Rowland Croucher
The Church – Dysfunctional Family
A friend sent this quote from novelist Frederick Buechner. “The church often bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the dysfunctional family. There is the authoritarian presence of the Minister — the professional who knows all the answers and calls most of the shots — whom few ever challenge either because they don’t dare or because they […]
Paddy from Ireland
Paddy and Mick walking down a street in London. Paddy happens to look in one of the shop windows and sees a sign that catches his eye. The sign said: ‘Suits £5.00 each, Shirts £2.00 each, Trousers £2.50 per pair’. Paddy says to his pal “Mick, look! We could buy a whole lot of dose […]
Mosab Hassan Yousef – Convert from Islam to Christianity (by Martin Marty)
*Sightings* 3/8/10 God versus God — Martin E. Marty We are in for another intense round of “God vs. God,” “Our God vs. Their God,” “Good God vs. Bad God=Devil.” The current round comes from many readers of Mosab Hassan Yousef’s new *Son of Hamas, *which reads like a spy novel and whose “gripping” plot […]
Seminaries and Sex
March 5th, 2010 Originally broadcast March 27, 2009 KIM LAWTON, anchor: A new report from the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality claims that most clergy in the United States are not adequately dealing with sex and gender issues in their congregations. The group says part of the problem lies with theological seminaries which are often […]
Prayer Network Newsletter 8th March 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * OVER 100 COPTIC CHRISTIAN TEENAGERS ARRESTED IN EGYPT * U.K. RESEARCH SHOWS MARRIED PARENTS 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO STAY TOGETHER * BRITAIN SAYS SORRY TO CHILD MIGRANTS SENT TO THE COLONIES * EMERGENCY PRAYER FOR NIGER * VICAR CRITICISED FOR ADVOCATING STEALING * AMERICAN CHURCHES RECLAIM CHRISTMAS FROM THE […]
Climate skeptics’ websites
From a knowledgeable friend: Hi Rowland, 3 March 2010 Here’s the list. There are many others, but the first two tend to pull in many articles from the other sites. The thing is that those two update pretty quickly, meaning stuff drops off the bottom pretty quickly. Climate Depot: http://www.climatedepot.com/a/3943/Read-All-About-it-Climate-Depot-Exclusive–Continuously-Updated-ClimateGate-News-Round-Up Tom Nelson (Blogspot): http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-it-all-ends-global-warming-fades.html Australian […]
Politicians’ Lies
Storms of my grandchildren “When [politicians] tell you that they are going to solve the problem via a ‘goal,’ ‘binding target,’ or a ‘cap,’ you know that they are lying. Yes, lying is a harsh word, so you may instead say ‘kidding themselves,’ but I expect that one day your more perceptive grandchildren will say […]
Prayer for forgiveness
Almighty God, you despise nothing you have made and you forgive the sins of all who are penitent. Create in us new and contrite hearts, that truly repenting of our sins, and acknowledging our brokenness, we may obtain from you, the God of all mercy, full pardon and forgiveness; through your Son, Jesus Christ our […]
Avatar
Mark’s comment at the end of this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, February 26, 2010 mark driscoll hates avatar (REALLY HATES IT!) I found this video of Pastor Mark Driscoll at his YouTube.com account. Apparently, Mark HATED Avatar. And he wanted everybody to know how much he hated it, so he posted this little video of him […]
Where have all the Protestants gone?
So-called mainliners led the fight for social causes such as civil rights, equality for women and other key issues of the day. Now that American society has embraced such norms, liberal Protestant groups have become marginalized. Or have they? READ ON
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