Nick Smith (MP): Given strong evidence that a higher price for alcohol means
less public disorder and better health, when will the Government do the
right thing-as they have finally done with plain packaging-and introduce
minimum unit pricing for alcohol?
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Alcohol Pricing?
Who does your allotment belong to?
A Song about the Lord’s Vineyard (Isaiah)
5 Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
2 He plowed the land, cleared its stones,
and planted it with the best vines.
In the middle he built a watchtower
and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks.
Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes,
but the grapes that grew were bitter……..
6 I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
(A vineyard that doesn’t have owner soon looks like one that doesn’t have an owner)
What is the significance of thorns & briars in the Bible & was it just by accident that a crown of thorns was [laced on the head of Jesus?
John 19:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head,
Have a look at Leviticus 16. Jesus came for the sins of the world. Is there also symbolism in the crown of thorns?
Lev 16
20 “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat. 21 He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness. 22 As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.
Thanks CW April 20th 2014
There are many things that I don’t know. The things I do know span a spectrum from certainty to uncertainty and all points between. I know this though: that my faith can be battered by contrary argument and experience, but always seems to survive. It survives big because of any dogged determination and strength on my part, but because I have found that God does what He says he will do.
God is not Dead (Film showing in Cardiff)
Film Synopsis
Present-day college freshman and devout Christian, Josh Wheaton, finds his faith challenged on his first day of Philosophy class by the dogmatic and argumentative Professor Radisson. Radisson begins class by informing students that they will need to disavow, in writing, the existence of God on that first day, or face a failing grade. As other students in the class begin scribbling the words “God Is Dead” on pieces of paper as instructed, Josh find himself at a crossroads, having to choose between his faith and his future
See Showcase Nantgarw 19th & 22nd April
Higher Education in Islwyn
Chris Evans:(MP) To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and
Skills how many people in each (a) age group and (b) parental income
group resident in Islwyn constituency entered higher education in each
of the last 10 years for which figures are available
Sugar Drinks in Schools
Nick Smith:(MP Blaenau Gwent).” Blimey, what a cop-out! With a third of children under 18
either obese or overweight, what action has been agreed with the
Secretary of State for Education to stop the consumption of sugary
drinks in schools?”
Lansley’s Liberalisation of the law
Former health minister Andrew Lansley, working closely with abortion providers and senior figures at the Department of Health, has managed to smuggle in what is in effect a nurse-led abortion service without the issue ever being discussed in parliament. Most of his fellow MPs didn’t know either, but did David Cameron?
Propheteia
PROPHETEIA
Speaking forth of the mind & Counsel of God
Proclamation of Divine message
Personal independence payment toolkit
Just for interest . There does seem to be teething problems??
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent, Labour)
May we have a statement on the delivery of the Department for Work and Pensions? Following big problems with the Work programme and universal credit, it now appears that the personal independence payment has dreadful teething problems.
Info:
Personal Independence Payment
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people aged 16 to 64 with a long-term health condition or disability. It is gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA), except for children under 16.
