Rowland Croucher
Questions I’ve been asked as a counselor (about sex)
Questions I’ve been asked as a counselor (how would you respond?): 1. ‘Rowland, I have a very high libido, my (pastor) husband has none! So I have a date with Jesus every Thursday morning (when my husband’s out), run the bath, light a candle, sing worship-songs and pleasure myself. Only Jesus or my husband is […]
Justice
Personal but Never Private Jim Wallis and Mark Dever don’t see eye to eye, but they do agree on justice. A Leadership interview with Mark Dever and Jim Wallis. | posted 9/13/2010 Washington, D.C., is a city of strong opinions. You don’t have to go far to find protesters, picketers, or pundits making their views […]
One sixth of the world is hungry: action is needed
September 14, 2010 Church grouping says action needed, if one sixth of world hungry An international grouping of churches and Christian organisations says that if one sixth of the world’s population is hungry when there is sufficient food to feed the world, then action to address the problem’s root causes is needed. The Geneva-based Ecumenical […]
Heaven and Hell
September 15, 2010 Heaven trumps hell in Canadian poll that shows waning faith ¢â‚¬Å“Hell is a half-filled auditorium,” wrote the U.S. poet Robert Frost. In Canada, it’s slightly less full. According to new poll, a bit more than half of Canadians believe in heaven, but less than a third believe in hell, Religion News Service […]
Atheism and patience
Thursday, 16 September 2010 Tom ƒ ¡ … ¡ Hal ƒ k: atheism and patience The T&T Clark blog mentions that Czech theologian Tom ƒ ¡ … ¡ Hal ƒ k has been awarded the prestigious Romano Guardini Prize. Hal ƒ k is a Catholic thinker steeped in Nietzsche; he sees modernity’s criticism of Christianity as an indispensable resource, and as the context within which contemporary faith has to […]
Eugene Peterson: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
Eugene H Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology Book 1 in the Spiritual Theology series (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005) Review by Darren Cronshaw, to appear in EA’s Faith and Life (November 2010) Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places is the first of Eugene Peterson’s books on spiritual theology […]
ECONOMICS: crisis and recovery
On September 30 2010 Macmillan is publishing a book called Crisis and Recovery by the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Larry Elliott, economics editor of The Guardian. In the book they argue that the financial crisis is about more than money. It is also about morality, casting an uncomfortable light on the […]
BEKASI, INDONESIA: THREAT LEVEL RISES
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 073 | Wed 15 Sep 2010 ————————————- BEKASI, INDONESIA: THREAT LEVEL RISES ————————————- The threat level facing Christians in Bekasi Regency, West Java, has been rising continuously since 27 June when Bekasi’s Islamic leaders publicly denounced ‘Christianisation’ of Bekasi (98 percent Muslim) and urged Bekasi Muslims to prepare for […]
Afghanistan: money and blood down the drain…
Karzai’s cronies make Afghan election a farce Jason Thomas September 15, 2010 Rampant corruption in Kabul is ceding the battle to the Taliban. THE Afghan parliamentary elections this weekend should be a proud moment for the troubled nation. Yet democracy in Afghanistan is wasted because of President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to tackle corruption. The fact […]
When Muslims think of Christians, what comes to mind?
(Written by a friend with a ministry to Muslims in North America). The Islamic holy days of Ramadan ended Friday, and here is a timely reminder of how we can show Christ’s love to our Muslim neighbors and how that might make a difference. The author’s name has been withheld because of the sensitive nature […]
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