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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Lexophile delight

On February 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS): 1. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired. 2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes. […]

International News 26th February 2007

On February 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * FUTURE OF THE CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND DEPENDS ON REFORMATION * VATICAN DECLARES HARRY POTTER EVIL * MALAYSIA PROHIBITS EVANGELIZATION OF MUSLIMS * GHANA BANS HOMOSEXUAL CONFERENCE * PRESBYTERIAN MEGACHURCH BECOMES LARGEST TO LEAVE DENOMINATION OVER HOMOSEXUAL POLICY * CITY OFFICIALS CALL ON RESIDENTS TO PRAY FOR RAIN …. AND […]

Pastoral Gifts

On February 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

To the question: who educates our churches about the role of the minister/pastor in relationship with the church and the wider community? I replied: Just to respond to this one question amongst many, the short answer, I believe, is that we pastors do about… let’s see… 90% of the ‘educating’ on such matters in our […]

And Now for Bigger Things [1]

On February 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Memories of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide’ Look at the second picture down. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17524 Makes you feel all small and insignificant, doesn’t it? ~~~ And non-theistic view of the universe – If you really want to feel small visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7bAuOz8ao ~~~ Here’s the Eric version (pictures not so good though): http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf

Saying Grace In A Restaurant

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and justice […]

Pastors’ ‘work’ hours

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

In response to the suggestion that a denomination should encourage its churches and pastors to define hours ‘worked’ by pastors… I replied: There are many questions here. 1. If a pastor has mainly a teaching gift rather than a pastoral one (in the sense of interpersonal pastoral conversations for example) that pastor will rate what […]

Kazakhstan; Russia; Uzbekistan

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

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 February 2007 KAZAKHSTAN: MORE PLANNED RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=916 Kazakhstan plans to even more severely restrict religious freedom than it currently […]

Funny video

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.agilous.com/view/Videos/Funny/Extremely-Funny-Comic-Act#video

Nicea and the Canon

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

To this: There is plenty of evidence from the council ofNicea etc there were 18 gospels available, the RCC selected the 4 that most supported Pauline crap Roger responded: You might like to know that this story is completely untrue. The current source for it seems to be the “Da Vinci Code”, which of course […]

Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness

On February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Joy Carroll Wallis: Walking With Jesus Through the Wilderness On Friday, Jim and I are hoping to take Luke to see the new movie Amazing Grace, which tells the story of William Wilberforce, John Newton, and the overcoming of the slave trade in Britain. It seems that Lent is an appropriate time for its release […]

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