Rowland Croucher
Larry Norman
He combined the rhythms of Elvis and the words of Christ to create Jesus Rock Steve Turner Wednesday February 27, 2008 The Guardian Larry Norman, who has died at the age of 61, was a pioneer of what became known as Jesus Rock, which combined the rhythms of rock’n’roll with the social and spiritual observations […]
Pray for the World
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * BORN INTO A LIFE IN NORTH KOREAN GULAG FOR SINS OF UNKNOWN ANCESTOR * WAVE OF PERSECUTION AGAINST CHRISTIAN GROUPS IN IRAN * RURAL CHINA’S SUICIDE PROBLEM * ELECTION SETBACK FOR MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER * DRAMATIC INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN SRI LANKA * UZBEKISTAN: CHURCH CLOSES BECAUSE OF […]
Cast Out Fear
By Harry T. Cook We were on our way to the airport and spotted this bumper sticker on the car ahead of us: “IF VEHICLE IS UNMANNED, THE RAPTURE HAS BEGUN.” I was asked what that meant. Typically, I explained in more detail than my companion seemed to want or need. I told her about […]
Looking For Trouble (Palm Sunday)
Looking For Trouble A Sermon for Palm Sunday By Harry T. Cook Whether or not the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem represents the actual facts of the matter is probably beside the point. Most First Century Palestinian Jews tried to get themselves to Jerusalem for the major festivals, and, according to all accounts, […]
The Importance of Sadness
Sadness has a direct line to the soul February 27, 2008 OURS are ominous times. We are on the verge of eroding away our ozone layer. Within decades we could face severe oceanic flooding. We are close to annihilating hundreds of animal species. Soon our forests will be as bland as pavement. Moreover, we find […]
Torture
— Martin E. Marty No sooner had torture become national policy in the United States, religious leaders were rallying to denounce it. A day or two after the proposal opposing its legitimation was vetoed and thus defeated, Protestant, Evangelical, Muslim, and Jewish leaders coalesced to present critiques. “No sooner…” may not be quite accurate. Some […]
The Real Cost of the Iraq War
Business Spectator 7:11 AM Feb 29, 2008. Commentary by: Alan Kohler http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/The-real-cost-of-Iraq-C9RER?OpenDocument&source=cmailer A new book by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize winning economist and former chief economist of the World Bank, makes a persuasive case that the credit crisis and US economic downturn is, at heart, a result of the Iraq war. Stiglitz, and co-author Linda […]
Australian clergy are fat
(From my Churches of Christ mate Alan Matheson.) Hi Rowland The Fin Review commissioned the survey; carried a 2 page discussion of the findings and despite clergy topping the list of overweight/obese professionals, they made no mention of the fact. Alan “Australian clergy are fat. Eighty per cent of ministers of religion are overweight or […]
Preachers and Presidents
By Alan Matheson – posted Monday, 10 March 2008 The way Americans do religion, particularly during presidential campaigns, bemuses and frequently scares the hell out of the rest of the world. Huckabee is “a second commandment Christian”; McCain is not certain if he’s a Baptist or an Apocalyptic Christian Zionist; and Clinton secretly prays with […]
Science and Religion (from Dan Brown’s ‘Angels and Demons’)
I’ve just finished Dan Brown’s thriller Angels and Demons and found this quote: SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE NOT AT ODDS SCIENCE IS SIMPLY TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND (Generally an interesting read: lots of contrived improbabilities… like a couple of people falling out of a helicopter, and Robert Langdon surviving by holding a tarpaulin-thing… and flashback […]
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