Beauty for Ashes

Dr. Andy Bannister appointed new Director of Solas CPC

PRESS RELEASE: New Director for the Solas Centre for Public Christianity – Dr. Andy Bannister

Alec Motyer

The Gospel Coalition:  J. ALEC MOTYER (1924-2016)

T.I.E. - Time for Inclusive Education

The National:  Alyn Smith: Scotland is a beacon to LGBTI people everywhere and we need to shout that more

The Herald: School pressure, social media stress, body image anxiety: Teen Scotland in meltdown

CommonSpace:  SNP parliamentarians support LGBTI+ education lobby at Glasgow Pride

The Herald: LGBTI campaigners turn on Swinney over homophobic bullying in schools

 

Millionaire Lottery Couple Divorce

The Telegraph: Millionaire lottery couple divorce after wife leaves husband for married former Dreams mattress boss worth 100 times more

One from the archives - Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

The Guardian (2003): Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

NHS Privatisation

Metro: Privatisation of NHS continues as hospital contract awarded to Richard Branson

Huffington Post:   Britain’s Privatised Rail Network Makes Millions For Foreign State-Owned Train Companies

| MUSIC |

Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah

Sons of Korah - Psalm 91

Stereophonics - Mr Writer

Donna Summer and Barbara Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)

Stereophonics - Been Caught Cheating  (Yeah, what can we say, Al likes the Stereophonics, ok!)

The Cult - Illuminated

Dr. Andy Bannister appointed new Director of Solas CPC

PRESS RELEASE: New Director for the Solas Centre for Public Christianity – Dr. Andy Bannister

Alec Motyer

The Gospel Coalition:  J. ALEC MOTYER (1924-2016)

T.I.E. - Time for Inclusive Education

The National:  Alyn Smith: Scotland is a beacon to LGBTI people everywhere and we need to shout that more

The Herald: School pressure, social media stress, body image anxiety: Teen Scotland in meltdown

CommonSpace:  SNP parliamentarians support LGBTI+ education lobby at Glasgow Pride

The Herald: LGBTI campaigners turn on Swinney over homophobic bullying in schools

 

Millionaire Lottery Couple Divorce

The Telegraph: Millionaire lottery couple divorce after wife leaves husband for married former Dreams mattress boss worth 100 times more

One from the archives - Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

The Guardian (2003): Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

NHS Privatisation

Metro: Privatisation of NHS continues as hospital contract awarded to Richard Branson

Huffington Post:   Britain’s Privatised Rail Network Makes Millions For Foreign State-Owned Train Companies

| MUSIC |

Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah

Sons of Korah - Psalm 91

Stereophonics - Mr Writer

Donna Summer and Barbara Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)

Stereophonics - Been Caught Cheating  (Yeah, what can we say? Al likes the Stereophonics, ok?)

The Cult - Illuminated

| TOPICS |

* Usain Bolt and Mary Berry - Faith and the BBC *

* Stephen Green and Tom Daly *

* TheNewAtlantis Journal's Special Report on Sexuality and Gender *

* Celtic and Palestine Flags *

* #TwoWomenTravel *

* Angus Buchan *

* Writer of Yes Minister dies *

 

| LINKS |

Premier Christianity: The BBC's decision to ignore Usain Bolt's faith is another sign of anti-Christian bias

TheWeeFlea.com:  The Blasphemy of Christian Voice and an Apology to Tom Daley

TheWeeFlea.com: What the Green Reaction tells us about the UK Church

TheNewAtlantis.com: Special Report - Sexuality and Gender

HeraldScotland: UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Celtic for Palestine flag display

 

Twitter:  Two Women Travel

BBC: Trending #TwoWomenTravel - Live-tweeting an abortion

Kaleidoscot.com: Angus Buchan faces protest after Dumfries event relaunch

Kaleidoscot.com: Following campaign Hope Church cancels Angus Buchan Scotland visit

BBC:   Yes Minister writer Sir Antony Jay dies at 86

| MUSIC |

The Proclaimers - Over and done with

Madness - Don't quote me on that

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed up world

Ziggy Marley - Shalom Salaam

Kylie Minogue - Baby

The Cranberries - Wake up and smell the coffee

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Death is not the end

| TOPICS |

* Usain Bolt and Mary Berry - Faith and the BBC *

* Stephen Green and Tom Daly *

* TheNewAtlantis Journal's Special Report on Sexuality and Gender *

* Celtic and Palestine Flags *

* #TwoWomenTravel *

* Angus Buchan *

* Writer of Yes Minister dies *

| LINKS |

Premier Christianity: The BBC's decision to ignore Usain Bolt's faith is another sign of anti-Christian bias

TheWeeFlea.com:  The Blasphemy of Christian Voice and an Apology to Tom Daley

TheWeeFlea.com: What the Green Reaction tells us about the UK Church

TheNewAtlantis.com: Special Report - Sexuality and Gender

HeraldScotland: UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Celtic for Palestine flag display

