Rowland Croucher
Australian Indigenous Law
Labor has broken ranks with the federal Government on Aboriginal affairs with a vow to ratify a UN declaration on indigenous rights rejected by the Howard Government as legitimising customary law, including practices “not acceptable in the modern world”. Australia became one of only four countries to vote against the UN’s Declaration on the Rights […]
Cookies
My pastor-husband has a sweet tooth, so I knew the chocolate chip cookies I’d just baked might disappear before I returned from running errands. To discourage him, I taped a verse on the wrapped goodies: “‘Everything is permissible for me’ — but not everything is beneficial … ” (1 Cor. 6:12). When I returned I […]
Evan Almighty (movie)
EVAN ALMIGHTY (G) Starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman Evan Baxter (Steve Carell), you may recall, was the tormented nemesis of the all-powerful Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) in Bruce Almighty. In the sequel, Bruce is absent and we pick up Evan’s story three years later. At an estimated cost of $175 million […]
How we can save ourselves
Tim Flannery October 4, 2007 THE release of the CSIRO’s report on Australia’s climate future brings a sharp focus on what is at stake as we evaluate Liberal and Labor policies on climate change. Among the most alarming projections is that just 60 years from now Australia could be up to five degrees hotter and […]
Anglicans and Homosexuality (Time)
Saving Grace LONDON: Saving Grace By DAVID VAN BIEMA AND CATHERINE MAYER/LONDON TIME magazine http://tinyurl.com/2qa4y7 June 7, 2007 For his last official act before a three-month sabbatical, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams chose a joyous one. He ordained the Reverend Canon Humphrey Southern as a new bishop. The ceremony took place in London’s St. Paul’s […]
You have tomorrow to recover
Evidence has emerged that William Tell’s family were avid bowlers. However, since a fire destroyed all the old Swiss league records, so we’ll never know for whom the Tells bowled. A man rushed into a doctor’s clinic, shouting, “Help me! I think I’m shrinking!!” The receptionist calmly replied: “The doctor’s busy. Please be a little […]
The ‘Banana Proof’ that God Exists
See http://tinyurl.com/2adf4l The original ‘banana segment’: http://tinyurl.com/22o6la Links to the ‘banana segment’ video on YouTube for viewing online: http://tinyurl.com/2a8742 The FULL video for viewing online: http://tinyurl.com/2ezf5b The FULL video where it can be both viewed online and downloaded for viewing offline: http://tinyurl.com/yuwc5h A thoughtful netfriend wrote: ‘I consider that this video in its entirety, not […]
Witnesses and Marketers
Why Jesus didn’t say, “You shall be my marketers to the ends of the earth.” Mark Galli | posted 10/04/2007 09:20AM When we “market,” we try to make a larger audience aware of the value of exchanging a good or service. We assume both parties will benefit from the transaction. Marketing is a wonderful thing. […]
Christians who are honest
In his book Blue Like Jazz Don Miller tells the delightful story of how he and his friends dressed like monks and set up a confessional booth on their notoriously heathen college campus. But instead of hearing other people’s confessions, they were confessing their sins as Christians and the sins of Christendom to anyone who […]
Receptionist
A man rushed into a doctor’s clinic, shouting, “Help me! I’m invisible!!” The receptionist replied: “The doctor can’t see you right now!” ***** A man rushed into a doctor’s clinic, shouting, “Help me! People keep treating me like I’m invisible!!” Receptionist: “Who said that?” *****
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