Rowland Croucher
C F D Moule, Jesus: Grounds for the Christian Estimate
(Precis of a previously unpublished lecture at the University of Cambridge, Lent term 1968. Professor Charlie Moule, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, was a highly acclaimed New Testament scholar. The title and some of the language in this talk are somewhat ‘Oxbridgian’ but the sentiments here are, I believe, worth serious study). Is it possible, […]
Nigeria: The Battle for Shari’ah Supremacy
Subj: Nigeria: The Battle for Shari’ah Supremacy In January 2000, Governor Ahmad Sani Yarima Bakura defied the Nigerian Constitution and enacted Shari’ah Law in his north western state of Zamfara. Other northern and middle-belt Muslim-majority states soon followed and it was not long before all 12 northern states were under Shari’ah Law: the constitution of […]
Smart accountant
A leading accountant used to open his drawer every morning before starting work. On retirement they looked in the drawer and pasted to the bottom was a piece of paper that said: Debit is on the right hand side credit is on the left.
Decoding God’s Changing Moods
By Robert Wright Monday, Jun. 15, 2009 The ancient Israelites got straightforward guidance from scripture on how to handle people who didn’t worship Israel’s god, Yahweh. “You shall annihilate them – the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites – just as the Lord your God has commanded.” […]
The Future of Virtual Ministry
Mark Brown On the Facebook group ‘The Digital Revolution and the Church’ 7 June 2009 G’day! Today I preached my last message in the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life and chose to focus on the future of Virtual Ministry. I pointed out that research shows a majority of Christians don’t regularly attend church and stated […]
Jesus’ Resurrection 97% certain
Apologia puts faith in lap of the odds By Barney Zwartz July 19, 2005 Page Tools It is 97 per cent certain God raised Jesus from the dead – based on logic and mathematics, not faith – says an Oxford professor, Richard Swinburne. “New Testament scholars say the only evidence are witnesses in the four […]
Obama at Buchenwald (Brilliant!)
Friday, June 5, 2009 Obama Reflects on Capacity for Good and Evil in Buchenwald Speech Chancellor Merkel and I have just finished our tour here at Buchenwald. I want to thank Dr. Volkhard Knigge, who gave an outstanding account of what we were witnessing. I am particularly grateful to be accompanied by my friend Elie […]
The Most Astounding Sentence Ever Written?
David H C Read’s suggestion: ‘The Word became a human being and lived among us’. (Expository Times, November 1976, p. 47)
Actual call centre conversations !!!!!
Customer: ‘I’ve been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can’t get through to enquiries, can you help?’. Operator: ‘Where did you get that number from, sir?’. Customer: ‘It was on the door to the Travel Centre’. Operator: ‘Sir, they are our opening hours’. ———————————————————— Samsung Electronics Caller: ‘Can you give me the telephone number […]
Board-rooms
Dorothy L.ayers, August 1940, in a letter to Donald Mackinnon: “The Church is uncommonly vocal about the subject of bedrooms and so singularly silent on the subject of board-rooms.” I think I got this from the biography written by Barbara Reynolds. She got involved with a BBC committee about religious broadcasting. After one meeting she […]
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