Barnabas Ministries UK

Rev. E. Anderson

NEWS OF THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SCHOOLS

PROVIDED BY Ernest Bridgewood

Trinity has reached the end of its 3rd year and there is much to praise God for.
Trinity has been recognised as the most improved Academy in the country and it was also among the most improved schools in the country. (Note however, that the school was starting from a low base) Ian Brew was invited down to London to receive the 2 awards. Later on Trinity was specifically mentioned by the Prime Minister in his speech at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust special lecture on 23 June.

Thorne has suffered much deprivation in recent years leading to low expectations and consequently low achievement – a vicious circle! In fact many thought… Can any good thing come out of    Nazareth        Thorne ?

Trinity is helping to transform the whole area and though we cannot actually measure it, we can see the difference that the Academy is making. Pupils are being encouraged to reach their true potential regardless of their economic or social background. I believe God is blessing the people of Thorne through the school! Last week the school play “Blood brothers” was fantastic! It displayed humour, emotion and it was well produced and acted, and a credit to all concerned –it was a joy to be there!

The intense media opposition has tended to fade given the good things that are coming out of the Academy. Academic results aren’t everything but it has tended to silence some of the critics.

The school roll continues to grow, parents like what is on offer and wants it for their children. Currently there are 1218 on roll.

Attendance has continued to improve due to the, many strategies the school has put in place.

36 students are hoping to go to University – compared to 11 in Trinity’s first year.

One student is hoping to do Maths at Cambridge! Quite a significant step in the Academy’s history, i.e. the first in 29 years!

The new year Trinity has reached the end of its 3rd year and there is much to praise God for.
 Trinity has been recognised as the most improved Academy in the country and it was also among the most improved schools in the country. (Note however, that the school was starting from a low base) Ian Brew was invited down to London to receive the 2 awards. Later on Trinity was specifically mentioned by the Prime Minister in his speech at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust special lecture on 23 June.

Thorne has suffered much deprivation in recent years leading to low expectations and consequently low achievement – a vicious circle! In fact many thought…

Can any good thing come out of    Nazareth        Thorne ?

Trinity is helping to transform the whole area and though we cannot actually measure it, we can see the difference that the Academy is making. Pupils are being encouraged to reach their true potential regardless of their economic or social background. I believe God is blessing the people of Thorne through the school! Last week the school play “Blood brothers” was fantastic! It displayed humour, emotion and it was well produced and acted, and a credit to all concerned –it was a joy to be there!

Archbishop of Canterbury - Dr. Rowan Williams

‘Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims’ -  Steve Doughty – Daily Mail

Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims, the Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday.

Dr Rowan Williams also criticised Christianity’s history for its violence, its use of harsh punishments and its betrayal of its peaceful principles.

His comments came in a highly conciliatory letter to Islamic leaders calling for an alliance between the two faiths for ‘the common good’. 

But it risked fresh controversy for the Archbishop in the wake of his pronouncement earlier this year that a place should be found for Islamic sharia law in the British legal system.

Dr Williams is also facing immense pressures from inside his own Church of England and Anglican Communion.

A gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world, which begins today, is on the brink of a devastating split over whether homosexuality and gay clergy should win their approval.

The Archbishop’s letter is a reply to feelers to Christians put out by Islamic leaders from 43 countries last autumn.

In it, Dr Williams said violence is incompatible with the beliefs of either faith and that, once that principle is accepted, both can work together against poverty and prejudice and to help the environment.

He also said the Christian belief in the Trinity - that God is Father, Son and Holy Ghost at the same time - ‘is difficult, sometimes offensive, to Muslims’.

Trinitarian doctrine conflicts with the Islamic view that there is just one all-powerful God.

Dr Williams added: ‘It is all the more important for the sake of open and careful dialogue that we try to clarify what we do and do not mean by it, and so I trust that what follows will be read in this spirit.’

He told Muslim leaders that faith has no connection with political power or force, and that Christians have in the past betrayed this idea.

‘Christianity has been promoted at the point of the sword and legally supported by extreme sanctions,’ Dr Williams said.

Islam, he continued, has been supported in the same way and ‘there is no religious tradition whose history is exempt from such temptation and such failure.’

