Rowland Croucher
C S Lewis: The Sin of the Gluttony of Delicacy
Screwtape writes:- This has largely been effected by concentrating all our efforts on gluttony of Delicacy, not gluttony of Excess. Your patient’s mother, as I learn from the dossier and you might have learned from Glubose, is a good example. She would be astonished–one day, I hope, will be–to learn that her whole life is […]
One Person’s Theological Journey
(The story of an online friend’s journey out of one kind of faith to another)… “After theology, it was intellectual theological ‘wet’s’ who influenced me to a bent away from my early faith, from miracle, from resurrection and so from faith and the church… and towards the hubris and edge of rationalism that I now […]
British Church struggles with media message
The ‘Christendom era’ of Christianity’s cultural and societal dominance is coming to an end, and the challenge for Christians of all traditions is to find a new way of relating based on respect and persuasion rather than dominance. READ ON Feb 2010
Making it personal: the Kairos Palestine document
The international churches can choose to listen and act and walk with their Palestinian sisters and brothers, or they can choose to turn away and ignore them – these are both active choices, and prevaricating or sitting on the fence is not an option. READ ON A Palestinian Christian call to end the occupation. READ […]
Courage is Contagious – Evangelism in Community
The hidden benefits of doing evangelism in community. A Leadership interview with Steve Sjogren | posted 2/15/2010 Steve Sjogren has participated in launching five churches. Recently he has focused his energy on coaching others who are committed to outward-focused living. Sjogren is author of many books including the best-selling Conspiracy of Kindness. Most books emphasize […]
Australian Prayer Network Newsletter Feb 17 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * QUEENSLAND’S $2.35 BILLION A YEAR BOOZE BILL * VIOLENT COMPUTER GAMES MAY BE ALLOWED INTO AUSTRALIA * ABBOTT URGES GIRLS TO VALUE THEIR VIRGINITY * 40 DAYS OF PRAYER LEADING UP TO EASTER ———————————————– QUEENSLAND’S $2.35 BILLION A YEAR BOOZE BILL (Editors note: Queensland has been singled out in this […]
Hope and disappointment
M L King: ‘… Our willing acceptance of unwanted and unfortunate circumstances even as we still cling to radiant hope, our acceptance of finite disappointment even as we adhere to infinite hope… This is not the grim, bitter acceptance of the fatalist, but the achievement found in Jeremiah’s words, “This is a grief, and I […]
Theology and Sermons
From a friend: ‘I think one reason to hold back a little on going full-throttle about [including biblical scholarship in preaching] (apart from boring people to sobs) is Fowler’s stages of faith development… it’s not always pastorally helpful to all the “stage 2 and 3” people in the congregation to ramble on about higher criticism. […]
Sexual Abuse and Homophobia
Note from Rowland: This is presented in keeping with our policy of presenting many sides of complex issues for mature reflection… Please note that I do not necessarily endorse any particular views in the hundreds of articles on, for example abuse or homosexuality etc. on this website (see here for some of them – on […]
Happiness
What/where is happiness? The ancient parable says it all: A beggar had been begging at the same place all his life. He wanted to be rich, but he was poor. When he died they found a treasure of gold buried just under the place where he had been begging… Avagooddayeveryone!
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