Rowland Croucher
Baptist Dog
A Baptist preacher and his wife decided to get a new dog. Ever mindful of the congregation, they knew the dog must also be a Baptist. They visited kennel after kennel and explained their needs. Finally, they found a kennel whose owner assured them he had just the dog they wanted. The owner brought the […]
Weird Facts
‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand And ‘lollipop’ is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn’t you?) No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. ‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’. […]
F. W. Boreham: The Chalice of Life
Here’s another John Broadbanks Publishing (2008) contribution to our enjoyment of the wisdom of a wonderfully gifted wordsmith and pastor. In his Foreword Geoff Pound writes: ‘This book is a collection of five addresses that F W Boreham delivered at some major stages of life, and this is accompanied by two further essays in which […]
Accepting Lament as an Act of Faith
First, we feel, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” and we might think, “I should not feel this way! I am losing my faith!” Lament corrects a false, na ¯ve and overly rationalistic view of faith. In the Scriptures, faith is not simply an intellectual assent to some statement about God. It is […]
Caesar Salad
Harry T. Cook 10/19/08 Matthew 22: 15-22 Has each of us at one time or another not wandered into the middle of an argument between feuding parties and wondered what under the sun was at issue? That’s exactly our situation today as Matthew drops us into the middle of a colloquy in which he depicts […]
Australian Prayer Network Newsletter
[Note from Rowland: I’m happy to include these newsletters on this website, even though they represent a political/theological position on some matters which is not my own. For example, abortion is important in the U.S. election, but so are many other social justice issues]. ***** AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER. * PRAYING FOR THE UNITED STATES […]
20 Weird Facts You Never Knew
1.Butterflies taste with their feet. 2.A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why. 3.In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined. 4.On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. 5.On average people fear spiders more than they do death. 6.Elephants are the […]
Christians in Iraq
Posted On : October 17, 2008 ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/10/17/ACNS4535 Related Categories: Middle East The Anglican Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf, whose diocese includes Iraq, has expressed his strong solidarity with all Christians there at a time when they in particular are suffering a spate of violence. The bishop recently visited Baghdad, where he met religious […]
Elvis Impersonation
This incident happened 40 years ago… Our school PTA ladies were seeking a fundraiser for the school, and settled on a talent show. Every mother is sure her child is the most talented kid in town, seems to me. There were auditions, and all the usual, and there was one kid with some kind of […]
Financial Terms Explained
So you can stay current, Financial Terms re-explained CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO– Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the […]
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