The Archbishop appeared to rebuke his colleague, Bishop of Rochester Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who criticised his sharia lecture and who maintains that Christianity is central to British law, politics and society.

‘Religious identity has often been confused with cultural or national integrity, with structures of social control, with class and regional identities, with empire: and it has been imposed in the interest of all these and other forms of power,’ he said.

The Archbishop said that faiths which reject the use of violence should learn to defend each other in their mutual interest.

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If we are in the habit of defending each other, we ought to be able to learn to defend other groups and communities as well,’ he said.

‘We can together speak for those who have no voice or leverage in society - for the poorest, the most despised, the least powerful, for women and children, for migrants and minorities; and even to speak together for the great encompassing reality that has no voice of its own, our injured and abused material environment.’

The Archbishop did not mention sharia at all in his closely-argued 18-page letter. Dr Williams was heavily criticised by MPs and Downing Street after he suggested sharia law could have an established place in British life.

But his letter in reply to last year’s Islamic approach, A Common Word for the Common Good, chimes with his view expressed in February that people of faith should be able to work together against secularism despite their differences.

Lambeth Palace hinted that Christians as well as Muslims should listen to Dr Williams’ message.

Officials pointed to the Archbishop’s call for ‘religious plurality’ to turn to serving the common good and added: ‘This is true even where truth claims may seem irreconcilable’.

A number of conservative and evangelical Anglican bishops are poised to break away from the 400-year-old network of Anglican churches around the world because they believe homosexual behaviour is incompatible with Christian principles.

Among those expected to boycott the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury is Dr Nazir-Ali, whose seat in Rochester is just  20 miles away.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

Society needs braver
church, says Bishop

Western Christians need to recover their nerve in the face of “militant secularism”, the Bishop of Rochester has said.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who recently talked of British ‘no go’ areas for non-Muslims, refused to be apologetic for his obligation to witness to Muslims about the Gospel.

He was speaking at the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a breakaway meeting of over 1,000 Anglican bishops and clergy from around the world taking place in Jerusalem.

He said “militant secularism” means the West is “losing the Christian discourse at the very time when it needs it most”.

All that is of value in western culture, he argued, “largely depends on its Judeo Christian heritage”.

He called on his audience to pray that “we are able to recover the Christian nerve in the West and to make sure that the Gospel is not lost”.

He added that the Christian view on issues such as the sanctity of life was being rejected in favour of utilitarian arguments - “the greatest good for the greatest number” – or “leaving the ‘yuck’ factor to decide what is permissible for people”.

He recently wrote an article for Standpoint magazine, in which he said that the rejection of Christian values in British society had left a vacuum which could be filled with those of secularism or radical Islam.

Speaking of social changes over the last fifty years, he said: “While the Christian consensus was dissolved, nothing else, except perhaps endless self-indulgence, was put in its place.”

Sir Cliff Richards

POP STAR’S BOOK CLIFF HANGERS

LEGENDARY pop star Sir Cliff Richards marked the 50^th anniversary of his showbiz career with the publication of a book containing his favourite Bible stories for children.

And he urged that all should get he chance to read the Bible as he explained how Western society was built on rules from the ‘Good Book’.

The pop star, a devout Christian, said that the Church could overcome difficulties such as declining attendance by letting go e intellectual approach to faith and learning to keep it simple.

“I have always had a simplistic approach to faith because it is so simple to me,” he told a press conference at the Methodist Church Central Hall in Westminster, London.

Sir Cliff said one of his favourite Bible stories was of Joseph and his coat of many colours

Other stories in the book, written by Brian Sibley, include the great flood, the walls of. Jericho, Daniel and the lions, the story of Ruth, the loaves and fishes and the story of Jesus and Zachaeus.  Sir Cliff, who has had 14 British number one hits, a record beaten only by three other artistes including Elvis Presley and The Beatles, regards himself merely as a fol­lower of Jesus, rather than a potential saviour of the church.

He continued: “The church has to remain relevant. I often admire America, they have a spirituality that we seem to have lost. When 9/11 happened the first thing Bush did was call America to prayer. Maybe we have lost that simple touch, that simple knowing that God exists, that we can approach him.”

