Rowland Croucher
WHY FUNDAMENTALISTS MUST EXCLUDE GAYS (AND OTHER SINNERS)
Frank Schaeffer New York Times best-selling author Posted: June 28, 2010 Right Wing Fundamentalists, be they Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or Muslim, must hate gays (and other sinners) no matter what they say about hating the sin but loving the sinner. They also must hate even the mildest feminism, say my mother’s brand of semi-enlightened […]
The Islamisation of the West
¢â‚¬Å“Islam entered Europe twice and left it… Perhaps the next conquest, Allah willing, will be by means of preaching and ideology. The conquest need not necessarily be by the sword… Perhaps we will conquer these lands without armies. We want an army of preachers and teachers who will present Islam in all languages and in […]
Islamic authorities exploiting Western freedoms?
“You exploit the very freedoms that democracy gives you” Tracy Grimshaw on Channel 9 TV. Tracy Grimshaw conducts an interesting interview on the Caliphate Conference in Sydney Australia. Channel 9 TV. July 6, 2010. Tracy Grimshaw’s interview of Australian Hizb-ut Tahrir spokesperson Uthman Badar. Grimshaw’s unanswered challenge: “By any perception, you are exploiting the very […]
The Remember Song
Ahhh… getting older, one’s memories are treasured – the ones that can be remembered, that is 🙂 CLICK HERE to listen to the Remember Song by Chuck Pyle, sung here by Tom Rush
The Facebook Effect
The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World By David Kirkpatrick Humanity ¢â‚¬â„¢s Database By DAVID POGUE Published: June 24, 2010 According to ¢â‚¬Å“The Facebook Effect, ¢â‚¬ Facebook is the second-most-visited Web site on earth (after Google). The average member spends almost an hour there each day. It has more than 400 million active […]
Christianity Going South
— Martin E. Marty July 6, 2010 *Sightings* authors often comment on religion in the United States rather than “the rest of the world,” but through the years have shown regularly how artificial or at least permeable such geographical distinctions are when it comes to religion. Philip Jenkins, Mark Noll, Lamin Sanneh, and others reveal […]
Who’s Killing the Church?
I put this onto Facebook: Re churches/pastors: (1) Christ loves his (imperfect) church; so should we (2) In a consumer culture, all leaders – including pastors – are more accountable to their clients (3) This often places an intolerable burden on some pastors, who are expected to be the ‘surrogate nurturing parent’ many never had, […]
The Advantages of living after 50
Someone had to remind me, so I’m reminding you too. Don’t laugh…..it is all true…. Perks of reaching 50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70! In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. No one expects you to run–anywhere. People call at 9 pm and ask, “did I wake you?” […]
Pray for the World (July 5, 2010)
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * PRAYER AND WORSHIP REPLACES FOOTBALL IN WEST HAM STADIUM * CHURCHES SURPRISED AT IMPACT OF MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN OF DIVORCE * A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY FROM KENYA OF GOD’S PROVISION IN THE MIDST OF POVERTY * ENORMOUS MINERAL DISCOVERY IN AFGHANISTAN * U.S.A. LEGAL GROUP TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS * […]
Richard Rohr: The Naked Now (3) A brief response
See here, and here, and here for some previous notes I took while reading this very helpful book. And now for some of Rohr’s statements which evoked an ‘Ouch!’ response: * Judaism, Christianity and Islam have not been known for creating ‘harmonizing’ people. In general, peacemaking, non-violence, love for the outsider or for the poor, […]
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