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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Lebanese Christians angered by TV show about Christ

13 August 2010 By Sebastian Usher BBC News LebaneseChristian protest over the broadcast of the TV show (13August 2010)Lebanon’s Christian communities united in condemnation against the series An Iranian-made television series about the life of Christ being shown on two Lebanese channels has been taken off air after complaints from Christians. The series was being […]

Sydney Carter: ‘The Dance is All I Am’

Sydney Carter The composer of Lord Of The Dance, his life was a musical journey in search of an unconventional God Paul Oestreicher The Guardian, Wednesday 17 March 2004 The songwriter Sydney Carter, who has died aged 88, achieved the remarkable feat of composing two of the five most popular songs sung in assemblies in […]

Burqas – Muslim women don’t have to wear them

A PLEA FOR CLEAR THINKING ABOUT THE BURQA By Abdullah Saeed ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 5 AUG 2010 **** The vast majority of Muslim scholars, past and present, argue that a woman may leave her face and hands uncovered in public, because they are necessary for women to undertake work or to participate in […]

Mainline Churches in the U.S.

August 13, 2010 Journal examines anxieties and resilience of US churches What does the future hold for the institutional Church in the United States, particularly “mainline Protestant” churches that once dominated the country’s cultural landscape? There is no single answer to the question posed in Reflections, a magazine published by the Yale University Divinity School, […]

Street demonstration

Part of a sermon ‘Waiting for the Lord’ in our church this morning: Leader of street demo: ‘Wadda we want?’ Crowd: ‘Gradual change!!!!’ Leader: ‘When do we want it?’ Crowd: ‘In due course!!!’

Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens

Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens FRANK BRENNAN AUGUST 10, 2010 Cardinal George Pell and the Australian Christian Lobby led by Jim Wallace have once again joined forces in the public square  ¢â‚¬” this time to advocate that Christians not vote in the forthcoming election for the ‘anti-Christian’ Greens who the Cardinal […]

North Korea, Indonesia: pray for persecuted believers

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 068 | Wed 11 Aug 2010 Note with GRIM NEWS FROM NORTH KOREA: North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) has learned that 23 residents of Kuwal-dong, Pyungsung, South Pyongan Province, North Korea, were arrested in mid-May for their involvement in religious activities. After interrogating the believers, the regime executed three […]

Worship: some summary-thoughts

 ¢â‚¬ËœBless the Lord O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name ¢â‚¬â„¢ (Psalm 103:1). A caricature of  ¢â‚¬Ëœchurch worship ¢â‚¬â„¢ I once heard in the U.S.: Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise him for one hour here below; Praise him with nickel and with dime, Praise God we’re getting out […]

THE ‘HUMAN CAMERA’ – AMAZING!

THIS MAN IS KNOWN AS THE “HUMAN CAMERA” If you have never seen this before, you are in for a treat. Turn up the sound, click on the link below, and be prepared to be blown away. http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=0k4lsi1dql

Mormonism, Atheism, Philosophy, Pornography

Volume 15: Number 11 (1,016) March 24, 2010 In this issue: MORMONISM – can Stepheie Meyer’s Twilight books, written “for LDS moms,” be edifying for all? PHILOSOPHY – the contributions of Alvin Plantinga to Christian apologetics PORNOGRAPHY – online severity and solutions THEISM – why “an immaterial personal creator with the omni-properties may reasonably be […]