The other problem for the churches was that Britain had become a multiracial, multicul­tural country.

Sir Cliff added that while freedom of religion was a good thing, if the churches wanted to grow they had to become more “combative” and “prove that this is a relevant faith; this is a rational, viable, relevant philosophy”

Sir Cliff has never hidden his faith and donates to charity all profits from any work he does in relation to his religion.

He added that the secret of success for pop stars in a business known for its short­-termism was to remain relevant and up to date with new tech­nology.

Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali,

BISHOPS SNUB ANGLICAN
SUMMIT OVER GAY CLERGY

Leading Bishops in the Church of England say they will stay away from next month’s Lambeth Conference because liberal pro-gay Bishops from America have been invited.

According to reports in the weekend press at least three Bishops including the Bishop of Rochester, Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, will boycott the key summit.

The other two are the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, the Bishop of Willesden, and the Rt Revd Wallace Benn, the Bishop of Lewes. A further six are considering similar action.

The Lambeth Conference only happens once every ten years. Over 200 Bishops – mainly from Africa – have already snubbed the conference and are currently holding their own alternative event in Jerusalem.

The issue was throw into sharp focus last week with news of a ‘wedding-like’ blessing for a homosexual couple in one of London’s most famous Anglican churches.

The Bishop of Rochester is understood to have taken his decision following the invitation of American leaders who ordained the first homosexual bishop in the Anglican communion.

Their presence at the Lambeth Conference will be highly controversial. An official report, the Windsor report, recommended that they should be excluded.

The issue of homosexuality has become the focus of battles between conservative and liberal clergy within the Anglican church. For many traditionalists it a barometer of how faithful the church is being to the Bible’s teaching.

A booklet produced by organisers of the conference currently being held in Jerusalem states: “We want unity… but not at the cost of re-writing the Bible to accommodate the latest cultural trend.”

Many Bishops are also concerned at the failure of the Archbishop of Canterbury to take a firmer line with those who flout the church’s teaching.

Archbishop Henri Orombi of Uganda said: “Supposing another part of the communion begins to do something which is contrary to the word of God, how is it going to stand up and say no to that? That’s my challenge.”

Rev. James Dobson

OBAMA ACCUSED OF TWISTING THE BIBLE TO CONFUSE US VOTERS

Taken from the Daily Mail - June 25th 2008

Barack Obama today came under fire from James Dobson, founder of the conservative Focus on the Family organisation, who accused the likely Democratic nominee of twisting the Bible to confuse people.

The attack from Dobson, a leading figure of the Christian Right, was framed as a wholesale rejection of Obama’s views on faith, and appeared intended to thwart his efforts to reach out to evangelical Christians.

It was delivered in Dobson’s regular radio programme as a line-by-line dissection of a speech that Obama gave to a liberal Christian organisation two years ago on the role of religion in public life.

Dobson’s organisation also emailed links to the programme out to news organisations.

“I think he is dragging biblical understanding through the gutter,” said Dobson. “I just don’t know whether he is doing it deliberately or accidentally.”

Dobson seemed particularly incensed that Obama had compared him to the Reverend Al Sharpton. He revisited the controversy over the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whom Obama renounced as his pastor earlier this year.

Dobson also took issue with Obama’s suggestion that religious organisations opposed to abortion make their case in terms accessible to secular organisations. Dobson called that a “fruitcake” interpretation of the law.

“Am I required in a democracy to conform my efforts in the political arena to his bloody notion of what is right with regard to the lives of tiny babies?” Dobson said. “What he’s trying to say here is unless everybody agrees, we have no right to fight for what we believe.”

The attack on Obama comes at a time when some established evangelical leaders — especially those on the right like Dobson — are confronting the waning of their influence over American politics.

Religion remains a force in American life. More than 90% of Americans believe in God and more than half pray at least once a day, according to a study this week by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

However, the evangelical community has grown disillusioned with the performance of George Bush, who failed to live up to their expectations as a born-again president.

Evangelicals are also unenthusiastic about the coming elections.

