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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Fundamentalism and Homosexuality

14 Responses to 14 Fundamentalist Christian Myths Fundamentalist Christians have certain beliefs that are a bit unscriptural and illogical. Here are a few things to say to them to remind them of some basic Christian ideas that they may have forgotten in the heat of their venomous mouth foaming outbursts.Before we begin, as not to […]

Comedy Central’s Joke of the Day

Liar Sermon A minister wound up the services one morning by saying, ”Next Sunday I am going to preach on the subject of liars. And in this connection, as a preparation for my discourse, I would like you all to read the seventeenth chapter of Mark”. On the following Sunday, the preacher rose to begin […]

No Pun In 10 Did

* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. * Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. * Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now. * The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was […]

Haiku Poems

Haiku poems must have 17 syllables, 5 in first line, 7 in second and 5 in third. These apparently are real error messages from Japan ….. Chaos reigns within Reflect, Repent, and reboot Order shall return Program aborting Close all that you have worked on You asked far too much Windows NT crashed I am […]

Anti Virus Software

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Alternative to liberal, conservative (Brian McLaren)?

Voice of ‘sage’ inspires admiration, intense criticism Alternative to liberal, conservative emerges with unconventional outlook By JOHN BLAKE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 01/27/07 Brian McLaren was about to speak at a church youth convention when his host asked the audience a provocative question. How many considered themselves liberal Christians? A smattering of hands and […]

Talking Dog

A man is walking along the street when he sees a sign on a door: “Talking Dog For Sale” He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a Labrador retriever sitting there. “You talk?” he asks. “Yes, I do,” the […]

Change

I hope, in Robert Frost’s words, ‘They would not find me changed from him they knew/ Only more sure of what he thought was true’ — — Shalom! Rowland Croucher

Samuel [2]

SEA POINT EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CAPE TOWN. MINISTER, Rev. Thomas Scarborough. Samuel: 1 Samuel 2:11 to 1 Samuel 2:36. Morning Worship, 5 November 2006. Well this past week I was looking for a suitable theme for the dedication of young Alessia at the end of this month — and I was looking over the dedication […]

Samuel [3]

SEA POINT EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CAPE TOWN. MINISTER, Rev. Thomas O. Scarborough. Samuel: 1 Samuel 3. Morning Worship, 12 November 2006. I asked the question last week, “What are the most important choices you will make in life?” And we said that these choices are not the great milestones of life, such as choosing a […]