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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Aboriginal Policy

On March 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Forming indigenous policy without representation will fail John Chesterman March 4, 2008 KEVIN Rudd’s moving apology to the stolen generations laid to rest one piece of unfinished business in indigenous affairs. But as the Prime Minister acknowledged, this is just one step in the search for a new relationship between indigenous people and the state. […]

Chinese Proverbs

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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Man who run in front of car get tired. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Man who run behind car get exhausted. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Man with one chopstick go hungry. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Man who eat many prunes get good run for money. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Man who fight with wife […]

Bouncing Prayers

On March 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Report: 32% Of Prayers Deflected Off Passing Satellites March 19, 2008 | Issue 44•12 Report: 32% Of Prayers Deflected Off Passing Satellites HOUSTON—According to an official NASA report released Saturday, nearly 32 percent of all prayers exiting Earth are deflected off satellites orbiting the planet—ultimately preventing the discharged requests for divine intervention from ever making […]

A Wesleyan Perspective on Human Sexuality

On March 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A Wesleyan Perspective on Human Sexuality.   March 25, 2008 As I said earlier, there is some latitude in what it means to have a  ¢â‚¬Å“Wesleyan ¢â‚¬  perspective. No one is likely to follow Wesley in everything he said. I ¢â‚¬â„¢m quite willing to settle for a rather open & relaxed characterization of Wesleyan theology: it is a […]

N. T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope

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Frustrated by N. T. Wright Steve Cornell Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church I’ve been reading N. T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope and I’ve found myself frustrated by N. T. Wright. As one example, in part 13, Building for the Kingdom, Wright engages rhetoric that is overly reactionary and I think […]

Azerbaijan; Belarus; Uzbekistan

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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 ================================================= 19 March 2008 AZERBAIJAN: BAPTIST PASTOR FREED, SECOND RELIGIOUS PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE STILL JAILED http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1102 Azerbaijan has today (19 March) freed one […]

Healing the Wounds of Race

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Hearts & Minds by Jim Wallis ================================================= It has simmered throughout this campaign, and now race has exploded into the center of the media debate about the presidential race. Just when a black political leader is calling us all to a new level of responsibility, hope, and unity, the old and divisive rhetoric of race […]

Vampire Bat

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A vampire bat came flapping in from the night; face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep. Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood & began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to shoot through & let him […]

Gorbachev admits he is a Christian

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Europe – Vatican – Christianity – General “Mikhail Gorbachev admits he is a Christian” http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=28051&con=56&sec=56 By Malcolm Moore (“Telegraph”, March 19. 2008) Rome, Italy – Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St […]

Church Covenant

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BOX HILL BAPTIST CHURCH COVENANT As we are called together to be God’s people, we will live by the values and in the hope of God’s Kingdom. We will value each other as citizens of this Kingdom. As we are called to follow Jesus, we will model our lives on his leadership and teaching. In […]

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