Rowland Croucher
A Woman’s Poem
He didn’t like the casserole And he didn’t like my cake. He said my biscuits were too hard… Not like his mother used to make. I didn’t perk the coffee right He didn’t like the stew, I didn’t mend his socks The way his mother used to do. I pondered for an answer I was […]
Pentecost Sermon
The Religion Works Sermons by Harry T. Cook May 11, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note: Sermons are distributed to subscribers of http://www.harrytcook.com [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001XqcbmBBUDJEXXGHIYFQ2whNdf4QL4hjTxsG3aUJWqwz1ocrEEuUll2zcZsOhJZ9ojK5cB2MmsRKHsNIBSvZpLQ1FAadYyCc1a6YRLfXvTF7OzuNouKkN3Q==] Sundays at 11 a.m. Eastern time. To read this week’s sermon “Spirit Is As Spirit Does” just scroll down. The legend of Pentecost is that assembled multitudes from many ethnic groupings, each able to […]
My doctor
This is the Doctor I want as my primary physician, he answers questions like this: Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not […]
Islam and the West
From a friend: IMO, the long predicted war between western materialism and Islam has now started, and I find it very interesting that it was the west who invaded first. It may be that our strategists thought it better to get at the oil before they bought so much of the western world with their […]
Four Views on Hell
Questioner, to Billy Graham on his last visit to Harvard: ‘Since Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father but by me” doesn’t that mean people from other religions – Jews and the rest – are going to hell?’ Billy replied,’I’m sure glad God is the […]
J. I. Packer: an interview
Faith Today Interviews J.I. Packer J.I. Packer has been described as one of the most important evangelical theologians of the late 20th century. In 2005 Time magazine dubbed him the “doctrinal Solomon” of Christian thinkers and named him one of the 25 most influential Evangelicals in North America. Dr. Packer is the Board of Governors […]
They Walk Among Us
I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The check-out-chick rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor. She became indignant and informed me she was Educated and […]
Israel’s Anniversary
THURS 8 MAY 2008 Christian leaders mark Israel’s anniversary with ‘just peace’ call ………… PRESS RELEASE ….. London, UK – THURS MAY 8, 2008 Over 140 Christian leaders have made a unified call for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. Their declaration is […]
Motto for people who move…
“Veni, vidi, velcro” (I came, I saw, I stuck around.)
Mircea Eliade
*Sightings* 5/8/08 The Persistence of Eliade’s Memory — Jeremy Biles Released this week on DVD, Francis Ford Coppola’s film *Youth Without Youth, *based on the novella of the same name by celebrated historian of religions Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), opens with a montage of clocks woozily stretching and bending. These fluctuating clocks, reminiscent of the iconic […]
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