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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Evening Classes for Men

WCOE (Women In Charge Of Everything)   Is proud to announce the opening of its EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN! OPEN TO MEN ONLY ALL ARE WELCOME Note: due to the complexity and level of difficulty, each course will accept a maximum of eight participants The course covers two days, and topics covered in this course include: […]

Religious Freedom (November 2010)

Wed Nov 17, 2010 By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – The United States voiced concern on Wednesday over deteriorating religious freedoms in many parts of the world, including several European countries where “harsh measures” limiting religious expression have been put in place. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the latest State Department report […]

Satanism

Earlier this year, Social Compass journal (56:4 – 2009) arrived a bit behind schedule with the theme: “Satanism and Satanism Scares in the Modern World.” Most of its contents focus on Europe. With the introduction (pp499-502), Titus Hjelm recounts a tongue-in-cheek, yet intentionally provocative declaration by J. Gordon Melton: “Satanism is the largest religion in […]

IRAQ & EGYPT: AL-QAEDA DECLARES WAR ON CHRISTIANS

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 082 | Wed 17 Nov 2010 — BACKGROUND IN EGYPT: In July 2010 Camilia Shehata Zakher disappeared after a quarrel with her husband, a Coptic priest in Minya Governorate. Unaware that she was with relatives in Cairo, he reported her missing and accused Muslims of abducting her for forced […]

Slowness: this is important

What is  In Praise of Slow about? It ¢â‚¬â„¢s about how the world got stuck in fast-forward and how more and more people everywhere are slowing down. In other words, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s about the rise of the Slow Movement. In Praise of Slow is published in 30 languages and has been a bestseller in many countries. In October […]

Church Year Spirituality: Living in God’s Story

November 16, 2010 by  Chaplain Mike In our introduction to this series,   ¢â‚¬Å“Church Year Spirituality, ¢â‚¬  I gave five primary reasons why I think it advantageous for Christians to form their spiritual lives ¢â‚¬”their walk with God through Christ ¢â‚¬”around the liturgical year. It enables us to live in God ¢â‚¬â„¢s story. It keeps the main thing the main thing. It […]

Burma: Suu Kyi’s Release Requires Cautious Response

WEA-RLC Research and Analysis Report November 15, 2010 Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ¢â‚¬â„¢s release from a two-decade long house-arrest is cause for celebration for both the people of mainland Burma who have long been subjected to authoritarian rule and the ethnic minorities seeking independence or autonomy for over 60 years. But there is a […]

Pray for the World November 15, 2010

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MUSLIMS IN IRAQ EXACT A DEADLY PRICE FROM CHRISTIANS * WHEN A MAN SCREAMS OUT TO GOD HE WILL ANSWER HIM * EL SALVADOR PASTORS SPLIT OVER READING OF BIBLES IN SCHOOLS * ADOPT A TERRORIST * JUST 1.5 PERCENT OF BRITONS ARE HOMOSEXUAL ———————————————– MUSLIMS IN IRAQ EXACT A […]

The Prosperity Gospel: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Author: Daniel Bourdann ƒ © Date: 02.09.2010 Editor ¢â‚¬â„¢s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Daniel Bourdann ƒ © as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on  ¢â‚¬Å“Poverty, Prosperity and the Gospel. ¢â‚¬  Responses to this paper through the Lausanne Global Conversation will be fed back to the author and […]

Jottings from Marcus Borg (The God We Never Knew)

* ‘Because I see myself as a nonspecialist, I do not see this book as a scholarly discussion of God but as an accessible exposition of some quite general insights about the importance of how we think about God’ (vii) * God to Moses: ‘I am who I am’. Martin Buber: the Hebrew verb ehyeh […]