Rowland Croucher
Going to Church
It’s About God In our Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony (Abingdon, 1990), Stanley Hauerwas and I said that there was much a-theism in the contemporary church. Atheism? We go about evoking vague spiritual sensibilities in our listeners (preaching), soothing the anxieties of the affluent (pastoral care), keeping the machinery oiled (church administration) as […]
Muslims in Australia: (how the political right-wing addresses them)
Muslims in Australia http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/australia.asp Hooray for Australia!! Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her […]
The Battle for Pakistan
On May 2007, WEA RLC released a News & Analysis posting entitled “Pakistan in Crisis: Situation Critical” (link 1), which examined Pakistan’s escalating sectarianism (Sunni vs Shi’ite) and Islamisation (both of which fuel Islamic zeal and intolerance) and lawlessness (which facilitates criminal activity and intensifying religious persecution). The situation is most severe in the Taliban […]
Finding God
‘If you know exactly where to look, you may not find God’ (Anthony d’Mello). (That is, God is often found in unexpected places)… In the Bible we listen *for* God rather than listening *to* God…
How should we then vote?
The Federal Elections: How should we then vote? For Zadok: July 2007 Dr Armen Gakavian Introduction The 2007 Federal election campaign is the most interesting in a decade. The Liberal-National Party Coalition has been in power for just over 10 years, the typical life cycle for governments at the Federal and State levels. There is […]
Rage
Rage: Both Unavoidable and Crippling Rage is not only the strongest emotion there is but it is also one of the worst forms of crippling pain.. When present, it dominates both the activities and the direction of every developmental stage during the formative years. Just as no-one can work while in severe physical pain, a […]
Pakistan
Subj: Pakistan: War and unprecedented persecution in NWFP. PAKISTAN: WAR AND UNPRECEDENTED PERSECUTION IN NWFP Persecution of Christians has long been intense right across Pakistan’s highly Islamised and Talibanised North West Frontier Province (NWFP). However Islamic zeal, tension, intolerance and belligerence has escalated dramatically over recent years as the Pakistan Army has been engaged in […]
Construction Site
This is so corny it made me laugh out loud… (Very corny)… An Italian, an Irishman and a Chinese fellow are hired at a construction site. The foreman points out a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian guy, “You’re in charge of sweeping.” To the Irishman he says, “You’re in charge of […]
Church and state (M L King)
“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club […]
International News
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MILITANTS ATTACK CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN PREVIOUSLY SAFE INDIAN STATES * LESS CHRISTIANS READING THEIR BIBLE IN NEW ZEALAND * BURMA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES ON KAREN MINORITY * NEWSWEEK POLL REVEALS 91% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN GOD * INDIA: PERSECUTION AT ALL TIME HIGH * CANADIANS ISSUE WORLD APOLOGY FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING […]
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