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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Simone Weil

“Anonymous Comments Header” wrote: “It is not for man to seek, or even to believe in God. He has only to refuse to believe in everything that is not God. . . . A man has only to persist in his refusal, and one day or another God will come to him.” —Simone Weil, On […]

3 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES REPORT MIRACLES IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA BOLIVIA’S NEW PRESIDENT CONSIDERS LIMITS TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS Today’s Top Stories: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES REPORT MIRACLES IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA Presbyterian leaders in the northeastern Indian states of Meghalaya and Mizoram — surrounded by Muslims in Bangladesh and Buddhists in Myanmar — are saying there have been numerous […]

Noah’s head for business let him down

Noah’s head for business let him down. After Noah had let all the animals off the ark, he realised that though he had great business sense (having floated a loan while the rest of the world was in liquidation) he had not properly planned for his retirement. He was feeling more than a little bored […]

Healing (more)

Healing Two more contributions from netfriends: I just read one article of Andrew Wommack’s on Faith for Healing and i must confess I thought it appalling. Some bits include: “… one of the most important things the Lord has ever shown me: God has already placed His healing power within us, and it is now […]

Proof cycling is bad for the health — and career

Squirrel in spokes floors cycling opera singer HELSINKI (Reuters) – A squirrel scampered into the bicycle wheel of an unlucky Finnish opera singer, causing him to fall, knock himself out and break his nose just ahead of the world premiere of a new opera. Esa Ruuttunen was pedalling his way to the Helsinki Opera House […]

The Missional Leader

The Missional Leader | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough The emphasis of this book is in the title — it is on the “missional” leader. The adjective that will be familiar to most people, of course, is “missionary”. What, then, does “missional” signify? The authors explain that mission is “not a program or project […]

Credible Witness: Mission in Australia

Credible Witness: Companions, prophets, hosts & other Australian mission models By Darren Cronshaw (Melbourne: UNOH Publications, 2006) Australians long for expressions of faith that are genuine and practical. This book explores how clues for credible witness can be gleaned from Australian historical images – the Aborigine, convict, bushman, gold digger, Anzac ‘digger’ and migrant. A […]

2 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: IRANIAN SECRET POLICE ARREST CHRISTIAN HOUSE CHURCH COUPLE ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE ON 2 IRAQI CHURCHES CAUSES MANY CASUALTIES PASTOR IN BELARUS FINED FOR CONDUCTING ‘ILLEGAL BAPTISMS’ CHRISTIAN MAN STABBED AS INDONESIAN RELIGIOUS TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH Today’s Top Stories: IRANIAN SECRET POLICE ARREST CHRISTIAN HOUSE CHURCH COUPLE Iranian secret police arrested a Christian couple in […]

Divine Healing (again)

From another netfriend: My tentative conclusion about healing: God has a specific convenant with Israel; Israel is punished for violations of that covenant, and blessed to the extent that it obeys I do not see this kind of simple reward / punishment for individuals, nor is it clear that it applies directly to nations that […]

Divine Healing (more)

From three netfriends: [1] Is sickness from the devil? If so, what about these: 2 Chronicles 21:18 “After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease ..” Exodus 4:21 “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the […]