Rowland Croucher
Can All Questions Have Straight Answers?
(I like what Harry says about ambiguity; but I’m not with him re the resurrection of Jesus. Rowland.) The Religion Works Essays by Harry T. Cook August 28, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read “A Nuance-less Campaign?,” scroll down. If there is anything America doesn’t need in this or any election cycle is a campaign devoid of […]
Prayer Focus Update
Prayer Focus Update September 2008 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. * ANGOLA – GIRL DECAPITATED IN ATTACK BY MUSLIM […]
Christians attacked in Orissa
*Baptist World Alliance* August 26, 2008 *_For Immediate Release_* *Christians attacked in Orissa* Washington, D.C. (BWA)–Christians are under attack in the state of Orissa in eastern India. More than 600 churches have been demolished, 4,000 Christians forced to flee from their villages, and at least 25 killed as a result of violent persecution. In response […]
The New-Old Evangelicals
*Sightings* 2/4/08 — Martin E. Marty “Anything anybody can say about Evangelicalism is true” is my take-off from Emmett Grogan’s “Anything anybody can say about America is true.” He and his truism issued from the sixties, a period when I would not have known about or spoken of the Protean character of modern American evangelicalism. […]
The Final Answer Is…
A contestant on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” had reached the final plateau. If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000. If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $25,000 milestone money. And as she suspected it would be, the million-dollar question was no pushover. It was, “Which of the […]
Unanswered Questions
Unanswered Questions Vol. II If cocaine were legal, would they sell it in little packages like Sweet N’ Low? Would they call it Sweet N’ High? If drinking and driving is illegal, why do bars have parking lots? Is it possible for someone to become addicted to therapy? And if so, how would you treat […]
Things to Think
Think in ways you’ve never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you’ve ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to your door, Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose Has risen out of the […]
The Confessional
27 August 2008 Press Release Differences between a Baptist and Catholic position Australian Baptist minister of 31 years Mark Tronson points out the differences between his view as a Baptist and the Roman Catholic position on ‘the secrecy of the confessional’. As explained by Sydney priest John Lucas, this Roman rite is above moral law; […]
Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter to Bishops of the Anglican Communion
Posted On : August 26, 2008 2:12 PM ACNS: http://aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/8/26/ACNS4514 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today sent a letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion, setting out his personal reflections on the Lambeth Conference. The full text of the letter can be found below: As the Lambeth Conference of 2008 comes […]
Adam and Eve
One day, Adam sat outside the Garden of Eden shortly after eating the forbidden fruit, and wondered about men and women. So looking up to the heavens he says, “Excuse me GOD, can I ask you a few questions?” GOD replied, “Go on Adam but be quick I have a world to create.” So Adam […]
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