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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Love

‘The only thing that ever changes anyone is love’ Dorothy Day

The Same Word

The Religion Works Sermons by Harry T. Cook June 22, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note: Sermons are distributed to subscribers of http://www.harrytcook.com [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsyNqfF0LV9gEknuqhu9d3PROhJjiVgUxiO4T5rCxof0LEGWJiUDO7m1GVNUH_I-ubdl47EgDM6AsJSEvYkLyx_GU5qqtNhqZHkPY5WoypkY18UDfI9X0Q==] Sundays at 11 a.m. Eastern time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read this week’s sermon, “The Same Word,” just scroll down. There are no substitutes for clarity and integrity when an individual or a group represents a […]

Climate Change – Brilliant A B C Debate

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2008/2280736.htm

International News 23rd June 2008

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * ZIMBABWE POLICE HARASSES TSVANGIRAI AND OPPOSITION FIGURES * CANADIAN TRIBUNAL INSTRUCTS PASTOR TO RENOUCE HIS BELIEFS * HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE LEGALISED IN CALIFORNIA * BIBLES TO BE SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR THE OLYMPICS * NIGERIA: RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED GIRLS IGNITES ISLAMIC RAMPAGE * RUSH TO BUILD SHELTER FOR STILL HOMELESS CHINESE QUAKE […]

Christianity in UK ‘could die out within a century’

Christianity ‘could die out within a century’ By Laura Clout Last Updated: 2:40PM BST 20/06/2008 More than half of Britons think Christianity is likely to have disappeared from the country within a century, according to a survey. Research by the Orthodox Jewish organisation Aish found that just over a third of people thought religions like […]

What is obscene these days?

By Chris Summers BBC News It’s 2008 and sex seems to be everywhere. So who holds the line between permissiveness and obscenity? What is obscene these days? And how do those people entrusted to make these calls cope with the harrowing work? “People think ‘what a great job – you sit and watch porn all […]

Children’s wisdom

On the first day of school a first grader handed the teacher a note from his mother. The note read…..”The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.” I was driving with my three children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and […]

Let’s stop trying to turn girls into probationary sexpots

* Tracie Winch * June 23, 2008 I’VE just learnt to be an A+ kisser. I’m also totally in the know about hooking up, performing oral sex (with or without braces) and girl-on-girl pashing. I’ve read the sealed section too and know that 58% of readers lost their virginity between age 10 and 15. This, […]

Re-Marketing the Church

“Re-Marketing the Church” by John Koessler John Koessler Zondervan’s blog occasionally features essays from our authors. Today’s essay is by John Koessler, author of A Stranger in the House of God. USA TODAY recently published the results of a survey by LifeWay research which indicates that a majority of Americans who do not attend church […]

Young People and Today’s Church

Avoiding unChristian Preaching By David Kinnaman February 2008 Being a Christian in America is harder than ever. People are expressing more hostility, doubt, frustration and skepticism toward Christianity – and this is particularly true among young people. Their perceptions of Christians are filled with images of judgmentalism, hypocritical lifestyles and political activism. They also believe […]