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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Postmodernism

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER ———————————————– UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE Editors comments: This article is its original form was written as an intellectual exposure of postmodernism. We believe it gives an important insight into the clash of worldviews that is seeking to tear apart the Christian influence in western culture. We have therefore […]

Taking God to Heart (Brian Gallagher)

Review: Taking God to Heart, by Brian Gallagher MSC, St Pauls 2008. When our family returned home in 1983 after a couple of years in North America, I had two important questions to ask my friends: ‘Who is reputed to be the most discerning Spiritual Director in Melbourne? And who’s the best teacher of Spiritual […]

The Heart of Anglicanism

Archbishop of Armagh – Address to the USPG Conference, Swanick Posted On : July 4, 2008 10:45 AM | Posted By : Admin ACO ACNS: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/7/4/ACNS4419 Archbishop of Armagh calls for a return to the heart of Anglicanism to resolve contemporary issues Transcript of Archbishop’s address: Holy Scripture and the Law of God in Contemporary […]

Riddle

TODAYS RIDDLE : You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not […]

An Orthodox View of the Atonement

(A good article): ‘In Western theology, especially since Anselm, the juridical understanding of the atonement had been based on the idea of sin and evil as being primarily something that God punishes us *for* (Rodger 1989:28). In the Orthodox view, however, sin and evil are primarily something that God rescues us *from*. Salvation begins with […]

Public Theology

*Sightings* 7/3/08 A Public Theology or a Theology of the *Res Publica?* — Rick Elgendy Last week, Focus on the Family’s James Dobson took issue with a 2006 speech made by Senator Barack Obama at a meeting of “Call to Renewal,” a movement of politically activist Christians. A religious figure criticizing a presidential candidate is […]

A New Faith-Based Initiative

************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/IdLWub11f4t2/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= Property’s not worth killing someone over. – a 911 dispatcher trying to convince Joe Horn, of Pasadena, Texas, not to confront two burglary suspects with his shotgun. This week, a grand jury cleared Horn of all criminal […]

Riddle

=========================== TODAYS RIDDLE : What does this rebus represent? ABDFGHJKLMNOPQRSUVXYZ /\ x x x x x Scroll down for the answer x x x x x Here it comes x x x x x \/ “Twice removed” The letters “T W I C E” have been removed from the alphabet; hence the phrase. =========================== Although […]

Religion in Australia

Australia is not ‘God’s own country’ When Pope Benedict XVI travels to Australia for the first time for World Youth Day this week, he will be descending on one of the least religious nations in the western world. Although two-thirds of Australians identify themselves as Christians, religion plays an important role in the minds and […]

The Churches of Christ in Victoria

The AGM of the Vic CofC Conference is over,and as with any AGM, it tells a story of how an organisation is travelling. The Annual Report records the ups and downs, but few will know what’s happening as the Report is not on the web;Qld Conference has its Annual Report up;SA has its AGM minutes […]