Rowland Croucher
Does Slavery Still Exist?
17th March 2007 AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * DOES SLAVERY STILL EXIST? Britain, through the efforts of William Wilberforce, abolished the slave trade in 1807. America did the same in 1865. This month as we celebrate 200 years of freedom since the abolishment of slavery in Britain , we may think that slavery has well […]
Climate change: two evangelical views
Soundings No. 52 – 16 March 2007 Climate change: two evangelical views by Andrew Cameron and Lisa Watts ‘You can’t change the weather,’ we all used to say with a shrug, to make the point that some actions are well beyond the powers of puny humans. But a disagreement has opened up among U.S. evangelicals […]
Blonde in a plane
A plane is on its way to Melbourne when a blonde in economy class gets up and moves to the First Class section and sits down. The flight attendant watches her do this and asks to see her ticket. She then tells the blonde passenger that she paid for Economy and that she will have […]
Drunk
The husband was not home at his usual hour, and the wife was fuming, as the clock ticked later and later. Finally, about 3:00 AM she heard a noise at the front door, and as she stood at the top of the stairs, there was her husband, drunk as a skunk, trying to navigate the […]
Tradition
March 18, 2007 How a Tradition Served Innovation: A Darwinian Moment By Harry T. Cook Evolutionary anthropologists, who study adaptive behavior they think may enable the survival of communities, would salivate over a scene that took place in my church the other Sunday. For about a decade, a lesbian couple has been part of the […]
Three Faces of Us (The Prodigal Son)
March 18, 2007 Three Faces of Us By Harry T. Cook Luke 15: 11-32 The story of the father and his two sons is a “parable.” Parables are closely related to Talmudic stories which are told to challenge conventional and unexamined perceptions, assumptions and beliefs. One is not obliged to take a parable the same […]
Senior exercises
Senior Exercises The Doc told me to start an exercise program. Not wanting to harm this old body, I’ve devised the following: Beat around the bush Jump to conclusions Climb the walls Wade through the morning paper Drag my heels Push my luck Make mountains out of mole hills Hit the nail on the head […]
Oops
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow. Even though he could have beaten the red light by flooring it and accelerating through the intersection, he did the right thing by stopping at the busy crosswalk. The tailgating woman behind him was furious and […]
Climate Change and our grandchildren
[Switch on irony detection unit] [1] If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the OTHERS here for? [2] Similarly, why should we care about future generations? What have they ever done for us?
Why Christians argue on Usenet newsgroups
[1]: I am new to this group, but as far as I can see I am sad to say, the non christian groups I belong too are a lot nicer to each other than you people are. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. I am not trying to start anything and I certainly […]
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