Rowland Croucher
Pray for Persecuted Christians around the World (25 August 2010)
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 070 | Wed 25 Aug 2010 ‘For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”‘ (Isaiah 30: 15 ESV) AUGUST 2010 UPDATE — During August we prayed concerning . . […]
Social Justice – and younger generations
The Justice Generation Young people are drawn to injustices, and this is an opportunity for life-shaping discipleship. Bethany Hoang | posted 8/23/2010 Sabari, his pregnant wife Ammani, and their two-year-old daughter Chissa are the property of another person. They live and work in a rice mill in South Asia, facing brutal beatings, starvation, and grueling […]
WHEN LEADERS SUFFER FROM TOO MUCH HUBRIS
Note from Rowland: Here’s an interesting article pointing up the dangers of leaders with egos that can’t cope with too much positive feedback. My work with pastors addresses this all the time – as well as the discouragement suffered by those with big or small egos who can’t cope with too much negative feedback! I […]
Party Politics – ‘Mindless’
A chance to end the mindless allegiance of party discipline John Hirst August 25, 2010 Parliament lost respect because members have to vote as automatons. Australians are so used to one party controlling the House of Representatives that they are thrown into confusion when no party gains a majority of seats. Even experienced commentators assume […]
Conversion from ‘Soft Fundamentalism’
A Journey . . . to Wonder August 24, 2010 By Chaplain Mike I have spent my adult life primarily in Bible-believing, non-denominational church settings. I experienced a conversion during the ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus Movement ¢â‚¬ of the late 60 ¢â‚¬â„¢s and early 70 ¢â‚¬â„¢s. I went forward during an invitation in a Southern Baptist church. Got dunked. Our youth […]
DID THE RESURRECTION HAPPEN?
Did the Resurrection Happen? A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew (IVP 2009). Here is a transcript of the third of three debates between Gary Habermas and Antony Flew – and it’s one of the most irenic discussions on this theme – and about broader subjects like the existence of God, predestination, evil etc. […]
POLITICS AND MORAL COURAGE (Malcolm Turnbull)
POLITICS AND MORAL COURAGE By Malcolm Turnbull ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 20 AUG 2010 THERE IS SIMPLY NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CONVICTION. LEADERS CANNOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE BY ENDEAVORING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY THEY EXPOSE THEMSELVES AS TRULY BEING A “HOLLOW MAN” – OR WOMAN, AS THE CASE MAY BE. CREDIT: […]
Religion and Violence (Christopher Hitchens)
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND THE MYTH OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE By William Cavanaugh ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 24 AUG 2010 ACCORDING TO HITCHENS, RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING POISONOUS GETS IDENTIFIED AS RELIGION. CREDIT: SHANNON STAPLETON (REUTERS). When I recently gave a lecture entitled “Does Religion Cause Violence?” at a college, someone scrawled across a poster […]
LIFE-COACHING AND LEADERSHIP: Three Publications
In Greek the word ‘to follow’ not only means ‘to walk in the footsteps’ of a master but also to accompany, to be with (Jean Vanier). Life-coaching is ‘in’: anyone (thinks they) can do it; there are no universally-accepted certification/standards (yet) – although at least one Baptist seminary in the U.S. (Golden Gate in San […]
Control and Surrender
Thoughts on control by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com U2’s song Moment of Surrender has a line which simply says ‘to be released from control’. It is yet another line from a U2 song which has hit me like a brick. Just about everything we do in life is designed to keep us in control of […]
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