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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Exams

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# Exam paper for philosophy students: Q: “Is this a question?” To which one student responded: A: “If it is, this is the answer!” (…and was reluctantly awarded an “A”). ~~~ # Note found pinned to Masters’ Common Room door: “Bread is the staff of Life, but life of the Staff is one long loaf.”

Iraq

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS 30th October 2006 AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * IRAQ CHRISTIANS FLEEING COUNTRY IN WAKE OF WAR * LORD CAREY CALLS FOR CORONATION SERVICE TO BECOME MULTI-FAITH * PRINCE IS DEFENDER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CLAIMS BISHOP * FREE MONEY – WHAT WOULD JESUS DO – WHAT WOULD YOU DO * NEW JERSEY COURT […]

Sydney Anglicans speak on women’s ordination

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ACNS 4206 | AUSTRALIA | 25 OCTOBER 2006 Sydney speaks on women’s ordination Sydney Synod has spoken decisively on ordaining women as priests, with a clear majority of members voting to move forward and not revisit the debate. In a secret ballot last night after an hour of speeches, approximately 70 per cent of lay […]

25 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

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Today’s Headlines: CHURCHES IN PHILIPPINES RETAIN HOPE DESPITE TYPHOON, VOLCANOES CHINESE PROSECUTORS POSTPONE CHARGES AGAINST 6 CHRISTIANS ROCK STAR’S ADOPTION DRAWS WORLD ATTENTION TO MALAWI ARCHBISHOP: CHINESE CHURCHGOING RIVALS EUROPEAN PERCENTAGES Defending the Christian faith is the focus of a series of programs from HCJB World Radio-Australia this week and next, featuring guests from Ravi […]

The Crush of Paradox

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Sightings 10/26/06 The Crush of Paradox — Leslee N. Johnson Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old native of Olympia, Washington, died on March 16, 2003, crushed by a bulldozer deployed by the Israeli army to demolish Palestinian homes on the border of Egypt. The bulldozer engulfed her in a wake of stones and earth, and then, shovel […]

A Little multicultural sanity in a world of bigotry and hate

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A little harmony as hatred rages on – Terry Lane, The Age 22/10/2006 THERE is a program on ABC television at 3pm today that should not be missed. It is called Knowledge is the beginning: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan orchestra. As we well know, but are usually afraid to say out loud, the […]

26 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

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Today’s Headlines: CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER IN INDIA SEIZED, 17 WORKERS FIRED STUDY: BEING RELIGIOUS GIVES SENIORS BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE 4 MISSIONARIES ON TRIAL FOR INCITING VIOLENCE IN KENYA CHRISTIAN RESOURCE CENTER IN ISRAEL IMPACTS EAST ASIA ‘CULTURAL’ CENTERS IN IRAQ THRIVE AMID THREATS OF VIOLENCE Today’s Top Stories: CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER IN INDIA SEIZED, […]

The Interview

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(Terry Lane was a Churches of Christ minister in Australia, currently an atheist and well-known national broadcaster). ~~~ Terry Lane “God: The Interview” (ABC; Sydney: 1993) The first Christian to be murdered by other Christians was the Spaniard Priscillian. The bishops had him beheaded in 385 because he didn’t subscribe to the right formula for […]

Belarus: New

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Subj: Belarus: UPDATE on New Life church hunger strike. ————————————————————————– BELARUS: UPDATE ON NEW LIFE CHURCH HUNGER STRIKE ————————————————————————– The purpose of this brief posting is to update the situation in New Life Church, Minsk, Belarus and to provide resources to enable informed advocacy and prayer. There are presently 119 Protestants on hunger strike. Around […]

Belarus; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan

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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 26 October 2006 BELARUS: BELIEVERS PRESSURED TO WITHDRAW REGISTRATION SIGNATURES http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=862 Belarusian state officials, with local Moscow Patriarchate priests, are pressuring Russian Orthodox […]

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