Rowland Croucher
Questions
Bored during a long flight, an eminent scholar leaned over and woke up the man sleeping next to him to ask if he would like to play a game. “I’ll ask you a question,” he explained. “If you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5. But if I don’t know the answer to your […]
Blockages to Overcome Blindness
Blind auditions assist blind ambitions – and overcome blind prejudice – as musicians seek to join the world’s top orchestras. One of Australia’s most promising trumpeting talents is a young lady I’ve known all her life. She invests her days practising; having worked with local and European orchestras, confident that blind auditions – where full-length […]
Government Generosity
How about using Kev’s manna to stimulate some generosity? * Simon Moyle * April 7, 2009 Sometimes the economy should take a back seat to fostering a good society. THIS week a lump-sum payment will drop into many of our bank accounts like manna from Kevin. No doubt many of us will seize on it […]
Christian beliefs still strong, says survey
a.. Barney Zwartz b.. April 7, 2009 MORE than four in 10 Australians who do not consider themselves “born again”‘ still believe Jesus rose from the dead, while one in 10 does not believe he existed. These were two of the surprising results from an independent survey of 2500 people, said noted author and church […]
Humans who are not quite human
Yes. and evolutionists also have had ideas that some/all do not use any more. What about the peppered moths in England, the embryonic recapitulation idea, the evolutionary status as not- quite-human given to nomadic peoples in various parts of the world, even that changes within a species add to changes from one species to another […]
Scopes Trial
I’d be very wary of taking as Gospel truth anything written by a creationist about the Scopes trial. There was nothing about science presented as evidence: the presiding judge ruled that Scopes was on trial for breaking the law, and that any scientific evidence that the law was wrong or misguided would not be admitted. […]
Easter: A Matter of Life and Death
A MATTER OF DEATH AND LIFE When I came to Australia 20 years ago I wondered why people kept asking the question: What is the true meaning of Christmas? As a convert from traditional Chinese religion, I had to learn what Christmas meant when I became a Christian. I had assumed that every Christian knew […]
Health Advice :-)
Q: Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? ! A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it…. don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of […]
Speeding Ticket
Did you hear about the 83 year old woman who talked herself out of a speeding ticket by telling the young officer that she had to get there before she forgot where she was going? Makes perfectly good sense to me…..
Asian-born Anglican Bishop Steps Down
Washington Times Friday, April 3, 2009 EDITORIAL: A lost shepherd In what is being called a victory for Islamism, the Anglican Church’s only ethnically Asian bishop is stepping down. The Right Reverend Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, bishop of Rochester, announced that he is retiring next September in order to work on behalf of “endangered or beleaguered […]
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