Rev. E. Anderson

PRISONS PROJECT UPDATE

We have nearly hit the 20,000 mark for getting ‘Once an Addict’ into the hands of every prisoner in the UK, which leaves 60,000 to go! We thought it would be encouraging at this point to share with you some quotes from the many, many letters we have received from prisoners:

“I have read your book, it actually touched me…I cried and prayed yesterday night before going to bed. Your testimony made me believe that God does exist.”

“I was led to my knees, crying out to our Lord Jesus Christ in deep repentance for my sins and in forgiving others, especially my family… As I was on my knees, I was touched I believe. It could have only been Jesus himself. My whole being was violently shaken and I experienced at least one hour of deliverance of demons and a miraculous healing in my mind. I continued in prayer and was filled deeply and uncontrollably began speaking in tongues for a long time.”

27 year old, on remand, after finishing a 9 year sentence for drug related crimes: “I thought about ending my life but when the chaplain brought me your book, I can honestly say its saved my life…I’ve just put down your book after being drawn in by it and I feel what you have written is an inspiration… I prayed the prayer you wrote on page 198 out loud and felt as if I was lifting out of my body. Reading your book was like looking into a mirror as our lives are very, very similar.”

“I just literally put down your book “Once an Addict”…I have read lots of books on individuals like yourself…and yours is the only one I have taken seriously…In my 34 years of life, I can never remember a time when I have seriously considered there being a God and hell etc.”

Letters keep coming in and we respond to every one!

If you would like to support this project then please contact the Proclaim offices on 01706 638803 or email admin@proclaimtrust.org

Britney Spears                                                    Linsey Lohan

REVIVAL HOPES FOR ‘SIN CITY’

AS THE GLARE OF The media spotlight focuses on Britney Spears (left), there is a movement that is praying for her and other beleaguered stars of Hollywood, often known as ’sin city’. While it’s easy to criticise the world in which the famous move, the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) believe differently. As well as those celebrities who are constantly and wearily the focus of the media pack, such as Lindsay Lohan, the quieter stars are not neglected b the Hollywood Prayer Network. For its members believe that prayer can lead to a revival in Tinseltown.

 The area is looked upon as a no- go zone by many Christians, however members of the network believe they are in the world’s most influential mission-field. Founding Director, Karen Covell, explains; ‘I’m excited to tell people about how God is moving in Hollywood today.  We’ve seen an incredible growth of God planting the desire in people’s hearts all over the country to pray for Hollywood.’

A HPN spokesman continues; ‘This is a non-denominational Christian prayer ministry for the purpose of praying for the people, the projects and the powerful influence of the entertainment industry. We believe that by mobilising global prayer we can be a part of God’s miraculous work of changing the spiritual climate of Hollywood, from the inside out.

The group prays for Christians in Hollywood, so that God will protect them in their workplace. But the biggest prayer is for Hollywood’s non-Christian population - that the love of God will be revealed in the midst of fame, wealth and temptation.

‘Ultimately, we want to see a revival in Hollywood and we believe it must begin with prayer,’ continues the spokesman. ‘We also believe this will only happen by facilitating a global prayer ministry where Christians acknowledge Hollywood and pray for the people in the entertainment industry. Only prayer can lead the Christian entertainment community into a closer relationship with the Lord and into closer unity with one another. Only prayer can impact Hollywood.’

HPN, which estimates that there are some 5,000 Christians in Hollywood, was birthed in July 2001. Karen picks up the story: ‘Although many Christians believe that Hollywood is “Sodom and Gomorrah”, I see it as a redeemable city, similar to Nineveh. I believe that God is the only

one to change the hearts of the people in the entertainment industry and he will only do that if his followers here will humble themselves and pray.’

She explains that the network was a grassroots prayer ministry led by professionals in Hollywood, and wanted to impact the celebrity culture through prayer. ‘Our goal is to invite God to free the hearts and minds of media professionals by mobilising global prayer for the entertainment industry.’

HPN is run completely on the prayers and donations of individuals, churches, prayer groups, corporations and grants from around the world. It is asking Christians to support it where possible.

