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God: two clever quotes - May 4th, 2013
1. 'If you think about the Trinity too little you may lose your salvation... If you think about the Trinity too much you may lose your mind'. ~ St Augustine 2. 'If you're praying to God, you...Humor
Smile (c'mon... :-) - May 2nd, 2013
A Swiss man, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Americans are waiting. “Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?” he asks. The two Americans just stare at him. “Excuse...Church
Be (like) a child forever ! - May 1st, 2013
"Therefore, those who humble themselves like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And who ever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me." Johnny's Mother loo...Bible
The Be-attitudes (Dave Andrews) - April 25th, 2013
Plan Be We Need To Be The Change Many of us desperately want to change our world. But is an illusion to think we can change anybody else but ourselves. The tr...Devotion
The Be-attitudes (Dave Andrews) - April 25th, 2013
Plan Be We Need To Be The Change Many of us desperately want to change our world. But is an illusion to think we can change anybody else but ourselves. The tr...Lifestyle
10 Irrational Beliefs... - April 23rd, 2013
10 Irrational Beliefs responsible for the most unhappiness– Albert Ellis There are many lists of these, worded variously, all based on Albert Ellis: The page numbers are from his book, A Gui...Prayer
Serenity Prayer: another version... - April 21st, 2013
God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can and the wisdom to know - it's me! (Dave Andrews at St ...Apologetics
Same-sex Marriage: New Zealand vs Australia - April 20th, 2013
Hopelessly out of tune on same-sex marriage Date: April 19, 2013 Steve Dow Arts writer New Zealand forges ahead with a new progressive law, but in Australia, both sides of politics are bogged...Popular
SMALL GROUPS: What does a really healthy small group look like? - April 20th, 2013
WHAT DOES A REALLY HEALTHY SMALL GROUP LOOK LIKE? Christians have always met in small groups – leaders like Jesus and John Wesley built their ministries/movements around them… Small groups whe...Leadership
SMALL GROUPS: What does a really healthy small group look like? - April 20th, 2013
WHAT DOES A REALLY HEALTHY SMALL GROUP LOOK LIKE? Christians have always met in small groups – leaders like Jesus and John Wesley built their ministries/movements around them… Small groups whe...Spirituality
SMALL GROUPS: What does a really healthy small group look like? - April 20th, 2013
WHAT DOES A REALLY HEALTHY SMALL GROUP LOOK LIKE? Christians have always met in small groups – leaders like Jesus and John Wesley built their ministries/movements around them… Small groups whe...Sermons
When Life Tumbles In - What Then? (A resurrection sermon) - March 30th, 2013
When life Tumbles In What Then? A sermon by Rowland Croucher at St Martins' Community Church Resurrection Sunday - 31 March 2013 Lectionary Readings: Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25; P...Pastoral
Good Leaders Cause Trouble - March 23rd, 2013
Paul R Smith: Leading Change and Causing Trouble (2011) What institutions do best is defend themselves against change. Churches do it particularly well because they think they are defending God. ...Friends
To a Special Person (why not send this to one?) - March 12th, 2013
To a Special Person JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S CHRISTIAN PERSON WEEK AND YOU SHOULD SEND THIS TO ALL BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. When I say that 'I am a Christian', I am not shouting that 'I am ...Missions
A Talk to Salvation Army Seniors - February 25th, 2013
Good morning friends. The location for this event - in the Crossway Church auditorium, and 50 metres from the Australian World Vision HQ - is all somewhat 'deja-vu-ish' for me: I spent nearly two deca...Internet
Australians most vulnerable to virtual stalkers - January 23rd, 2013
By Marika Dobbin Jan. 23, 2013, 12:37 a.m. Australians are among the world's heaviest internet users but also the most exposed to being tracked online by companies after personal ...Poetry
Dom Helder Camara's pastoral poems - December 8th, 2012
Two of Dom Helder Camara’s best (pastoral) poems (from A Thousand Reasons for Living, pp. 63, 112): By the grace You grant me of silence without loneliness, give me the right to plead, to clamou...Jesus
McLaren's Jesus - October 8th, 2012
A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIANITY - Brian D McLaren (Jan Croucher) CHAPTER 12: - Who is Jesus, and why is he important? Jesus is the climax of the experiences/teaching of Adam, Abraham, ...Family
On Puritans and the Whooping Cough - September 18th, 2012
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 9/17/2012 On Puritans and the Whooping Cough -- Philippa Koch A whooping c...New Christians
Ten Cliches Christians Should Never Use - July 9th, 2012
Maybe 'use with caution': food for thought here... July 6, 2012 By Christian Piatt We Christians have a remarkable talent for sticking our feet in our mouths. When searching the words most...Books
Christ Among the Dragons - April 12th, 2012
Christ Among the Dragons, James Emery White (2010). When medieval mapmakers came to the end of the world as they knew it, they would write on the edges of their maps, ‘Here Be Dragons’. Without...JMM
My Story (Rowland Croucher) - April 30th, 2011
(Written for our church's bulletin - East Doncaster Baptist Church (30th April, 2011). Rowland Croucher: (A Little of) My Story In his new book Falling Upward Richard Rohr quotes a Native Americ...Clergy Mail
How Pastors Fail - March 8th, 2011
By Bob Smietana Religion News Service (RNS) Sometimes being a pastor is a real pain. But few pastors want to admit it. J.R. Briggs in trying to change that. That's why Briggs, a blogg...Links
Netiquette - November 21st, 2005
From a netfriend: My mail reader does nasty things when links get too long. it's not hard to shorten links, if you use a link shortener (http://linkfrog.net, for example). Then I would't have t...Boreham
F.W.BOREHAM - March 27th, 2004
Dear friends of John Mark Ministries For many years our ministry collected and bought/sold books, booklets and memorabilia by/associated with F W Boreham - Australia's and NZ's most collectible r...Sunrise Sunset
Lovers Of Pleasure More Than Lovers Of God - July 2nd, 2003
Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich. We ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures... but whe...Business
Howard Smith - January 5th, 2003
Howard Smith is a physician trained in New Zealand. After research fellowships in New Zealand, USA and Scotland, he worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry for 20 years, first as a research scientist ...
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