Tim Butler: “A southern Baptist minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said, ‘If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river. ‘With even greater emphasis he said, ‘ And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.’ And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, ‘And if I had all the whiskey in the... Read more

How are you feeling today? Better than I deserve Hows it going at work? Better than I deserve How was your car jounrey coming home in all that snow? Better than I deserve Hows married life treating you these days? Better than I deserve Hows that new car of yours? Better than I deserve I heard you had a delay at the airport on the way to your holiday- how was it? Better than I deserve What do you think... Read more

The Edge of England’s Sword described the BBC as a cornered rat. Michael Howard gets a pasting by one of the comments there likening him to Gollum of The Lord of the Rings: “He did lie! He did, he did. We hates him, we hates him so much! We should rule, my preciousss! Nassty, horrid New Labour…spin doctorsss…Tony’s croniessss…” Funny if not particularly fair. Mind you Tony pasted Michael Howard himself earlier this week rather nicely (from the perspective of... Read more

xlab : : “This week was meant to be Tony Blair’s toughest as prime minister, but, in true Teflon Tony style, he’s come through it totally unscathed.” Read more

Tell me something somebody, anybody out there who knows about these things. Is it right that an entire nation should grind to a halt because of a few INCHES of snow? I know I have some American readers, do you have the same problem? Is it just our incompetent English system? Almost all the tube lines seem to be down and I just spent 4 hours bumper to bumper to get round london and only spotted ONE bit of road... Read more

Alan says: “Prayer is not primarily a means of getting things done. It should never be a pragmatic exercise. Prayer is our means of meeting God – of entering into deep intimacy with Him. The life of prayer is born out of an overwhelming hunger for God – a desire that says, ‘I must have God or I die.’ “ I simply cannot put that any better or add anything to it. God is most glorified in us when we... Read more

Will the Mystery of Pope’s ‘approval’ of Gibson film simply run and run? Read more

Realized Millennialism: a description of the amillenial position. Well worth a read whatever your view of the end times. It should be read alongside a brief overwiew (with pictures!) of the main views that exist. For now I am staying out of this one, but feel free to guess which view I am closest to! Read more

100 Most Often Misspelled Words: I fink I av learned the ferst tenn.!!!!! Read more