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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

More Interesting Questions

– When an agnostic dies, does he go to the “great perhaps”? – Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? – Do you think Houdini ever locked his keys in his car? – Can atheists get insurance for acts of God? – If the #2 pencil is the most […]

North Korea

Subj: North Korea: “. . .though your footsteps were not seen”. NORTH KOREA: “. . .THOUGH YOUR FOOTSTEPS WERE NOT SEEN” In June 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il in a historic inter-Korea summit. It was the first rapprochement between the North and South since the border closed […]

Uzbekistan

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 21 August 2007 UZBEKISTAN: ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BE BANNED? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1009 If, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses increasingly fear is likely, the authorities strip […]

Post Enlightenment Church

August 26, 2007 Vanguard or Rearguard? By Harry T. Cook Though viewed by some as a thoroughgoing disaster, the experiment of which I have been a part for two decades, and, in fact, to which I have been a major contributor – an Episcopal congregation in suburban Detroit – is evolving by fits and starts […]

Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who Cares?

August 26, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 13: 22-30 A person who once held a position of significant responsibility in a certain community had reluctantly opposed the election of a superbly qualified person for public office on the grounds that the candidate “hadn’t even been saved.” He said so in a public setting. And […]

Logical and legal

After having failed his exam in “Logistics and Organization”, a student goes and confronts his lecturer about it. Student: “Sir, do you really understand anything about the subject?” Professor: “Surely I must. Otherwise I would not be a professor!” Student: “Great, well then I would like to ask you a question. If you can give […]

Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit

The Word Made Fresh: A Call for a Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit To be evangelical is to be committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ–the Word incarnate–in all areas of life and to the supreme authority of the canonical Scriptures–the written Word–in all matters of faith and practice. To be evangelical also entails being […]

Screams in the Desert

When my ministry adventure faltered, I found spiritual help from unexpected direction. by James Walters, guest columnist My grand ministry adventure out west was not turning out the way I’d hoped. My wife and I were so excited. With a sense of God’s leading, we packed our stuff and moved 3,000 miles away from our […]

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian genocide was an anti-dhimmi jihad attack, along classical lines, and mimicking countless other attacks from previous centuries, but on a vaster scale than usual. The denial and concealment of the nature of this genocide is powerfully challenged by Bostom in this piece. If you are in a position to bring this article before […]

One Man’s Model for a Just Society

(So why can’t the Church do this?) http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0821/p01s02-woaf.html In Ethiopia, one man’s model for a just society Zumra Nuru founded a village based on ideals of equality. It’s now lauded by leaders of all stripes. By Orly Halpern | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Awra Amba, Ethiopia He can’t read or write, but Zumra […]