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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Infant Baptism – a Reformed View

A Contemporary Reformed Defense of Infant Baptism 2005 R. Scott Clark. All Rights Reserved. Introduction Among Western Christians there are four major views on baptism: 1 a.. Baptism is the means of spiritual renewal and initial justification and sanctification through the infusion of grace received in it, in such a way that one cannot be […]

The Age of Horrorism

destroy whole ecosystems, Hussein modestly conceded that he found Iraq a difficult country to keep in one piece. As a Sunni military man put it, Iraqis hate Iraq – or ‘Iraq’, a concept that has brought them nothing but suffering. There is no nationalist instinct; the instinct is for atomisation. Third, only the sack of […]

The Pope should mind his words. So should some of his Muslim critics

Subtle scholar, but what an inept politician Waleed Aly September 18, 2006 The Pope should mind his words. So should some of his Muslim critics. LET me get this straight. Pope Benedict XVI quotes the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus asserting before a Persian Islamic scholar that the prophet Muhammad brought nothing new […]

The Age of Horrorism

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11, one of Britain’s most celebrated and original writers analyses – and abhors – the rise of extreme Islamism. In a penetrating and wide-ranging essay he offers a trenchant critique of the grotesque creed and questions the West’s faltering response to this eruption of evil. Martin Amis […]

Interview With Rick Warren

September 2006 An interview with Rick Warren,”Purpose Driven Life ” author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California . His wife now has cancer, and he now has “wealth” from the book sales. In the interview by Paul Bradshaw, Rick Warren said: “People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In […]

Christians in Lebanon

‘They Know We Are Christians’ Lebanese Christian compassion impresses Muslims during bloody conflict. by Dale Gavlak in Beirut, Lebanon, and Amman, Jordan | posted 09/28/2006 09:30 a.m. Shortly after the recent Israel-Hezbollah war broke out, Riad Kassis, the head of the J. L. Schneller School, a 146-year-old evangelical Christian institution in West Beqaa, Lebanon, wrote […]

28 September 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: EVANGELICAL GROWTH BECOMING POLITICAL FORCE IN BRAZIL PASTOR IN KYRGYZSTAN STILL FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AFTER JULY ATTACK BABY IN AZERBAIJAN DENIED RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF CHRISTIAN NAME RISK RISES FOR AID WORKERS IN SRI LANKA AS FIGHTING ESCALATES WEEKEND OF PRAYER, FASTING SET FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS Today’s Top Stories: EVANGELICAL GROWTH BECOMING […]

Trip to the Zoo

Little Johnny wanted to go to the zoo and pestered his parents for days. Finally, his mother talked his reluctant father into taking him. “So how was it?” his mother asked when they returned home. “Great,” Little Johnny replied. “Did you and your father have a good time?” asked his mother. “Yeah, Daddy especially liked […]

Father’s occupation

“What’s your father’s occupation?” asked the teacher on the first day of the new academic year. “He’s a magician, Ma’am,” said the new boy. “How interesting. What’s his favorite trick?” “He saws people in half.” “Gosh! Now, next question. Any brothers or sisters?” “One half brother and two half sisters.” . ========================== . A gentleman […]

SO YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?

SO YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY????? Read to the end . . . a new twist to an oldie Can you read these right the first time? 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more […]