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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem” – Part I

On March 17, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem” – Part I Posted:  14 Mar 2013 03:35 PM PDT Wilders in Melbourne   Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders ¢â‚¬â„¢ recent speaking tour in Australia brought him to my home town of Melbourne.   I have been pondering his message since his visit, and this is the first of a series of blog […]

The Last Five Christians…

On March 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The last five Christians in Deir Ezzor, on the Euphrates river – from a previous community of 4,000 Christians … Christians dream of Syria without Assad, Islamists March 13, 2013 11:57 AM | Daily Star By Jose Rodriguez Syrian Abu Ibrahim Kehabs stands on the roof of his home with his children Ibrahim, Mariam and […]

Review: How to Live: A Guide to the Christian Journey, Stephen Cottrell & Steven Croft, 2011.

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Review: How to Live: A Guide to the Christian Journey, Stephen Cottrell & Steven Croft, 2011. Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s as good a book of catechesis as you ¢â‚¬â„¢ll find anywhere, written by two Church of England bishops. Whilst its primary target-audience are those recently baptized or confirmed, it ¢â‚¬â„¢s good for pilgrims at every stage of the journey. (Mine […]

Wedding joke (PS. It’s a joke :-)

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

After the wedding rehearsal, the prospective bridegroom whispered to the minister, “I’ll give you $100 to leave out that ‘love, honour and obey’ stuff”. But on the day of the ceremony, the minister said instead, “Will you promise to obey her every command and wish, serve her breakfast in bed every morning and never even […]

To a Special Person (why not send this to one?)

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

To a Special Person JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT’S CHRISTIAN PERSON WEEK AND YOU SHOULD SEND THIS TO ALL BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. When I say that ‘I am a Christian’, I am not shouting that ‘I am clean living.  I’m whispering ‘I was lost, but now I’m found and forgiven.’ When I say I […]

All that I Am (Anna Funder) – a powerful story…

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

David Marr THE MONTHLY  |  ARTS & LETTERS  |  SEPTEMBER 2011  |   ‘All That I Am’, By Anna Funder, Penguin, 384pp;$29.95 To those who fled the Nazis in the middle of the 1930s, the British gave only temporary protection. Their visas stipulated  ¢â‚¬Å“no political activities of any kind ¢â‚¬ . So the German exiles in London lived in constant fear that agitating […]

Selma: Sustaining the Momentum Still

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings Monday |   March 11 2013 Selma: Sustaining the Momentum Still  ¢â‚¬Å“Selma: Sustaining the Momentum ¢â‚¬  was the title of a Dean Peerman and M.E.M. article inThe Christian Century  forty-eight years to the month after colleague Peerman and I joined several thousand protestors and prayers at the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama. That was two days […]

Syria: increasing incidence of religiously-motivated attacks against Christians

On March 12, 2013 ⋅ One comment

CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN.   May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organizations, and quoted from freely in reports citing “Middle East Concern” as the source of the information. Syrian Christians continue to request our prayers for their country. They note that, in recent months, there have been increasing numbers of attacks on Christians that […]

The more time-saving gadgets we invent, the less time we actually have

On March 10, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

So let’s celebrate Labour Day by doing absolutely nothing. Date March 10, 2013 Ian Rose ‘Thank the stars tomorrow is a day off.’ More than 150 years before the first known use of the phrase ”work-life balance”, the eight-hour-day movement sprang from the Industrial Revolution in Britain, demanding an equal allotment of time for ”work, […]

Smile :-)

On March 9, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Three old pilots are walking on the ramp. First one says,  ¢â‚¬Å“Windy, isn ¢â‚¬â„¢t it? ¢â‚¬  Second says,  ¢â‚¬Å“No, its Thursday! ¢â‚¬  Third one says,  ¢â‚¬Å“So am I. Lest go get a beer. ¢â‚¬    ===============   A monastery decided to start a fish and chips store. When the store opened, a client comes in, and asks one of […]

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