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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Worship and Community

On December 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Worship and Community I am exploring why I struggle with so much Christian worship. I find many services I attend boring, even offensive.   I often struggle to lead worship. How does one lead worship speaking to a God in whom one does not believe? How does one relate to a worship community, and find meaning, […]

25 BOOKS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ

On December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

25 BOOKS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD READ  (Renovare, 2011)  ¢â‚¬ËœPray constantly ¢â‚¬â„¢ (1 Thess. 5:17). The devout Russian peasant-author of  The Way of a Pilgrim  added:  ¢â‚¬ËœThese words made a deep impression on me, and I started thinking of how it could be possible to pray without ceasing when the practical necessities of life demand so much attention ¢â‚¬â„¢. But a […]

Challenging video

On December 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=3143fb15b0801617a11d1c93d62587aa

INCARNATION

On December 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

      Sunday, December 25   Christmas Day   Today, Jesus as Wisdom, Adonai, Root of Jesse, Key, Rising Sun, King, and Emmanuel come together in the celebration of His birth. The day was chosen in the early Roman church to replace the civil festival of the Rebirth of the Sun, which they could […]

Illegal immigrants? Asylum Seekers? Refugees?

On December 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  THE BEST SOLUTION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION??? Opposition has key to stopping boat arrivals BY:   GREG SHERIDAN, FOREIGN EDITOR From:The Australian December 24, 2011 12:00AM A TITANIC battle of wills took place yesterday between the Gillard government and the Abbott opposition and, as far as we can see, the opposition is not going to remove […]

Humo[u]r

On December 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

A man walks into a doctor ¢â‚¬â„¢s office with a stick of celery in one ear, a carrot in the other and a grape up his nose. Confused, the man asks: “Doctor what’s wrong with me?” The doctor looks at the man and replies: “You’re not eating properly!” ===================== Q: Two men are at a restroom, […]

Corruption index 2011 from Transparency International

On December 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Corruption index 2011 from Transparency International: find out how countries compare Which country is most corrupt? North Korea is now officially considered the world’s most corrupt country, along with Somalia. But why has the US gone up one place and the UK’s score improved? See how the annual corruption index has changed Corruption index 2011 […]

Humo[u]r

On December 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Teenage Driver I decided to stop worrying about my teenage son’s driving and take advantage of it. I got one of those bumper stickers that say, “How’s my driving?” and put a 900 number on it. “At 50 cents a call, I’ve been making $38 a week!” ====================== A minister, having served the same church […]

Brain Study….

On December 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve seen this with the letters out of order, but this is the first time I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve seen it with numbers. Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this you have a strong mind: 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 […]

Miracles and the Virgin Birth etc.

On December 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Excerpt from an interesting Facebook thread:  ¢â‚¬ ¢ Daniel – That Jesus lived is beyond question. That he was raised from the dead has a lot of compelling arguments to defend it. So, if we walk backward from this through the texts of the New Testament, it doesn’t make it infallible, but it does allow the […]

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