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Archive for June 6th, 2008

The Times’ Ruth Gledhill goes over the top, then vanishes

Update Sun 8 June evening. I think this will be my final update. Ruth Gledhill has since left an additional comment on Andrew Brown’s post. It is a remarkably honest and humble personal statement, and I commend it to you.
Update Sun 8 June. I feel my dilemma has only worsened in the light of Ruth [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Category: Media | Comments (5)

Islam, evangelism and bad policing

I’ve been meaning to comment this week on a slightly odd story reported in the Sunday Telegraph. As reported:
A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham.
The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a “hate crime” and were told [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Category: Gospel, Media, Mission, Politics | Comments (2)

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