Rowland Croucher
Cosmic Renewal
WATER, WATER, WATER Where has the rain gone? Victorians started 2007 with the introduction of stage 3 water restriction. Similar restrictions are currently enforced in Sydney (level 3) and Brisbane (level 4). In many parts of Australia people are enduring much tougher water restrictions and indeed experiencing a severe drought. Interestingly, Melbournians just had their […]
Five Changes that could Revolutionize the Church
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * FIVE CHANGES THAT COULD REVOLUTIONISE THE CHURCH ———————————————– FIVE CHANGES THAT COULD REVOLUTIONISE THE CHURCH by Eric Swanson advisor to CitiReach International For some, it may be a small prophetic cloud on the horizon, for others, it is the Holy Spirit’s quiet working: all around the world, Christians are beginning […]
Russia; Turkey
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 17 January 2007 RUSSIA: JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES “VERY GLAD” ABOUT ECHR VICTORY http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=900 Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses are “very glad” about a recent ruling by […]
The Correct Use of Power
Richard Foster, in Money, Sex & Power (the whole section on the correct use of power as a Christian is very interesting) states, “How do we serve others in the world? We serve them by a firm refusal to allow them to misuse and abuse us. To allow people to walk over us as one […]
Why I Believe The War In Iraq Is A Mistake
15th January, 2007 JIM REIHER Can a good leader make monumental mistakes? Can a man who leads a country, who allegedly prays about major decisions, and who comes across as a reasonably nice guy – can someone like that make huge errors of judgment? The answer, of course, is yes. “ Three years ago, Australia, […]
Sing Hey for the Carpenter
SING HEY FOR THE CARPENTER Come with me, come wander, Come welcome the world, Where strangers might smile Or where stones may be hurled; Come leave what you cling to, Lay down what you clutch And find, with hands empty, That hearts can hold much. Chorus Sing Hey for the carpenter Leaving his tools! Sing […]
Does Believing in God Make Sense? (Andrew Sullivan)
Today, I’m responding to the first post in a blogalogue with Sam Harris, author of “The End of Faith” and, most recently, “Letter To A Christian Nation.” Quote: Given my view of faith, I think that religious “moderation” is basically an elaborate exercise in self-deception, while you seem to think it is a legitimate and […]
Father of Us All?
In life, the creature probably resembled a chimpanzee more than anything else. It moved through a lakeside landscape of grasslands and forest searching for food, accompanied by small bands of its fellows, most likely, and keeping a sharp eye out for pythons, crocodiles and saber-toothed cats. This animal probably shared the forest with apes and […]
19 January 2007 Daily Update from HCJB
19 January 2007 Daily Update from HCJB Global Today’s Headlines: INDIA’S PRESBYTERIANS HOST 100,000 AT EVANGELISTIC GATHERING BANGLADESH DECLARES MARTIAL LAW, PUTTING CHRISTIANS AT RISK ‘DEFY THE DARKNESS’ CAMPAIGN FUNDS SCRIPTURES IN ECUADOR ETHIOPIAN MURDERED, HOUSES BURNED, CHRISTIANS IN HIDING Check out this week’s edition of “World Radio,” a program produced by HCJB Global-Australia. Last […]
SPIRITUALITY: The Shifting Foundations
(Notes from a seminar with Diarmuid O’Murchu, January 19, 2007. These are some of the ideas I heard; I think they also match what our Irish friend said!) Introduction: ‘There is a new question in the Spiritual Life; it is the spirituality of the Spiritual Life itself. Life here, and the way we relate to […]
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