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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

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The War For China’s Soul

As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church By SIMON ELEGANT / NANJING a.. Letter from Beijing: A Legal Activist on Trial Posted Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006 Several weeks after the attack, the witness is still trembling. “Everyone knew trouble was coming,” the man says, describing […]

Blood is Thick

Blood is thick by Gavan O’Farrell The new disunity of Christians Problems have a way of mutating, and I think that the tensions between Christians have been relocated, not removed. The differences that divide Christians used to be between the denominations, and this is how ecumenical efforts were targeted. Today, I believe the differences are […]

Music lessons

My sister brought her daughter a really nice Spinet Piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, I asked my sister how her daughter was doing. “Oh,” she said, “I persuaded her to switch to a clarinet.” “How come?” I asked. “Well,” my sister answered, “because with a clarinet, she can’t sing….” . ========================== . […]

English Language Confused?

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 *refuse**. * 4) We must *polish* the *Polish* furniture. 5) He could *lead* if he would get the […]

Google Books

From a netfriend (August 2006): Church matters in Google Books In the last few days http://books.google.com has released a torrent of material. Go there, enter “church” or “Christian” and click on the tab and you’ll see some interesting overviews. BUT, if you click on “Full view books” first then you’ll get those that you can […]

The Silent voice of the departing chruch laity

From an Australian netfriend: I have just discovered two fascinating books by Uniting Church lay person Emeritus Professor Rod Jensen from Brisbane. He says that like so many other laypeople, he has been saddened by the apparently inevitable decline of most of the Christian churches in the Western world, and the apparent reluctance of the […]

Love and Grubbiness

A sermon on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; James 1:17-27; Psalm 45:1-2,6-9 & Song of Songs 2:8-13 by Nathan Nettleton, 3 September 2006  © LaughingBird.net Message God’s love for us is so all-consuming that he accepts us as soon as we accept him and is happy for our behaviours to be sorted out in the transforming […]

The English Language (again)

The English Language If you’ve learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! Pursue at your leisure, English lovers. Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn: 1. The bandage was wound around the wound. 2. The farm was used to produce produce. 3. The dump was so full that it […]

This Hebrew Lord by John Shelby Spong

(The most popular / populist liberal view of Jesus currently. Rowland). “This Hebrew Lord” by John Shelby Spong Published by The Seabury Press, New York, 1974. This material was prepared for Religon Online by Ted & Winnie Brock. Published by The Seabury Press, New York, 1974. This material was prepared for Religon Online by Ted […]