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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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The Trinity

On March 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A cynical view of the Trinity from John Ralston Saul “The Doubter’s Companion” (Penguin: 1995) pp. 162-163 “Holy Trinity – Christian” A pre-alchemist alchemist concept developed by early Christian administrators to soften the hard-edged simplicity of straight monotheism. The three-in-one / one-in-three mystery of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism official. The subsequent […]

A Good Christian church/faith group

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A good Christian church or faith group should: 1. Welcome: all people without discrimination based on race, ability/disability, faith, politics or sexuality. 2. Empower: people to better cope with all areas of life; relationships, family, studies, work, and leisure. 3. Be Inclusive: open and welcoming to others, their talents and abilities; not an exclusive clique […]

Armenia; Belarus; Tajikistan

On March 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 24 March 2009 ARMENIA: A “SERIOUS SETBACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN, PROGRESSIVE AND LIBERAL ARMENIA” http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1272 Armenian human rights defenders […]

Sectarianism

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From Ken Smith on Usenet, 28th March 2009: You can count me among those Christians who, like Rowland, refuse to lend indiscriminate support to some other Christians. Would it pour oil on troubled flames if I mentioned Northern Ireland? Which only exists as something separate from Eire because the rabid Protestants refused to be part […]

Prayer Network Newsletter

On March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER March 23 2009 * SHARIA LAW TEARING THE WEST IN TWO * LESBIANS GO WILD IN ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN CHURCH * RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION NO LONGER REQUIRED ON LEBANESE ID CARDS * NORTH KOREAN LEADER ANOINTS HIS YOUNGEST SON TO SUCCEED HIM * PERSECUTION IN ERITREA RAGES ON * ZIMBABWE EDUCATION SYSTEM […]

Islam, Sharia and Honor Killings

On March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Some wise words read somewhere on Usenet: ‘It is not true that the Koran says, explicitly or otherwise, that apostasy is punishable by death. In fact the Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in matters of religion”. It is indeed true that the Muslim common law, called the Shari’ah, says that apostacy is a capital […]

Jean Vanier, Our Life Together

On March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[Note from Rowland: We have a little four-year old grand-daughter who is ‘developmentally delayed’. I told her physiotherapist yesterday I get more smiles from little Bella than from all our four children and six grandchildren combined!]. Jean Vanier, Our Life Together: A Memoir in Letters (564 pages, 2007) Here’s an inspiring ‘must read’ for admirers […]

The Shack – review by Gordon MacDonald

On March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

“The Shack” Why certain stories disturb many and comfort so many more. Gordon MacDonald | posted 3/23/2009 Soon after William Paul Young’s The Shack hit the bookstores, a friend handed me a copy and said, “You need to read this; it’s going to be the next best-seller.” I put the book on my “to read” […]

What do you get if you divide science by God?

On March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A prize-winning quantum physicist says a spiritual reality is veiled from us, and science offers a glimpse behind that veil. So how do scientists investigating the fundamental nature of the universe assess any role of God, asks Mark Vernon. The Templeton Prize, awarded for contributions to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension”, has been won by French […]

Extremism and Religion

On March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As for extremism polluting religion…I leave you with this quote from MLK Jr. (yes, again!): “The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of […]

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