Rowland Croucher
Sudan: Jihad a tradition not stopped by peace agreements
Subj: Sudan: Jihad a tradition not stopped by peace agreements This posting provides an update to the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis posting of Wednesday 3 October 2007 entitled: “Southern Sudan: On the path to war.” That posting may be accessed at . On Saturday 17 November Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir […]
Federal Election retrospect: The Religious Left Strikes Back
Federal Election: The Religious Left Strikes Back By: Tanja Kovac Monday 19 November 2007 The signs were everywhere. Rapturous applause for Peter Costello at a Hillsong convention. A full page pro-PM ad paid by the Exclusive Brethren. Preferences flowing from Family First. In 2004, it was a done deal: God had endorsed the Coalition. In […]
Spring into Prayer
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and soul, and might’ (Deut 6:4) It’s Spring, and many of us are enjoying again the benefits of outdoor exercise. We are walking our dogs, running the walking tracks, bushwalking, swimming, and the like. We all lead busy lives, and incorporating this exercise time […]
Politics, heaven and hell
While walking down the street one day a senator is hit and killed by a truck . St. Peter welcomes him at the entrance to heaven: “Before you settle in, there seem to be a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, so we’re not sure what to do with you.” “No […]
Marriage as a Cure for Homosexuality?
From a Christian lesbian friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm9hLVjpZno Video Description This Truth Wins Out video tells the story of four courageous women who married closeted gay men. They had no idea that their husbands were “ex-gay” and the experience was traumatizing. In this exclusive National Coming Out Day video, these survivors warn about the harm done by […]
Review: A Life of Unlearning (Anthony Venn-Brown)
HOMOSEXUAL, CHRISTIAN AND HAPPY: EVANGELIST’S STORY Second Edition of A Life of Unlearning by Anthony Venn-Brown When I first heard that a former Assembly of God Evangelist had ‘come out’ as Gay and written his story I was intrigued. That he was Australian was another point of interest, but the fact […]
Two (AOG) Statements on Homosexuality
[Note from Rowland: What a difference 14 years can make! Here are two official statements on the same subject from the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in Australia. Note the progress. (And note that some progress is still to be made: use the indexes on this website to find reviews of Anthony Venn-Brown’s […]
Religion in Australia (Gary Bouma)
Friends Professor Gary Bouma I’ve read some of his books but haven’t heard him talk before. He talks like he writes – giving a comprehensive overview of the state of religion in society with regular prophetic challenges to the church to engage society appropriately and in ways that are realistic in the light of changing […]
Bosnia The Looming Storm
BOSNIA: THE LOOMING STORM Bosnia is supposed to be enacting constitutional reforms aimed at transitioning the state to European Union (EU) membership from the stabilisation brought by the Dayton Accords. The Dayton Accords, which ended the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, upheld the territorial sovereignty of the independent state of Bosnia while dividing it into two largely-autonomous […]
Pray for the World
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * HUNTED BURMESE MONKS FLEE MONASTERIES * EX LESBIAN EXHORTS CHRISTIANS TO BALANCE TRUTH & LOVE WHEN MINISTERING TO HOMOSEXUALS * NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES TESTIFY OF PERSECUTION * ISLAMIC POLICY WON’T INTIMIDATE THE GOSPEL * IRAQI PREMIER PLEDGES TO PROTECT COUNTRY’S CHRISTIAN MINORITY * AUTHORITIES CLOSE 16 STOREFRONT FORTUNE-TELLERS IN PHILADELPHIA […]
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