Monthly Archives: October 2011

Revile those who revile and persecute you?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission It’s tough to be a friend of evangelist Todd Bentley. Until you unleash your security guards and rhetorical castigations, anyways. Recently, a protestor came to a meeting where Bill Johnson was … Continue reading →

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Hill Times interview with Dennis Gruending

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Bene Diction

Hill Times Kate Malloy interviews author Dennis Gruending: Competition among religious ideologies will continue with ‘an enduring intensity,’ says Gruending How much of a force is the religious right in Canadian federal politics and how does it compare to the American religious right … Continue reading →

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The Occupy movement

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Bene Diction

OccupyWriters – a one sentence letter. OccupyWriters.com is an open letter of support by creative writers for Occupy Wall St and the Occupy movement around the world, signed by more than 1,000 writers to date. There are many well-known writers … Continue reading →

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The view from here

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Bene Diction
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CBC apologizes to Chris Hedges (The Lang & O’Leary Exchange)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Bene Diction

“Listen, don’t take this the wrong way, but you sound like a leftwing nutbar.” Kevin O’Leary to Chris Hedges on The Lang & O’Leary Exchange October 6, 2011 I’ve not watched this show, the day this interview took place, Diane … Continue reading →

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Paul Crouch Jr. abruptly leaves Trinity Broadcasting Network

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Bene Diction

                      TBN’s legal spokesman didn’t have much to say this week other than “Paul Jr. has resigned from the organization to pursue other ministry work.” TBN is the largest Christian … Continue reading →

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This headline is currently inoperative :)

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “Archdiocese develops ‘Nixonian’ policies” reads the arresting headline in the recent B.C. Catholic newspaper. Before we call Woodward and Bernstein, let’s read on: “Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, has announced “with … Continue reading →

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A $6 million slap on the wrist for Mr. Trost?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. The Conservative government has decided to give the International Planned Parenthood Federation $ 6 million to fund “sex education and contraception in five developing countries”, the CBC is reporting. The funding … Continue reading →

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