Rowland Croucher
Acceptance, Repentance: subject/object relationships
If you put love-before-worth jmm into Google you’ll read three of my most controversial sermons! Excerpts: ~~ From a wedding homily at http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/33687.htm : 2. ACCEPTANCE. This is the basic idea in the Christian concept of ¢â‚¬Ëœgrace ¢â‚¬â„¢. I am loved by God before I change, before I ¢â‚¬Ëœdeserve ¢â‚¬â„¢ to be loved. This love-before-worth […]
Tricky Questions at Job Interviews
Acing those tricky questions at the job interview Date September 27, 2014 Jonathan Rivett The melting pot: Where all job seekers end up. BENIGN TO FIVE It has happened to all of us. You go into a job interview brimming with confidence like a cauldron of self-satisfaction, feeling more-than-adequately armed to confront the coming interrogatory […]
Islam: reacting with *both* truth and love (Mark Durie)
1. Fear and the rhetoric of ‘unprecedented’ barbarity Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:43 PM PDT By Mark Durie Many leaders have been stating that the Islamic State ¢â‚¬â„¢s actions are ¢â‚¬Ëœunprecedented ¢â‚¬â„¢, ¢â‚¬Ëœextreme ¢â‚¬â„¢, ¢â‚¬Ëœunique ¢â‚¬â„¢, or even ¢â‚¬Ëœeccentric ¢â‚¬â„¢. Western leaders who are intervening in the Syria-Iraq conflict justify their actions by declaring the Islamic State to be uniquely […]
Islamic State: the history behind this movement
For ISIS, the United States ¢â‚¬â„¢ Military Strikes Confirm God ¢â‚¬â„¢s Favor by JEFFREY KAPLAN Thursday | Sept 25 2014 President Obama ¢â‚¬â„¢s decision to engage directly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) means that the United States is poised for yet another post-9/11 Middle Eastern conflict. This essay describes the world as seen through the […]
A lady took my seat in church…
A lady took my seat in church a while back. It’s not that important really. She is a very nice lady, kind and considerate. A good friend, in fact. There were several other seats available. I can sit anywhere. The people in our congregation are as friendly and caring as you will find anywhere in […]
DOUBT: is it good or bad for your faith?
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at St Paul’s Cathedral last year. Photo: Bloomberg London: The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, has disclosed that he questions whether God exists. Britain’s most senior churchman, who is effectively the leader of almost 80 million Anglicans worldwide, admitted that there are moments when he asks himself […]
Smiling won’t hurt too much!
A grandmother is giving directions to her grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife. “You come to the front door of the apartments. I am in apartment 301 . There is a big panel at the front door. With your elbow, push button 301. I will buzz you in. Come inside and […]
Short-term Mission Trips
I Survived a Short Term Mission Trip to Honduras! by BRIAN HOWELL Thursday | Sept 18 2014 This past summer, as I waited for my plane in Tegucigalpa, I browsed one of the airport ¢â‚¬â„¢s many gift shops looking for something for my 14-year-old son and found, among the soccer jerseys and dried toads, a bright […]
What TEDx Speakers Do That Preachers Don’t
Ever seen a TEDx talk? They ¢â‚¬â„¢re pretty great. Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s one I happen to enjoy, and have used in a couple of sermons. I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve wondered for a long time, ¢â‚¬Å“How in the world do each of these talks end up consistently blowing me away? ¢â‚¬ So I did some research and found the TEDx-talk guidelines for speakers. […]
Hillsong: an American view
(Is this the first time the doyen of American ‘public theologians’ has commented on something emanating from DownUnder?) by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Sept 15 2014 ¢â‚¬Å“Hillsong. ¢â‚¬ Never heard of Hillsong, the Australian Pentecostal megachurch? Readers of the New York Times have no excuse to be in the dark, thanks to the […]
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