Rowland Croucher
FREEDOM TO BELIEVE: Challenging Islam`s Apostasy Law
By Dr Patrick Sookhdeo Foreword by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali Reviewed by David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org 5 March 2010 By converting to Christianity President Obama is an ¢â‚¬Å“apostate ¢â‚¬ in the eyes of Islam Islam is a one-way street. Non-Muslims can convert to Islam, but Muslims are not allowed to convert from Islam. All schools of Islamic […]
O x y m o r o n s
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something […]
UNIVERSAL LAWS :-)
1. Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. 3. Law of Probability -The probability of being watched is directly proportional […]
What is Wrong with Liberal Religion?
So, What is Wrong with Liberal Religion? 4/10/2010 ¢â‚¬”In my last blog entry (see below), I asked whether the kind of liberal religion evinced by Jon Meacham in a recent book review is sustainable in the long run. I answered, no. But there is another issue here. I often find myself criticizing efforts like those of […]
Praying for workers
Soften the hands of the oppressor and Strengthen the hands of the oppressed Bless the hands of the workers, Bless the hands of those in power above them That the measure they deal will be tempered With justice and compassion. Amen (National Farmwork Ministry) As congregations meet on Sunday, and as they look back on […]
Evolution gives us a God big enough to believe in
The God who beckons By Joan Chittister 09042009p01phb.jpg [1] (Photos by NASA) Katie was a second-grader in one of our schools. One Friday at art class as the teacher roamed the aisles checking progress, she stopped at Katie ¢â‚¬â„¢s desk and asked, ¢â‚¬Å“Well, Katie, what are you drawing? ¢â‚¬ ¢â‚¬Å“I am drawing a picture of God, ¢â‚¬ Katie […]
Death: this liberal pastor’s not ‘going home to Jesus’
I am a debtor to death. It furnished work to me for almost half a century: in its approach, in its advent and in its aftermath. I am no stranger to many of its causes and forms. Though I have never seen an execution or a murder or a battlefield death, many is the time […]
Pastor’s (sad) humor
The pastor said to Mr. Smith, one of his long-time parishioners, “Thank you, Mr. Smith, for attending our church. I wish I had twenty parishioners like you.” “Gosh, it’s nice to hear that, Pastor, but I’m kind of surprised,” admitted Smith. “You know that I complain about every sermon and hardly ever give any money.” […]
Roman Catholic Clericalism: a blight on the world’s largest Christian Church
First, read my take on Pastoral Ministry as Empowerment – http://jmm.org.au/articles/8109.htm Now, these excerpts from Fr Martin Dixon’s 2008 publication A New Era of Pastoral Leadership (johngarrattpublishing). (Martin Dixon is parish priest of St Simon’s, Rowville, Victoria, and is/was (?) Coordinator of the Australian Imagining Pastoral Leadership Program. He was a member of the Executive […]
The End of the World: A Work in Progress
Popular Christian views of the end of the world depict a catastrophic intervention by God at a fixed time, bringing destruction, judgment and an eternal heaven or hell. But Baptist theologian Paul Fiddes of Oxford argues that the ultimate fulfilment of God’s plan for the world is, rather, an open-ended journey which unfolds as humans […]
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