Rowland Croucher
A W Tozer
Aiden Wilson Tozer once said, “Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aid to the life of faith may be Christian biographies.” And that is certainly true of the great man himself. In the past week I have read two biographies of Tozer, and perused a dozen of his important books. What started all this […]
Forgiveness in Islam
Allah forgives a man who continually repents after sinning I heard the Prophet saying, “If somebody commits a sin and then says, ‘O my Lord! I have sinned, please forgive me!’ and his Lord says, ‘My slave has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for it, I therefore have forgiven […]
Institutions
From a newsgroup friend: Interesting idea, institutions eventually killing the very thing they set out to perpetuate. Some believe a constant state of cynicism and revolt must be nurtured. Organisational theories have abounded of late–cybergames like “The Sims” and “Dungeons and Dragons” are based on the concept of building a virtual parallel reality from the […]
Youth: Is the era of Age Segmentation over?
Is the Era of Age Segmentation Over? A researcher argues that the future of youth ministry will require bringing the generations together. An Interview with Kara Powell | posted 9/18/2009 Is the Era of Age Segmentation Over? The statistics are grim. Rainer Research estimates that 70 percent of young people leave the church by age […]
Christian fundamentalism
Matt McNulty: Christian fundamentalism and its fundamental flaws A couple years ago, when I was living in Clementon, New Jersey, a profoundly disturbing thing happened. I was off from work, trying to relax in my living room, when someone knocked at the front door. Even though the neighborhood had been going steadily downhill — at […]
Rabbi Harold Vallins
Note from Rowland: I was privileged to know Harold Vallins – perhaps the only Jewish Rabbi in Australia to convert to Christianity. He invited me to speak a couple of times at the Brethren-affiliated retirement home where he lived, Grace Court. The last time I saw him was at the Vigil for Dawn Rowan (Google […]
Refining Fire
Received today from a friend: Malachi 3:3: ‘He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.’ This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get […]
Intelligent Design
Sent by an online friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v_Dover_Area_School_District The main expert witness for the defense was Michael Behe. Dover testimony (2004). In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the first direct challenge brought in United States federal courts to an attempt to mandate the teaching of intelligent design on First Amendment grounds, Behe was called as a […]
Bumper Stickers
Bumper stickers to muse over… If You Can Read This, I Can Slam On My Brakes And Sue You Forget World Peace — Visualise Turning Off Your Turn Signal! HANG UP AND DRIVE! Where There’s A Will…I Want To Be In It! Ever Stop To Think, And Forget To Start Again? This Would Be Really […]
Talking Dog
A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: ‘Talking Dog For Sale ‘ He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice […]
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