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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

13 December 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: ISLAMIC COURTS IN MALAYSIA DROP CLAIM TO CHRISTIAN MAN’S BODY ONLINE NETWORK AIMS TO BREAK DOWN DENOMINATIONAL BARRIERS FLYERS THREATEN CHRISTIAN WOMEN ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN IRAQ INDIGENOUS VIETNAMESE CHILDREN’S BIBLE ARRIVES FOR CHRISTMAS SURVEY: YOUNG ADULTS INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY, SOCIAL ACTION This week on “World Radio” hear the amazing story behind the […]

Religious Vilification Case – update December 2006

The Supreme Court of Victoria has overturned the earlier religious vilification findings by Judge Higgins against Daniel Scot, Danny Nalliah and Catch the Fire. The Supreme Court judgement can be read at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2006/284.html This judgement criticizes Judge Higgin’s legal reasoning, and also his specific findings about what Scot said at the Catch the Fire seminar. […]

Orthodox Liturgy for Feast of the Circumcision

The celebration of the circumcision of the Lord Christ is one of the Minor feasts of the Lord, falling on January 14th. Here is the synaxarion readings for that day, as well as the saints who departed on that date from the ancient church: The Coptic Synaxarium Readings for: Tubah 6 [1] The Commemoration of […]

Christmas and Capitalism

…from three little boys born in Africa… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwY1MLUbk5s …during their first trip to a major chain store in America.

14 December 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: IRANIAN POLICE RAID, ARREST 8 HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS IN 4 CITIES IDAHO CHURCHES PUMP $12,277 IN FREE GAS TO MODEL GOD’S GRACE NEW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISABLED LAUNCHED IN ZAMBIA STUDY: RELIGION STRONGEST AMONG TURKISH AND ISRAELI YOUTH * HCJB-UK TAKES OVER LONDON RADIO SHOW FOR CHRISTMAS This week on “World Radio” hear […]

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Figure this one out!

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Questions of Character

From a bishop-friend: The Christian Karen people in Burma have a practice of choosing a verse from the bible to be their “motto”. This year it has been Philippians 4:8: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is […]

Postmodernism and the Assault on Reason

Philosophical fads and intellectual trends come and go. It sometimes seems that each new one is more bizarre and short-lived that the previous one. This can certainly be said of the twin terrors, postmodernism and deconstructionism, or Po Mo and De Con for short. Many in fact are already speaking of the death of Po […]

I’m getting old

A very elderly gentleman, (mid nineties) very well dressed, hair well groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel smelling slightly of a good after shave, presenting a well looked-after image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge. Seated at the bar is an elderly looking lady, in her mid-eighties. The gentleman walks over, sits alongside […]