On to a Good Thing

Your weekly filter of news and interesting stuff from the internet.

Foster carers
One of the bigger stories of this week was the report that a Christian couple had been banned from becoming foster carers; as it turned out the ruling wasn't quite as straightforward as that. John Richardson wrote this piece for The Times which helpfully takes us through the issues and points out the concerns we should still have for Christian freedom of belief.
http://ugleyvicar.blogspot.com/2011/03/christian-foster-carers-still-cause-for.html

John Dickson on the Third Way
John Dickson has written a thought-provoking piece on the place of homosexuality and religion in today's society and, in particular, the possiblity of a third way, where you can be neither pro-gay or a religious bigot.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/44682.html

Parachurch
The latest 9Marks ejournal is out now. This edition is on the relationship between church and parachurch (roughly defined as organisations that work outside the traditional church in social welfare or evangelism). Are they a good thing? Useful thoughts in these articles.
http://www.9marks.org/ejournal/church-and-parachurch-friends-or-foes

Don Carson raps!
Last week we linked to The Voice rapping the Heidleburg Catechism. Well, this week, he's gone one step further and managed to record a rap about the Westminster Catechism featuring Don Carson.
http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/blogs/cj-mahaney/post/Westminster-Catechism-Rap.aspx

Know anyone going to Bible college?
Kevin DeYoung has a few useful questions to ask guys considering college or seminary. Can we suggest you take a moment to forward these helpful reflections on to anyone you know considering this path?
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2011/03/03/questions-for-future-and-present-seminarians/


And finally, our thoughts are with Greg Cushing, the Cambridge scrum-half who we blogged on yesterday. We understand that the score was rather one-sided...