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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Woman Delivered From Christmas Spirit

Created 12/10/2007 By John Green Tulsa-Mary Jo Haglin knew that something was wrong-she just didn’t know what it was. “Every year, starting after Thanksgiving, I would begin to get more and more depressed. January was the worst. I felt like I was walking through a dark night, with howling wolves, and the incessant drumming of […]

Notice Of Seasonal Greeting

From Andrew Rogers Lawyers (“the wishor”) to you (“the wishee”) Please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress, nonaddictive, gender neutral, celebration of the summer solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices […]

Judge Rules in Sermon Sharing Scandal

December 11, 2007 Judge Rules in Sermon Sharing Scandal Share Evangelical churches and ministries across America are reeling today after a lower court in Manhattan found the defendants guilty in the “U.S. vs. ‘Rev. John Smith'” sermon sharing case. On April 1, 2007 the justice department filed charges against thousands of pastors and seminary students […]

The New Atheism

God debates December 12, 2007 The so-called new atheism is little more than a step backwards to the old-fashioned atheism John Habgood Tina Beattie THE NEW ATHEISTS John C. Lennox GOD’S UNDERTAKER Hans K ¼ng THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS John Polkinghorne FROM PHYSICIST TO PRIEST, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY The so-called new atheism turns out to be […]

Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism

” A pessimist complains about how hard the wind is blowing. The optimist thinks he can change the wind. The realist adjusts the sails! “

Australian former ex-gay leader Kim Bret tells her story

“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.” — Arthur Schopenhauer Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. (Sent by a friend in the U.S.) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:17:23 +1100 Faith Healer Kim Brett was […]

The Bertrand Russell of Islam

December 12, 2007 BY MICHAEL WEISS December 12, 2007 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/67922 As of last April, the late Edward Said’s “Orientalism,” originally published in 1978, was no. 2 on the best-seller list in Cairo. No. 1was a book arguing that Saddam Hussein hadn’t really been executed — all cell phone video evidence to the contrary, the […]

Christmas and the Aborigines

No Room At The Inn An Open Letter to the Australian Nation from the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia At this time of the year, as we turn our minds to Christmas and reflect on the year that was (and what a year it […]

The Word became flesh

The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-14. When I was new, people sometimes asked, “What has been your biggest challenge as a baby bishop?” They think I’m going to say, “Moving from an […]

The Pastor’s Cat

Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor of his church. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed and offered warm milk, but the kitty would not come down. The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so […]