The Virtual Vicar

There is growing evidence that parts of Islam's holy book are derived from pre-existing Christian Aramaic texts that were misinterpreted by later Islamic scholars who prepared the editions of the Koran commonly read today. Was all of Islam originally Christian? Join the conversation and leave a comment below.

The United States of America underneath a “tight” midterm race has inherent, unresolved tension: part of America feels that the current democratic system needs protection, while others are furious and battling for visibility. How can this be resolved?

Met Police apologises to Christian preacher Hatun Tash an ex muslim and pays £10,000 in damages after she was wrongly arrested at Speakers' Corner having been subject threats and physical intimidation by Islam enthusiasts. Who is in the right?

Tabulating machines at some polling locations in Maricopa County, Arizona, couldn’t process ballots during part of Election Day, though affected voters could leave their ballots in a secure box or go elsewhere to vote. Suspicious? Is it a printer problem or something more devious? Source video on the "NowThisNews" Youtube channel from which clip is taken: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v0oNoVBHjAc

Its war ever justified? The just war theory is a largely Christian philosophy that attempts to reconcile three things: taking human life is seriously wrong. states have a duty to defend their citizens, and defend justice. It has been adapted into a modern concept of just war in United Nations documents. Zelensky and Putin are both leading countries into war, but is it a just war? „Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won: the bravery of my troops hitherto saved me from the greater evil; but to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expens of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune but for the result to the public.“ — Was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, right?

The Russian invasion of #Ukraine: is it a just war? Why is Ukraine fighting, is it justified? Check out the full discussion on the Beryl and Pete show 10pm UK time (GMT) Monday. More from Beryl and Pete at berylandpete.com The just war theory is a largely Christian philosophy that attempts to reconcile three things: taking human life is seriously wrong. states have a duty to defend their citizens, and defend justice. It has been adapted into a modern concept of just war in United Nations documents. Zelensky and Putin are both leading countries into war, but is it a just war?

I'm a Celebrity Out of Here will feature Matt Hancock in its current series. That #MattHancock who was the Minister for Health in the UK government and it is widely believed, made a mess of it. What's to be made of this? Features hit song.

The question of how "The Crown" Netflix series is to depict the fatal Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, maybe fiancé, Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla)may finally be getting answered. “The exact moment of the crash impact will not be shown,” a Netflix spokesperson told The Sun this week. But is any depiction of her death a step to far, is Britain still mooring? And what of her sons?

When we hear of how poor deluded people in history were taken in by obvious lies, we can forget that we do the same today...

An insight in how to access to the glories of heaven - by Peter Timothy Cooper. A sermon based on the Anglican lectionary readings for this Sunday: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-end and Luke 20: 27-38 preached at St Luke's Poulton and St Paul's Seacombe in Wallasey. Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-end 2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him: I beg you, my friends, 2 not to be so easily confused in your thinking or upset by the claim that the Day of the Lord has come. Perhaps it is thought that we said this while prophesying or preaching, or that we wrote it in a letter. 3 Do not let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until the final Rebellion takes place and the Wicked One appears, who is destined to hell. 4 He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God. 5 Don't you remember? I told you all this while I was with you. 13 We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first[a] to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth. 14 God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, our friends, stand firm and hold on to those truths which we taught you, both in our preaching and in our letter. 16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope, 17 encourage you and strengthen you to always do and say what is good. Luke 20: 27-38 27 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’ 29 Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children. 30 Then the second one married the woman, 31 and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children. 32 Last of all, the woman died. 33 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.” 34 Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry, 35 but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry. 36 They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death. 37 And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.”

New Bishops, Anglican but NOT Church of England to evanglisee England? What is going on? There is a sort of method in the apparent madness.

A Bible daily devotional based on Exodus 36:1 - So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability...are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded.

The migration policy of the British government results in chaos at the in the channel, excessive illegal immigration and fear and loathing of immigrants. What's to be done?

We just can't get it right with our politics, but is it all the fault of us the electorate? Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, all Prime Minister in the past few months, are an expression of a British political disease...

It used to be a thriving thoroughfare but Scotland Road's fortunes have dramatically changed in recent decades, but a new dawn could be about to begin as its final pub sells up. We mark the passing of this #Liverpool community. Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-era-famous-liverpool-road-25437461