Rowland Croucher
International News 21st May 2007
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * WHO WILL STOP ZIMBABWE’S TORTURERS * ARCHBISHOP BLAMES ATHEISTS FOR COLLAPSE OF BRITAIN’S SPIRITUAL LIFE * UK SCHOOLS TOLD TO PROMOTE RACE RELATIONS OR CLOSE * AFGHAN WOMEN SEEK DEATH BY FIRE * RELIGIOUS BELIEF PLUMMETING IN WESTERN NATIONS * PAKISTAN DUMPS RAPE LAW ———————————————– WHO WILL STOP ZIMBABWE’S TORTURERS […]
Bill Hybells
I’m on Bill Hybell’s e-list. Here’s a moving story, which arrived today (19th May, 2007) Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor) ~~~~ Dear Enews Friends, I know Barry Manilow wrecked everyone’s perception of this historic beach in the heart of Rio de Janeiro when he did a song about it twenty years ago. […]
Men, women and marriage etc.
My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God, and I didn’t. ——————————————————————— Marriage is a three-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. ———————————————————————- For Sale : Wedding dress, size 8. Worn once by mistake. ———————————————————————– There are two times when a man doesn’t understand a woman: Before marriage and […]
Yes, I Knew Jerry Falwell
*(A Christian Liberal response): May 20, 2007* *Yes, I Knew Jerry Falwell* *By Harry T. Cook* ** It stopped me in my tracks, the news on Tuesday afternoon that the Rev. Jerry Falwell had been found unconscious in his office in Lynchburg, Va., and had been pronounced dead soon thereafter in a local hospital. I […]
Rites of Passage and Baptism
How does a child in our culture make the difficult transition to adulthood? What rituals are available to assist young persons as they reach the important milestones in this evolution? What ways have we developed to initiate our youth into the overarching system of values and beliefs that guide our pathways in productive and wholesome […]
Bush Parrot
Laura Bush bought George a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, “The bird is so smart! George has already taught him to mispronounce over 200 words!” “Wow, that’s pretty impressive,” Cheney said. “But you realize that he just says the words. He doesn’t understand what they mean”. “That’s okay,” Laura replied. “Neither does […]
Belarus; Moldova; Turkmenistan
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 ================================================= 16 May 2007 BELARUS: CHRISTIANS CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE HARSH RELIGION LAW http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=957 Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants in Belarus have joined together to […]
Becoming a Velvet-Covered Brick
Becoming a Velvet-Covered Brick Dr. Robert Jeffress According to Matthew 28:18-20, our goal as believers is to lead people to become obedient and reproducing disciples of Jesus Christ. Sounds simple. We have the answer and eternal hope that people need. So, we should just tell them that their sinful living is wrong and that a […]
‘Worse than Hell’: Christopher Hitchens on the Religious Mind
The ‘Snake Oil’ of Religion Atheist Christopher Hitchens says that faith is a fairy tale–and that people who surrender their minds to it are ‘groveling, abandoned serfs.’ Read the Interview Quiz: Are You an Atheist or a Believer? Darwin & More Doubters | Famous Atheists of Today Religion Is the Best Thing We’ve Got Worse […]
‘Behold I Come Quickly!’
This text reminds me of the ol’ time preacher who shouted ‘Behold I come quickly!’ and thumped the pulpit so hard that it collapsed, and the preacher fell into the lap of an astonished lady in the front row… ‘At least you warned me’ she said — Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor)
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