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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Limericks

There was a young man from Dundee Whose limericks stopped at line three, He once went to bed. There was a young man from Corfu, Whose limericks stopped at line two. There was a young girl with a bun.

Australian Prayer Network Newsletter

* ISLAM AND APOSTASY * SAUDI ARABIA: SHAKEN BY APOSTASY AND DISSIDENCE * UNCERTAINTY FALLS ON PAKISTAN AFTER NINE-YEAR PRESIDENCY ENDS * CHURCHES LIFT UP CHRIST WHILE HELPING SOUTH OSSETIAN (GEORGIAN) REFUGEES * REPORT ON CHILDREN IN PRAYER GLOBAL CONSULTATION * IRANIAN CHRISTIANS PLEAD FOR BIBLES AS CHRISTIAN NUMBERS INCREASE ———————————————– ISLAM AND APOSTASY Muhammad, […]

Raining on the Guy’s Parade (prayer)

(A very liberal ‘Christian’ view of prayer, which I believe, though well-written is heretical! Rowland). The Religion Works August 24, 2008 Raining on the Guy’s Parade Harry T. Cook By Harry T. Cook Today across our metropolitan area, people are being urged to offer up prayers for the salvation of the local and national economies. […]

Kazakhstan; Russia; Uzbekistan

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 ================================================= 20 August 2008 KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONWIDE RELIGIOUS PROPERTY SEIZURES CONTINUE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1174 Almaty regional Public Prosecutor’s Office seems keen to seize property from religious […]

Like Clockwork

The Religion Works Essays by Harry T. Cook August 22, 2008 A good many 21st Century human beings seem to like the concept of “clockwork” because it implies dependability, promptness and what my German-speaking friends call Deutsche punkt! Truth to tell, I am bound head, foot, heart and mind to the near-precise movements made by […]

How to Tell the Sex of a Fly

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘Hunting Flies’ he responded. ‘Oh. ! Killing any?’ she asked. ‘Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,’ he replied. Intrigued, she asked. ‘How can you tell them apart?’ He responded, ‘3 were on a beer […]

On Christian Leadership Failures

The news of the downfall of a major Pentecostal Christian leader in Australia has most of the Christian community abuzz. And given that the story has been splashed all over the secular media, it certainly has non-Christians talking as well. For those not in the know, it concerns Pastor Mike Guglielmucci who has just been […]

Why parents drink

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. ‘ Hell o ? ‘ ‘Is your daddy home?’ he asked. ‘ Yes ,’ […]

Another sad blonde joke

A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde. The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver’s license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. ‘What does it look like?’ she […]

The Cost of Giving: Poverty, Aid, Development

The Cost of Giving Thursday, Aug. 07, 2008 By ALEX PERRY Aid to the developing world is one of those things whose motives have been mixed and muddled. In the age of empire, imperial powers built up infrastructure to make their colonies more productive and get primary goods quickly to market: railways, ports and canals […]