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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Leadership Resources

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So much to look forward to

October 25, 2006 10:59 AM To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was “My Favorite Things” from the legendary movie “Sound Of Music.” Here are the lyrics she […]

Why is this so?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak? Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? […]

Conscience Versus Con Science

A blog to expose, rebut, and show due contempt for the political strategy of the cloning lobby in Australia. An effective strategy whereby scientists, via a gullible media, peddle false hope and disgraceful hype to desperate patients, who then beat down the door of MPs demanding liberal legislation on cloning. Australians allowed their conscience to […]

Jesus Seminar

The members of the Jesus Seminar are progressive theologians, but that doesn’t mean that all progressive theologians agree with the Jesus Seminar people. There is even disagreement between people involved in the Jesus Seminar. For example, Walter Wink says (for the rest of the article see http://www.westarinstitute.org/Periodicals/4R_Articles/Wink_bio/wink_bio.htm l) “I participate with an uneasy conscience in […]

Jesus Seminar: some comments

Some interesting comments from a few netfriends on the Jesus Seminar: [1]: The Jesus of the NT presents us with a lot of questions to answer and the way we answer those questions probably puts us in one group or the other, broadly speaking. The fascinating thing about the labels is that there are usually […]

Religious parrots

And finally, religious parrots… A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, “Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, but they only know how to say one thing.” “What do they say?” the priest inquired. They say, “Hi, we’re fun loving girls! Do you want to have some fun?” […]

Drought prayer

This is a prayer John Ruhle used at the recent New South Wales Synod. ~~~ Mid Lachlan Mission Area Drought Prayer How long Lord….how long. How long until the parched earth receives a soaking of rain. How long do the tiny shoots of wheat that promised so much hope have to wait before they can […]

Metaphors, Analogies, et al.

Metaphors, Analogies, et al. Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year’s winners….. 1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle […]

Homosexuality – on the moon?

Note from Rowland: this website is committed to presenting varying points of view. Here’s a conservative one on this subject… ~~~ 25 October 2006 Dear Friends, Some of you may have heard about the girl (13) from Windaroo Valley State High School south of Brisbane, who failed her Health and Physical Education subject because she […]