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The Phenomenon of Teilhard: Prophet for a New Age – by David H. Lane

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David H. Lane M.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Tchg.  Author (Photo inset above. Copyright David H Lane)

Published by Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia, USA. (First edition June 1996)

See enlarged front cover and back cover containing book review by Dr Norman Geisler, and ISBN details.

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Description: A Christian biologist David Lane offers a highly critical philosophical and theological analysis of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), pointing out his influence on the New Age Movement. Available from Amazon Books. http://www.amazon.com/ Contact David Lane SPCS for more information on availability of book Email – spcs.org@gmail.com

C.S. Lewis: God’s PR Man — by David H Lane

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David Lane SPCS. David H Lane recalls the life of C.S. Lewis, a literary giant of the 20th century, and the vision he sought so passionately to communicate through the witness of his life and writings.

Lane’s article “C.S. Lewis: God’s PR man” was published as a feature in New Zealand’s Christian Newspaper – The Challenge Weekly – on 5 December 2005 and on the website of the Wellington Christian Apologetics Society Inc. It was first published in the Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand) on Thursday 26 November 1998 to mark the centenary of the birth of Clive Staples Lewis on 29 November 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. See PDF: CS Lewis Evening Post

The article drew a number of responses from readers of the Evening Post in its Letters to the Editor columns, in the days following publication. C.S. Lewis died on 22 November 1963 and he was a novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, and Christian apologist. (To view larger image of article below – go to right hand bar on this web page).

David Lane SPCS on C.S. Lewis: God's PR man

“Gay” prime minister of NZ may be ‘a step too far’ – says transsexual former Labour MP

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Georgina Beyer, the world’s first transsexual mayor and a former Labour MP, warned in late August 2013 that New Zealand is not yet ready for a “gay” prime minister and may be seeing a social conservative backlash.

With the Labour leadership yet again up for grabs, it again raises the question of whether Grant Robertson, the “gay” deputy leader, could be elevated to head the party, making him a strong possibility for prime minister [in the future].

But Beyer, who was an MP for eight years until 2007, said in late August 2013 that Labour needed to be realistic.

“I don’t think we’re ready yet,” she said…..

Grant Robertson, who is currently contending for the Party’s leadership against David Cunliffe, who recently resigned, acknowledged on TV3’s The Nation on Sunday 28 November 2014 that the fact he was “gay”, might stop some people voting for him, just as the fact “I like rugby and drink beer might be an issue with some people as well”. In trying to trivialise the “gay” issue which has proven problematic and cuts very deep with his Party’s largely conservative Polynesian base, he may well run the risk of being perceived as insensitive to their deeply-held cultural and religious views. [Read more…]

Milk New Zealand Holding Ltd, its new Hong Kong owner and Lochinver sale

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Milk New Zealand Investment Ltd, a company based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI 1714180) and directed by Shanghai resident billionaire Zhaobai Jiang, until recently owned all the shares in the NZ registered company Milk New Zealand Holding Ltd (company no. 3883536). According to the New Zealand Companies Office website, as of 5 September 2014 all the shares are now directly owned by a Hong Kong registered company “An Yuan Dairy Ltd” which is recorded as having its registered office at:

Rm 1606,16/f, China Insurance Group Bldg, No. 139-141 Des Voeux Rd Central, Hong Kong.

This share transaction was first recorded on the NZ Companies Office website on 15 September 2014 by “authorised presenter” Mr Terry Lee of Auckland.

The Society (SPCS) has determined from the Hong Kong Register of companies that An Yuan Dairy Ltd is Hong Kong company number 2116560, and was incorporated on 7th July 2014 by Shanghai Pengxin Group Co. Ltd. An Yuan Dairy is not the same legal entity as Milk New Zealand Holding Ltd (Hong Kong) [“Milk NZ”], company number 1498348, which is also owned by Shanghai Pengxin Group Co. Ltd. It is the latter company’s NZ-registered subsidiary, Pure 100 Farm Limited, which the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office has recorded as currently seeking to purchase the Lochinver Station

See: http://www.linz.govt.nz/about-linz/news-publications-and-consultations/news-and-notices/shanghai-pengxin-lochinver-station

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