Rowland Croucher
The Shadow War in Afghanistan
Jan 12, 2010 By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse It was a Christmas and a New Year from hell for American intelligence, that US$75 billion labyrinth of at least 16 major agencies and a handful of minor ones. As the old year was preparing to be rung out, so were the US’s intelligence agencies, which […]
Mobile numbers going public?
Mobile numbers going public From a friend: is this true? PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN… This is for Australian phone numbers REMEMBER: Mobile Phone Numbers Go Public next month. REMINDER: all mobile phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL […]
Engaging the culture with intelligence and relevance
Just like Paul in Acts 17 , one of our tasks as Christians is to engage the culture where it’s at. Why is it that so much Christian media is so hopelessly out of touch with where it’s happening in society? As film maker Bruce Marchfelder says, we’re answering questions nobody is asking. No wonder […]
Anarchism and Nonviolence
In defense of anarchism: what kind of peace does government provide? by Jason Laning | January 4, 2010 In an earlier post, Ladd Everitt posed a provocative question: “Can peace be obtained through anarchy?” He answered: Maybe someday in the distant future when humanity becomes perfect, but not anytime soon because society needs protection from […]
The Third Choice (Islam)
Promo for an interesting book, which I’m about to read… Rowland. In The Third Choice Mark Durie examines the most crucial challenges of this new century. In clear language, free from political correctness, and backed by an impressive scholarly knowledge, he unfolds step-by-step the basic foundations of Islam and exposes their inner correlations with jihad […]
A Little Child, God Before the Ages (Epiphany sermon)
From a pastor-friend. Epiphany 2010 Every once in a while, I paraphrase and preach a sermon from one of the great preachers of the past. Sometimes that’s the recent past — reformation and beyond — but more often I like to take something from the early centuries. The preaching style of our ancient forebears was […]
Karen Armstrong On The Bible
From a friend: From Karen Armstrong’s “On The Bible” (Allen & Unwin:2007) … many modern assumptions about the Bible are incorrect. …. From tyhe first, the biblical authoprs contradicted each other and their conflicting visions were all included by the editors in the final text. The Talmud was an interactive text that, properly taught, compelled […]
Mary Daly
From the Washington Post. Mary Daly’s ‘courage to sin big’ If there ever were a big sinner in the eyes of patriarchal religion, the honor of that title goes to Mary Daly. Mary Daly, “elemental feminist philosopher” and ground-breaking early feminist theologian, has died, but her ability to give women courage to name their experience […]
*Our Savage God* Revisited: The Face of Manson
*Sightings* 1/7/10 *Our Savage God *Revisited: The Face of Manson — Brian Collins The year that just came to its close marked the 40th anniversary of the murders committed by Charles Manson’s “Family,” and three related events renewed interest in the crimes and the figure behind them. In November a 41-year-old Los Angeles man made […]
Prayer Network Newsletter January 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * IRANIAN LEADER DRIVEN BY ISLAMIC PROPHECY * URGENT PRAYER REQUESTED FOR IRAN * BETHLEHEM’S FORGOTTEN CHRISTIANS * LEBANESE CABINET ENDORSES HEZBOLLAH’S RIGHT TO WEAPONS * MIRACLE MUM BACK FROM THE DEAD * FORMER ARCHERBISHOP SAYS BRITAIN IS LETTING IN TOO MANY IMMIGRANTS * INDIAN CHRISTIANS FACED THREE ATTACKS PER WEEK […]
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