Multi-faith TV, Carbon tax, marriage
A few current items... starting with marriage...
1. Pray for Marriage and Family The homosexual lobby is still lobbying for homosexual 'marriage' to be legal. This Sunday, is the National Day of Prayer and Fasting - with a special meeting in the Great Hall in Parliament House in Canberra. We will be praying for marriage and family as well as for the nation and political leaders. Click here for full details and guidelines for prayers. Please pray in your churches or wherever you are!
2. Anti 'Carbon Tax' Convoy With more and more people and commentators protesting about the government's proposed 'caron tax', one truck operator has organised a 'convoy' travelling for northern Australia to Canberra. He is inviting people to join him on the way to Canberra. Click here to read about his convoy... Read Greg Sheridan's insightful commentary on the damage that will be done by Julia Gillard's proposed tax: Bizarre impost will damage economy, The Australian, 14/7/2011.
3. Multi-faith TV Yes, two programs in the past week featured people of various faiths... There was MasterChef with the Dalai Lama - read our commentary on how Kate stood up for her faith as a Christian and refused to call him 'Your Holiness'. Read more.
Then there was the 'religious Q & A' - tagged "A Spiritual Special"- with John Lennox, a Christian apologist, an evangelical Christian - plus a Muslim (Susan Carland), a Jewish man John Safran and Eva Cox, a humanist 'non-religious' contributor on the panel! Description of panellists. They even proudly announced they had no politicians - as if they're aren't Christian politicians! Watch the episode... click here.
Read Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on interfaith activity - Interfaith Gone Wild
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