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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Georgia; Nagorno-Karabakh

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 10 November 2006 GEORGIA: LITTLE JUSTICE YET FOR PERSECUTION’S VICTIMS http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=867 Patman Tabagari lost her sight after being kicked in the head by […]

I’m My Own Grandpaw

I’m My Own Grandpaw Many, many years ago when I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed. This made my dad my son […]

Trappist Order

:-)= After De Rance set up the Trappist order, the first few years were turbulent, with only one sentence per year allowed the whole community, and that to be said over breakfast … . :-)= 1664: Brother Francis : :-)= This porridge is cold. :-)= 1665: Brother Benedict: :-)= This porridge is too hot. :-)= […]

Review: Songs 4 Worship

This collection of ‘worship hits’ from the 80s and 90s (with one from the 70s and another composed in 2000) is billed by Time-Life as ‘The Greatest Praise & Worship Songs of All Time’. That’s an untruth of course, though you can’t expect marketers who want to sell stuff to have too much integrity… Mind […]

Telling the Haggard Truth

“Telling the Haggard Truth” by Andy Comiskey In addressing the Haggard crisis, let me begin with a confession. I have two problems. My first problem: I have been captivated by the power of Jesus’ mercy and truth. This sets me squarely in a fight with my culture concerning boundaries for sexual expression. Because of Jesus […]

Noel Pearson in common theology,

Noel Pearson in common theology http://www.commontheology.com/

A Brutal man lost in time

A Brutal man lost in time ap Botha, apartheid, racism A brutal man lost in time November 2, 2006 P. W. Botha refused, ever, to acknowledge that he was wrong, writes Lynne Duke. PW. BOTHA sputtered and bellowed, mad, sweating, his bald, waxen-looking head glistening in the glare of a South African courtroom. “Die Groot […]

Muslims’ Siege Mentality

The Hilali row has fuelled a siege mentality By Waleed Aly November 7, 2006 ‘Muslims defend the rape sheikh” screamed the headline in The West Australian. There, in one hysterical splash, is distilled the mass of confusions surrounding the latest controversy of Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali. The narrative is simple: man justifies rape, Muslims justify […]

9 November 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: BETHLEHEM COLLEGE STUDENTS PRODUCE ARABIC TV PROGRAM MORE CHRISTIANS FORCED TO BOW TO HINDU GODS IN INDIA GLOBAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS CHURCHES’ RESPONSE TO AIDS PANDEMIC SURVEY: KENYA BECOMES HOTBED OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH INSTALLS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDING BISHOP Interested in what it takes to be a missionary in the 21st century? […]

Bar Tunes and Wesley’s Hymns

(First read “Hence Hymns are holier than rock music. Naively forgetting that Hymns in their time were considered evil as much of the music was taken from the current bar tunes of the time.” http://jmm.org.au/articles/567.htm ) ~~~ Bar tunes not Wesleys’ way: exposing the vulgar myth behind Methodist hymns – Religion – inspiration for hymns […]