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Tag Archives: BBC
When risk and reward replace duty and love
The UK was once marked by a spirit of duty under God and love. Men and women would go to great lengths to do the right thing for others, even at great personal cost. This spirit has been replaced in … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Christians
Tagged BBC, Christ, duty, George Entwhistle, Jesus, love, mission, NHS, reward, risk, secular government, self preservation, self sacrifice, The Cross
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Number Crunching – BBC vs CofE
With a new leader just appointed to the Church of England and a new one now required for the BBC, I thought I’d compare these two venerable public service institutions by numbers. Perhaps the new DG, when appointed, could learn … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, BBC, Church of England, Clergy, CofE, George Entwistle, Lord Patten, Number crunching, pension, Scandal, stipend
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This is about more than the death of a newspaper
I’m already completely bored of the way the BBC and print media pour over the minutiae of the News of the World scandal like scavengers around a corpse. The media pack has almost picked dry the carcass of that once … Continue reading
On being a happy nation.
The UK’s coalition government announced last week that the success of the nation will no longer be measured by its wealth generating power but by how happy we all are as a population. It’s a fairly obvious political move to … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged BBC, Blessedness, british government, David Cameron, GDP, Gordon Brown, Happiness, Nick Clegg, Psalms
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Scott Atran on changing the heroes of Islamic terrorists
At 6:52am this morning, American anthropologist, Scott Atran, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about what shapes and forms Islamic suicide bombers. What he said fascinated me. In his work with jihadist terrorists all over the world he … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged 7/7, 9/11, Afghanistan, BBC, jihad, jihadist, London, Madrid, Morocco, Pakistan, Radio 4, Scott Atran, suicide bomber, Today, Today Programme
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LZ7: What to make of “Invade the airwaves”
On 3rd October another Christian song made it into the Top 40 (No. 26) thanks to the work of “Invade the Airwaves” (getting Christian music into the charts). How does “Invade the Airwaves” work? The idea is simple. It uses … Continue reading
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Tagged All this time, BBC, BeBe Vox, Chartshow, Chris Moyles, Christian music, Delirious, History Maker, Invade the Airwaves, LZ7, This Little Light, Top 40
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BBC Radio 4 Today programme editors – wolves in sheep’s clothing
Did anyone catch this morning’s main headline on the Today programme? The item of greatest public concern this morning was “the British public are becoming more liberal with respect to sexual ethics but more conservative economically”. The BBC’s social policy … Continue reading
How can we be happy?
I might be out of touch. Can anyone tell me how long our nations leaders, thinkers and shakers been talking about measuring the success of the country in terms of general well-being (GWB)? Are GDP and human rights are passée? … Continue reading
The BBC: too narrow and negative
I blogged last week on the danger of a gospel denying fault line in the Anglican Communion and am sad to see that the BBC is exacerbating the fault line by its narrow and negative reporting of the matter. Headlines … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglicanism, BBC, Chattering Classes, Christ, Church of England, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, GAFCON, hacks, journalism, liberals
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