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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? A: 1,331: 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed […]

Human failure is overcome by God’s love

Archbishop of Canterbury – Human failure is overcome by God’s love The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams says that the whole weight human failure cannot extinguish the creative love of God. In his Easter sermon, to be preached at Canterbury Cathedral this morning [Sunday 8th April, Easter Day], Dr Williams says that conflict and […]

Cyber-stalking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FahBBnfHAQ&NR=1

Hospital Prayer

I lie in my hospital bed, my nerves screaming. The Rev. Prude paddles into my room, looks at the paperbacks on my side table, and whips out his Bible. O Lord, I prayed for the Comforter; why did you send the wet blanket? ~~~ Author unknown (thought to have been published in The Christian Century)

Why Men Hate Going to Church

Missing men Is the church low on testosterone? by Lillian Daniel *Why Men Hate Going to Church* by David Murrow Murrow argues that the men are out seeking adventure, risk and challenge while the women rule the pews within a dull but safe feminized church. Where are the men on Sunday morning? The men are […]

International News 9th April 2007

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * IN ZIMBABWE A BISHOP STANDS UP TO A DICTATOR * INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR ZIMBABWE * TSUNAMI HITS SOLOMON ISLANDS * BRITISH CARDINAL WARNS BRITISH GOVERNMENT AGAINST INSTRUSIVE INTERVENTION * WINKIE PRATNEY IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN SOUTH KOREAN HOSPITAL * ITALY AND GERMANY PROTEST OMISSION OF CHRISTIANITY FROM EUROPEAN […]

What is your wish?

A Sardar, a German and a Pakistani got arrested consuming alcohol which is a severe offence in Saudi Arabia , so for the terrible crime they are all sentenced 20 lashes each of the whip. As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheik announced: “It’s my first wife’s birthday today, and she has asked […]

Holy Hilarity Sunday

From a netfriend: April 15 we will celebrate “Holy Hilarity Sunday” in all three of our local Churches Sunday services. Also called “Laughter Sunday,” “Humor Sunday,” “Light Bulb Sunday.” or “Holy Fools Sunday.” In Latin it is called “Risus Paschalis” – God’s Holy Joke, the Easter laugh. We are all asked to lighten up and […]

The Last to Believe in Easter

Preparing to preach on Easter I note some curious truths. The first to experience Easter, and the first to preach Easter were women (take that, those who think that women preaching isn?t ?biblical?!). And to whom do the women preach the resurrection? The disciples of Jesus. Preachers and lay leaders of the church please note. […]

Islam and Tolerance

From Trinity Forum’s Implications Journal David Aikman Ideology, Intolerance, and Identity When Samuel Huntington published his  ¯ ¿ ½Clash of Civilizations ¯ ¿ ½ essay in Foreign Affairs Magazine in the summer of 1993, it generated more correspondence with the editors of the journal than almost any piece that had previously been written for it. That was in the US […]