One of the ways is by committing to pray for Hollywood on a daily or weekly basis. ‘Your prayers are the most important gift you can give to us,’ says Karen. ‘We believe that the prayers are what invite God to come into our mission field and heal our land and transform hearts.’

For details, email info@honemail.or or visit www.hollywoodprayernetwork.org

Rev. Todd Bentley                                     Woman geeting out a wheel chair

REVIVAL BURNS IN FLORIDA   - Matthew Murray

Culled from the June edition of Joy Magazine           

Crowds are flocking to Lakeland, Florida, to witness a spiritual phenomenon where the deaf, blind and mute are claiming to have received a healing miracle from God. Matthew Murray investigates

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE

being supernaturally healed as a spiritual phenomenon begins to sweep through the USA and beyond.

As well as the deaf, blind, mute and crippled all claiming to have received a miracle from God, there have even been reports of the dead being raised at the revival, led by tattooed preacher Todd Bentley, in Lakeland, Florida.

The move of God received the im­mediate backing of GOD TV, which has scrapped its normal schedule to show the nightly meetings.

Intended as a short healing confer­ence in Ignited Church at the beginning of April, the meetings became so effec­tive that Todd believed God was asking him to continue. He hired a larger venue, but as the international worshippers be­gan to flock, a stadium had to be hired to accommodate the crowds. It’s estimated up to 12,000 people are attending the weekend services, with guests flying in from all over the world.

Todd vowed to continue the meetings until the end of May, but it is thought that, as the crowds continue and the mi­raculous anointing remains, the revival will continue for months.

Many pastors have travelled to ‘catch the fire’ and, following special imparta­tion services, at least four churches in the UK are now running identical nightly meetings with the same miraculous results. Former drug addict Todd, 32, told reporters, ‘We’re in 214 nations a night with a potential audience of 400 million. And for 10 hours a day we’re literally around the world, people are seeing what’s happening here in Florida.

‘We hear stories every day of just normal ordinary people, businessmen and businesswomen, praying for people in Wal-Mart,

praying for people in Star-bucks, and in the mall. There are stories of people getting out of wheelchairs, healed of back conditions, healed of deaf ears.

Our focus here in Florida every night is I lay hands on every single person who comes whether it’s 5,000 or 10,000 - and I’m praying every night; “God, give it away, give it away, give it away”. And that’s the focus here - impartation.’

Many are likening the revival to the famous healing move of the 1950s, which resulted in hundreds of evangelists receiving a sudden faith to pray for the sick. Others are branding it the next phenomenon after the Toronto Blessing and the Pensacola Revival; moves which reached millions in the 1990s.

Toronto chief, John Arnott, agrees. In an exclusive interview with Joy Maga­zine, the pastor said he believed Todd has what is needed to sustain a successful move of God. ‘I’ve been in touch with Todd several times on the phone, and it’s so neat to see someone 32 years of age leading the next big move of God. I believe also that this is the new thing that God is doing,’ says John. ‘We’re so thrilled this has broken out, and it’s great to see GOD TV and so many Internet feeds backing it.’

Joy Magazine also tracked down Pas­tor John Kilpatrick, who led the Pensaco­la outpouring at Brownsville AoG from 1995 to 2000. He and evangelist Steve Hill visited Lakeland to meet Todd and to pray their blessing on the revival.

‘I don’t know much about Todd,’ says Pastor John. ‘However, I know the Lord is with him. When the revival finished in Pensacola, I made a vow to God that whenever revival broke out in the future, I would be one of the first visitors. ‘I felt the presence of God at Lakeland, but it’s only in its infant stages. Every revival has its own signature. When Steve Hill preached in our revival, he would go

after souls, souls and souls every night.  Todd is more focused on the supernatural healing, but the move of God certainly has distinctive similarities.’

John urges UK pastors to throw their weight behind it and to ride with the new wave. ‘When God moves, you must realise that it’s not church as normal. It’s the power of God unleashed on a body of people. Don’t control it, but make sure your pastor it with wise oversight.’

Despite the praise reports, Todd already has his critics. Many Internet sites have already been created, slamming some of Todd’s claims of angelic visitation. However, many others believe he is truly doing the work of God.