Twitter:  Two Women Travel

BBC: Trending #TwoWomenTravel - Live-tweeting an abortion

Kaleidoscot.com: Angus Buchan faces protest after Dumfries event relaunch

Kaleidoscot.com: Following campaign Hope Church cancels Angus Buchan Scotland visit

BBC:   Yes Minister writer Sir Antony Jay dies at 86

| MUSIC |

The Proclaimers - Over and done with

Madness - Don't quote me on that

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed up world

Ziggy Marley - Shalom Salaam

Kylie Minogue - Baby

The Cranberries - Wake up and smell the coffee

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Death is not the end

Ann Furedi, Chief Executive of BPAS (Britain’s largest independent provider of abortions) has written a new book – The Moral Case for Abortion.  As Christians we need to understand what the argument is and be ready to respond to it.

In this week’s Quantum of Solas podcast, David Robertson discusses Mrs Furedi’s recent comments on a Spiked Podcast with John Deighan, Chief Executive of SPUC Scotland (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children).

| LINKS |

Spiked Podcast:  There is a moral case for abortion

| MUSIC |

Kari Atalla – The baby that would have been mine

Ann Furedi, Chief Executive of BPAS (Britain's largest independent provider of abortions) has written a new book - The Moral Case for Abortion.  As Christians we need to understand what the argument is and respond to it.

In this week's Quantum of Solas podcast, David Robertson discusses Mrs Furedi's recent comments on a Spiked Podcast with John Deighan, Chief Executive of SPUC Scotland (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children).

| LINKS |

Spiked Podcast:  There is a moral case for abortion

| MUSIC |

Kari Atalla - The baby that would have been mine

Olympics

Hinkley Point C - nuclear-power station

Bloody Sunday Priest

The Labour Party

The Rainbow Flag

Channel 4’s Naked Attraction

GSA - Genetic Sexual Attraction

 

LINKS

BBC:  Rio 2016

 

The Economist: The problem with Britain’s (planned) nuclear-power station

International Business Times: UK must pull the plug on the exorbitant Hinkley Point nuclear power project

 

BBC: Bishop Edward Daly: Bloody Sunday priest dies

 

The Guardian: Boris Johnson lifts ban on UK embassies flying gay pride rainbow flag

 

 

Daily Mail: Mother, 36, and son, 19, who fell in love when they met last year after she gave him up for adoption as a baby, say they'll go to JAIL to defend their relationship

MUSIC

Sinead O'Connor - Property of Jesus

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Nuclear Blues

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Billy Bragg - The Red Flag

Ziggy Marley - Rainbow in the Sky

Modestep - Rainbow

Corey Smith - Arc of a Rainbow

Toploader - Just about living

Olympics

BBC:  Rio 2016

 

Hinkley Point C - nuclear-power station

The Economist: The problem with Britain’s (planned) nuclear-power station

International Business Times: UK must pull the plug on the exorbitant Hinkley Point nuclear power project

Bloody Sunday Priest

BBC: Bishop Edward Daly: Bloody Sunday priest dies

 

The Labour Party

The Rainbow Flag

The Guardian: Boris Johnson lifts ban on UK embassies flying gay pride rainbow flag

 

Channel 4’s Naked Attraction

 

 

GSA - Genetic Sexual Attraction

Daily Mail: Mother, 36, and son, 19, who fell in love when they met last year after she gave him up for adoption as a baby, say they'll go to JAIL to defend their relationship

 

MUSIC

Sinead O'Connor - Property of Jesus

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Nuclear Blues

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

Billy Bragg - The Red Flag

Ziggy Marley - Rainbow in the Sky

Modestep - Rainbow

Corey Smith - Arc of a Rainbow

Toploader - Just about living

Named Person

Allan Norman in CommonSpace.scot: Named Person explained – for those who are not wilfully blind

TheWeeFlea.com: Investigate Extremist Christians!

PrEP

Ross Clark in The Spectator: The NHS shouldn’t fund a drug that prevents HIV

Jamie Grierson in The Guardian:  Anger after NHS warns PrEP HIV drug could put other treatments at risk

Aids.gov:  Pre-Exposure-Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Tim LaHaye

Christian Today:  Tim LaHaye and the end times: What should we believe about the end of the world?

Monster Mash

The Telegraph:  Gary Paxton, 'Monster Mash' producer – obituary

Named Person

Allan Norman in CommonSpace.scot: Named Person explained – for those who are not wilfully blind

TheWeeFlea.com: Investigate Extremist Christians!

 

PrEP

Ross Clark in The Spectator: The NHS shouldn’t fund a drug that prevents HIV

Jamie Grierson in The Guardian:  Anger after NHS warns PrEP HIV drug could put other treatments at risk

Aids.gov:  Pre-Exposure-Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Tim LaHaye

Christian Today:  Tim LaHaye and the end times: What should we believe about the end of the world?

Monster Mash

The Telegraph:  Gary Paxton, 'Monster Mash' producer – obituary