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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Pray for the World 12 March 2012

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AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER VICAR OF BAGHDAD SAYS CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH NOTHING SYRIA: CHRISTIANS NEED BREAKTHROUGH FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION CLERGY DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN U.S.A. MILLIONS FACING DEATH IN SUDAN ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULES EACH PERSON HAS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO LIFE INCREDIBLE MOVE OF GOD AMONGST MEXICAN YOUTH […]

CURTAIN RODS—-PRICELESS

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  She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things. On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room table by candle-light, put on some soft background music, and feasted on […]

THREE GAYS CONFRONT AN UNJUST CHURCH

On March 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Michael Bernard Kelly,   Seduced by Grace: Contemporary Spirituality, Gay experience and Christian faith (2007);   Michael Kirby, A Private Life: fragments, memories, friends (2011); Mychal Judge http://saintmychaljudge.blogspot.com.au/ (accessed 9 March 2012).    These three Michaels – professional gay men with integrity  ¢â‚¬“ incarnate different ways of relating to their legalistic/unjust churches. Justice Michael Kirby is an […]

Having a Hard Time? Singalong with the sons of Korah

On March 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5W-XKHwS-A

Doing Nothing for Lent (with help from Eugene Peterson)

On March 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

by  Cathleen Falsani  03-08-2012 “Me (quiet.)” Photo by Cathleen Falsani. We are surrounded by a way of life in which betterment is understood as expansion, as acquisition as fame. Everyone wants to get more  ¢â‚¬“ to be on top  ¢â‚¬“ no matter what it is the top of that ¢â‚¬â„¢s admired. There ¢â‚¬â„¢s nothing recent about the temptation. It ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]

Wealthy more likely to lie or cheat, study finds

On March 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

February 28, 2012 Research shows the rich are more likely to lie or cheat.  Photo: Jessica Hromas Maybe, as American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald suggested, the rich really are different. They’re more likely to behave badly, according to seven experiments that weighed the ethics of hundreds of people. The  ¢â‚¬Å“upper class, ¢â‚¬  as defined by the study, […]

More Church Bulletin board bloopers

On March 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

* Sermon Outline: I. Delineate your fear II. Disown your fear III. Displace your rear * Next Friday we will be serving hot gods for lunch. * If you would like to make a donation, fill out a form, enclose a check and drip in the collection basket. * Nov. 11: An evening of boweling […]

Religious Dogs

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  http://www.dogwork.com/prybrme8/

Atheism and Morality

On March 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

(An abbreviated version of this was published in The Age, Melbourne, 23 February 2012)Louise Phillips (Letters, 22/2) does Alain de Botton an injustice by accusing him of perpetuating the myth that atheism is a religion. On the contrary, de Botton (The Age, 21/2)  has highlighted some of the desirable features that atheism lacks precisely because it’s  not  a […]

Children’s (religious) wisdom :-)

On March 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

LOT ‘S WIFE The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, ‘My Mommy looked back once while she was driving,’ he announced triumphantly, ‘and she turned into a telephone pole!’ ________________________________ GOOD SAMARITAN A Sunday school teacher was telling her class […]

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