    What do you think of the revival? Write to Joy

     Magazine P0 Box 777 Nottingham  NG11  6ZZ

      or email editor@newlifepublishing.co.uk

Rev. E. Anderson

The issue has split political parties, but should we condone the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos? Dr. Daniel Boucher of Christian Action Research and Education (CARE) says not.

Dr Daniel Boucher, of CARE

Government proposals to permit the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos which can be kept alive for up to 14 days for research have provoked in many people a sense of revulsion -the so-called ‘yuck factor’.

When pushed to explain their objection, however, Chris­tians usually struggle. There are actually good secular arguments, that draw on science and eco­nomics, against the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos. Before engaging with these, though, it is vital for Christians to understand properly the more narrowly theological problems with this project.

It is only when we really appreciate how hybrids con­stitute an offence to God that we will fully understand the importance of using the secular arguments against them in the public square. So what are the biblical problems presented by hybrid embryos?

The Bible makes it plain that, because man is made in the im­age of God, he is both ‘creative’ and has responsibility to ‘rule’.

Man’s creative and ruling roles are set very clearly within God-given boundaries, the crossing of which results in what the Bible calls ’sin’. One of the most important of these boundaries concerns the defini­tion of ‘humanity’ itself, making any attempt to mix humans and animals in a new hybrid entity a big problem for Christians. Let’s ‘flesh’ this out by looking at three key scriptural passages/themes:

1.  Human-animal boundary

At the simplest level, I Corin­thians 15:37-39 provides us with very direct reflection on the difference between humans and animals in God’s order:

‘When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

‘But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

‘All flesh is not the same:

Men have one kind of flesh, ani­mals have another birds another and fish another.

Any hybrid project seeks to ‘mix flesh’ and subvert God’s given word that all flesh is not the same.

2. Image of God:

sacred humanity

In delving more deeply into the background of the boundary between man and the rest of creation, one quickly discovers the centrality of the ‘image of God’ to human identity, which lays the foundation for a clearer understanding of the importance of the boundaries upholding humanity. In this regard we must re-read genesis 1: 26 together with verse 27 and Psalm 8.

‘So God created man in His own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female He created them’ – Genesis 1: 27.

‘What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?  You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crown]ed him with glory and honour.  You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the sea’ – Psalm 8: 4-8.

The above passages present us with at least two principles. First, mankind is not simply made into anyone’s image but in the image of God, and this gives man a sacred standing. Second, it makes man fundamentally different from the rest of creation, including animals.

On this basis, any attempt to mix animals and humans removes a crucial God-given demarcation and consequently jeopardises the integrity of the whole vehicle through which God has chosen to project his image on earth.

Indeed, misusing our creativity and rule to crossing this particular God-given boundary actually erodes our capacity for creativity and dominion because it undermines the basis upon which those characteristics of our humanity are upheld. From the perspective of the progress and development of our culture, there can surely be no better example of ‘cutting of your nose to spite your face’ than the hybrids project.

3. Demon-human hybrids

Finally, the only recorded attempt in scripture to create a hybrid-human race makes it plain that this endeavour was a great offence to God.  Genesis 6: 1-4 documents what might be described as the creation of ‘fallen-angel-human hybrids’ or ‘demon-human hybrids’. Although there are some who suggest that the term ‘sons of God’ , (B’riai Elohim, Genesis 6: 2) refers to humans, most evangelical scholars ( and the early Church) accept that this terms is used to refer to angels.

According to this view, sexual relations between fallen angels and women gave rise to a ‘demon-human’ hybrid race, the Nephilim (derived from the Hebrew ‘naphal’, to fall). While we must acknowledge that the mixing question here is not the same as animal-human combination (and concerns beings that are, by definition, evil), it nonetheless does involve physically changing the boundaries of what it means to be human and clearly grieves God.

Indeed, the description of the Nephilim is construed very much as the culmination of human evil, resulting in God regretting He had ever made man. In the light of this (and the boundary/image of God points above), while the hybrids presented to us by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill constitute a different kind of hybrid from that seen in Genesis 6 (and are restricted to embryos of up to 14 days), there are grounds for thinking that HFE project represents a particularly developed form of sin and should be resisted by the Church.