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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Religious Freedom

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Canberra’s Roman Catholic Archbishop, Mark Coleridge recently pinpointed an issue in The Age newspaper that is the source of a great deal of tension between Christians and Muslims (Lost in Translation by Barney Zwartz, 19th September 2006). He said that Pope Benedict believed that religious freedom should not be a one sided phenomenon: “It’s not […]

One Gun Too Many

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October 8, 2006 By Harry T. Cook What if Duane Morrison had been living in his vehicle around your neighborhood, and you suspected from his behavior that he might be dangerous? If you lived in Michigan, you would not be able to learn through exercising your rights under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) whether […]

Marriage and Justice

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October 8, 2006 By Harry T. Cook Mark 10: 2-9 One always needs to ask about a biblical passage what it was that prompted its writing in the first place – in particular the gospels, which depict Jesus saying this thing and that thing. Careful study of the gospels demonstrates that their writers and editors […]

Billy Graham is now 86 years old with Parkinson’s disease

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Billy Graham is now 86 years old with Parkinson’s disease. In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favourite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honour. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, “We don’t expect a major address. Just […]

6 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

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Today’s Headlines: NEW HOSPITAL AND SCHOOLS THE LONG-TERM FOCUS IN PAKISTAN ANTI-CHRISTIAN ATTACKS IN INDIA TIED TO POLITICAL PARTY’S CRISIS HUNGARIAN AUDIO BIBLE RESULT OF DIVINE CONNECTION Today’s Top Stories: NEW HOSPITAL AND SCHOOLS THE LONG-TERM FOCUS IN PAKISTAN It has been nearly one year since the deadly 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Kashmir region of […]

Arkansas Woman Killed in Mistaken Rapture

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by Chris Peterson (aka Elroy Willis) Saturday, August 25, 2001 5:05 PM ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) — A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car’s sunroof during an incident best described as a “mistaken rapture” by dozens of eye-witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile-up resulted from people […]

Creed of the Sword (response)

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Thanks for this article Rowland. I’d like to engage with a couple of things Mark said in this article. (See http://jmm.org.au/articles/18156.htm ) Mark Durie wrote: “Throughout the New Testament there is a systematic rejection of religious violence. The key to this is Jesus’ message that his kingdom was spiritual and not political.” For Jesus’ culture […]

The State should get out of the marriage business

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Here’s an interesting article by a respected netfriend of mine who lives in South Africa. How does all this apply to your country? ~~~ Marriage in South Africa Marriage and other social and domestic partnerships Dr Stephen Hayes 1 Introduction The Constitutional Court in South Africa has ruled that the Marriage Act is unconstitutional, because […]

‘The State should get out of the marriage business’ (response)

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The State should get out of the marriage business [See article on our website with that title]. I would think this is directly applicable to Australia as well, even though we don’t have the prominent polygamy practices that would be the case in Africa. We still have other diverse practices. It seems to me that […]

9 October2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

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Today’s Headlines: PARTNERSHIP TARGETS “WORLD’S WORST” CRISIS IN DARFUR CALEB PROJECT AND ACMC MERGE, FORM INITIATIVE360 PENTECOSTALS: ONE QUARTER OF THE WORLD’S CHRISTIANS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SHAPES NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS Listen online or Podcast Beyond the Call with Dr. Ron Cline today! http://www.hcjb.org/btc/ Today’s Top Stories: PARTNERSHIP TARGETS “WORLD’S WORST” CRISIS IN DARFUR The United […]

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