Rowland Croucher
The Flaws of Fundamentalism
Matt McNulty: Christian fundamentalism and its fundamental flaws …. What I learned was a relatively new religious phenomenon — fundamentalist Christianity — was spreading throughout America and the Third World like wildfire. And anyone who supports pluralism, religious tolerance or science education should be concerned about this development. Christian fundamentalism, like its Islamic counterpart, is […]
Jesus is watching
A burglar enters a house through a window, and hears someone/something say, “Jesus is watching!” the burglar gets nervous and stands perfectly still in the dark, waiting a couple minutes he hears nothing & decides to move.. Again he hears “Jesus is watching!”. he see’s a parrot and asks, “Was that you” the parrot then […]
A Peace and Justice Christmas
Don’t just sing about God’s love and justice, act on it this Christmas! Sign the pledge, and we’ll send you an e-mail of ideas to share with your friends and family. Peace and Justice Christmas Pledge In honor and celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, I will act on my faith this […]
indonesia
Subj: Maluku, Eastern Indonesia: “blasphemy” triggers pogrom MALUKU, EASTERN INDONESIA: “BLASPHEMY” TRIGGERS POGROM On Tuesday 9 December, Muslims rioted in response to rumours that Welhelmina Holle, a Christian teacher at SD Masohi elementary school, had insulted Islam in a comment he made while tutoring a sixth grade student. Masohi is about 120km east of Ambon […]
The Blessings of Motherhood
My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if he would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, love it with all my heart and raise it […]
Armenia; Kazakhstan; Russia
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 ================================================= 11 December 2008 ARMENIA: IMPRISONMENT OF SOME 80 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS “NOT A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE” http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1228 Armenia’s Foreign and Justice Ministries have […]
Stopping Internet Porn
A church leader wrote (December 2008): “Getup” (an ISP lobby group) has launched an online petition opposing the filtering (and supporting the porn industry and some in the IT industry who want to scuttle the government’s plans to clean up the internet). Nathan responded: For what it is worth, I reckon [this] email here is […]
Men in our culture
Men, in our culture, have carried a special burden of unconsciousness, of ignorance of the self. The unexamined life has been worth quite a lot in economic terms. It has enabled us to increase the gross national product yearly. It may not be necessary to be a compulsive extrovert to be financially successful, but it […]
Avoiding Disappointment
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by they ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * NORTH KOREA RETURNS TO ISOLATION * ZIMBABWE PLEADS FOR HELP AS CRISIS BITES * OFFERINGS DROP AS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HITS CHURCHES * PRAYER ALERTS FOR INDIA, NIGERIA AND SOMALIA * EMERGENCY PRAYER ALERT FOR BANGLADESH ———————————————– NORTH KOREA RETURNS TO ISOLATION Reform without bloodshed for North Korea can only be […]
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