Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman. Many females use a date rape drug on the market called “Beer.” The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from […]
D. James Kennedy, minister of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, USA, and known to many as the originator of the “Evangelism Explosion” method of training people in evangelism, has died. I visited this church for a conference back in the 70s, and don’t remember much about the conference there (on evangelism, you guessed […]
A mechanic who worked out of his home had a dog named Mace. Mace had a bad habit of eating all the grass in the mechanic’s lawn, so the mechanic had to keep Mace inside. The grass eventually became overgrown. One day the mechanic was working on a car in his backyard and dropped his […]
A question for anyone with foreign missionary experience regarding people becoming Christians from a background of ancestral worship. If they refuse to continue with this practice, are they in danger of creating a veneration gap?
I wonder if anything has filtered through into other regions about a proposed new network of National Parks on the Murray River. I went along to a protest meeting on the banks of the River this week, where 250 people expressed their dismay at a proposal from VEAC (Victorian Environmental Assessment Council) to close up […]
They’re Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water.” The sermon tonight: “Searching for Jesus.” Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s […]
Not sure why this one in particular appealed to my warped sense of humour… http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nameless_hurricane_that_much_more — Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor) Blogs – http://rowlandsblogs.blogspot.com/ Justice for Dawn Rowan – http://dawnrowansaga.blogspot.com/ Funny Jokes and Pics – http://funnyjokesnpics.blogspot.com/
A fleeing Taliban, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghanistan desert when he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he hurried toward the object, only to find a little old Jewish man at a small stand selling ties. The Taliban asked, “Do you have water?” The Jewish man replied, […]
Church growth keys: Multiracial, happy, more males active Kirk Hadaway is a veteran church observer of mainline church growth and decline. Recently, Hadaway released the results of a study he completed on mainline churches. Congregations interested in increasing their weekly attendance would do well to make a plan for recruiting new members, become multiracial and […]
Luke 14:25-33 – “The Cost of Discipleship” The full text of the following sermon is available at http://www.eSermons.com Sign up today at: http://www.esermons.com/signup. The mark of a great leader is the demands he makes upon his followers. The Italian freedom fighter Garibaldi offered his men only hunger and death to free Italy. Winston Churchill told […]