers are redundant. Why? Because the majority of single-parent households consist of mother and child. This comes at a cost to society. From Fathers for Life, studies have shown that fathers play an important and pivotal role in the upbringing of their children. And the best environment in which fatherhood ‘earns its keep’ – and in which children ultimately flourish – is within an intact, married household.
As Frank Turek notes, there are 10… Continue reading ...
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-12-17
- Time for cute – 4yo calls #911 for help with maths: http://bit.ly/7F1DnF #kidssay #
- Everyone may be entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. Facts are objective; opinions are often subjective. #
- Men & women can do just about anything alone except 4 1 thing – procreate. They need a member of the opposite sex for that. Ergo, #marriage #
- Find out what it means to be human: http://bit.ly/8YX3va #RaviZacharias #christianity #morality #
- Flowery speech is not necessarily the sign of a careful mind ~ #Augustine #
- Sounds Gorey … RT @ihatethemedia: CBS poll shows that support
Quote: the sorry goal of relativism
Having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labelled today as fundamentalism. Whereas, relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and ‘swept along by every wind of teaching’ looks like the only attitude [acceptable] to today’s standards. We are moving towards a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one’s own ego and one’s own desires.
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Corporatising unhealthy values to our youth and society
Marketers. An interesting bunch. If it weren’t for the fact that their sole job is to promote or sell something to you, you may actually just admire them for the creativity. But when marketers produce advertisements for their client’s products, the manner in which they do so promotes not only the product or service but, inevitably, a certain worldview as well. Whether or not it is intentional, all media – particularly television and film – promotes a certain worldview. As Christians and members of a concerned public, we ought to be aware of the messages that are permeating our TV sets, newspapers, magazines and bus-stop billboards; we ought to be better prepared to counter act the influences found in these mediums… Continue reading ...
“Gay marriage like incest” or “how to take quotations completely out of context”
In the wake of the repeal of same-sex marriage legislation by the constituents in Maine last month, the Australian Senate was presented with a private members bill to amend the traditional definition of marriage. The Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, seeking to replace the words “a man and a woman” with “any two persons”, attracted the largest number of submissions from the public – in excess of 28,000, a record number for any Bill.
Australian Senate rejects Marriage Equality Bill
The amendment was rejected by the Senate with a 2/3 majority of the submissions opposing the Bill.
These facts and figures would be amazing by themselves if it were not for the comments made by Family First Senator… Continue reading ...
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-12-11
- Making up ur own version of God is worse than jumping out of a plane and imagining ur own version of a parachute. #
- #MaggieGallagher on why #gay #marriage is not inevitable: http://tinyurl.com/yzss6ls #ssm #
- #Maine reporter & his wife fired for prvtly expressing his oposition to ssm: http://tinyurl.com/ydqke4k #freespeech? #tolerance? #marriage #
- @RhondaOndrey Thanks and God's blessings for the RT! in reply to RhondaOndrey #
- No one has a civil right for a non-marital relationship to be treated as a #marriage.The definition of marriage is objective, not subjective #
- We must transfer the ownership of
Twurch Marriages – ur vows on teh intawebs
From the “world has gone crazy” basket, US resident Dana Hanna takes out his mobile phone during a wedding service to update his Twitter followers and Facebook friends of the proceedings. Where’s the twist? Dana was the groom!
As the minister presiding over the wedding said: I now pronounce you husband and wife. It’s official on Facebook … and it’s official in my book.
Thinking back, for those of you have already taken the plunge to tie the knot, was there anything ‘out-of-the-ordinary’ you did for your wedding? I was plain and boring for the most part but, in hindsight, if Twitter was around you may have found my updates something along the lines of:
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Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-12-03
- The opposite of knowledge is not #faith, but ignorance. And the opposite of faith is not knowledge, but unbelief @STRtweets #
- FAITH is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. Elton Trueblood /via @vesselproject #fb #
- If you were baptised and you don't have faith in #Jesus, then all you got was wet, not saved ~ @PastorMark #Christianity #salvation #
- The #church is messy because ppl are messy; but the good news is that #God wants to get "messy" with us. #
- The #gospel comes alive when it's being tested against needs and against rivals. #
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