Rowland Croucher
What’s Next for Mike Huckabee?
Hearts & Minds by Jim Wallis ================================================= Tuesday evening, John McCain clinched the Republican nomination for president, and Mike Huckabee, the last remaining contender, conceded defeat. Huckabee’s campaign, and the failure of the Religious Right to support him, has been one of the most interesting and puzzling stories of this primary season While Huckabee is […]
Why did the chicken cross the road?
DR. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by […]
George Carlin’s Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and […]
The Christian Vote for the A L P
From a friend: I think this article from The Australian suggests there was a decisive vote for the ALP from members of various denominations and groups. Recently I heard from a political insider that there is strong support from such people for Kevin Rudd personally as opposed to the ALP. Christian lobbyists are expecting Rudd […]
A Healthy Approach to Dying
Question for your church small group: Here’s a very healthy attitude towards dying by a professor who probably wouldn’t say he was a Christian (I could be wrong there – but he talks about karma etc.). Now I’ve met Christians who are not been as peaceful about dying as this guy; and others who are […]
Warning about The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass, a PG-rated movie directed by Chris Weitz and based on a book by Philip Pullman titled Northern Lights, opens in Australia on 26 December. Billed as an exciting fantasy adventure, the film has generated significant concern over its defiantly anti-Christian message. The author sides with evil, championing deceit and self-will in a […]
What do you define as white, grey, black lies?
Netfriend: Rowland: White: Bandits: ‘Where did the fugitive with the money go?’ Response: ‘That way’ (opposite direction). Ie. Lying to save an innocent person’s life. Happens all the time in oppressed cultures – by everyone… Grey: (Chris’s example). How are you? ‘Fine’. Wife: ‘Do I look OK in this?’ (Guys: supply your own response). Black: […]
Irish Love Story
An elderly man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite scones wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning on the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even […]
Thou shalt not steal sermons from the Internet
March 5, 2008 ‘Thou shalt not steal sermons from the Internet,’ Polish priests told Poland ‘s Roman Catholic priests have been warned to stop using the Internet to plagiarise sermons for their Sunday Masses. “A sermon is a composition — as such, it comes under the law on authors’ rights,” said Professor Tomasz Naganowski, an […]
Lying
‘You’re a liar!’ is one of the commonest retorts/mantras in adversarial contexts on Usenet newsgroups. Its use is not confined to one people-group: both ‘Christians’ and atheists, for example, may use it as a put-down in equal measure… In another thread (‘A Mormon Odyssey’) there was an interesting discussion on how common ‘lying’ is in […]
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