Rowland Croucher
I’m Fine, How Are You?
“I’m Fine ~~ How are you?” There’s nothing the matter with me, I’m just as healthy as can be, I have arthritis in both knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I’m awfully well for the shape I’m in. All my teeth have […]
Keeping Work in Its Place
Keeping Work in Its Place George MacLeod, founder of the Iona Community of Scotland, said that he took the job of cleaning the community’s toilets so, “I will not be tempted to preach irrelevant sermons on ‘the dignity of all labor.'” I haven’t preached many sermons on the subject of work. When I do preach […]
Satan’s trick (more)
A bad Arnie movie is on TV. End of Days. Someone just said: “Satan’s greatest trick was convincing man that he didn’t exist.” Apparently it’s a line appearing in Bless the Child (“the devil’s greatest trick was convincing man that he didn’t exist”) and The Usual Suspects (“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was […]
Islamic imperialism: Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (RL) TRENDS: 2006-2007 ———————————————————————————- 4. RL TREND – ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM: SOMALIA, BOSNIA, KOSOVO ———————————————————————————– The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines imperialism as: “The policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.” Islam is an imperialistic political system […]
A Pastoral response to ‘the homosexual question’ (two responses)
Soundings No. 46 – 5 February 2006 A pastoral response to ‘the homosexual question’ by Brian McLaren Most of the emerging leaders I know share my agony over this question. We fear that the whole issue has been manipulated far more than we realize by political parties seeking to shave percentage points off their opponent’s […]
A Pastoral response to ‘the homosexual question’ (two more responses)
A pastoral response to ‘the homosexual question’ by Brian McLaren The couple approached me immediately after the service. This was their first time visiting, and they really enjoyed the service, they said, but they had one question. You can guess what the question was about: not transubstantiation, not speaking in tongues, not inerrancy or eschatology, […]
5 February 2007 Daily Update from HCJB
5 February 2007 Daily Update from HCJB Global Today’s Headlines: CHURCH LEADER SHOT, SOMALI CHRISTIANS FACE GROWING VIOLENCE TSUNAMI AID LEADS TO GROWTH OF 2 CHURCHES ON INDIA’S COAST SURVEY: U.K. YOUTHS RECEPTIVE TO CHRISTIANITY, NOT ATHEISM NEW ZEALAND MUSIC FESTIVAL DRAWS 30,000 TO JOYCE MEYER FINALE KAZAKH BAPTISTS DENIED PRESIDENTIAL AUDIENCE ON REPRESSION Check […]
Modern Biblical Scholarship
From my liberal friend Mark (you’ll figure out when he’s responding to something from another poster): I want a TRUE (the truest?) version of Christianity for myself. Anything less than that is inadequate for me. All truth is God’s truth. Conversely, all that is not true is not of God … even if it is […]
Fundamentalism and mental health
Robin Skinner & John Cleese “LIFE …and how to survive it” – (Methuen; London:1993) p. 270 – 271 John: So a religious idea will be interpreted by a person in a way that fits in best with their existing psychology? Robin: Yes, and it can therefore support them in functioning at the best level they’re […]
The Four Ghosts of the White House
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him Bush asks him, “George, what”s the best thing I can do to help the country?” “Set an honest and honorable example, just as I did,” Washington advises, and then fades away… The next […]
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