Rowland Croucher
An Attitude of Gratitude
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations, because they give […]
16 August 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
5 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES LOSE HOMES IN CONTESTED MURDER CASE U.S. FINES CHURCH $34,000 FOR ‘BANNED TOURIST ACTIVITIES’ IN CUBA ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS LINKED TO FIGHTING IN LEBANON HINDU MOB IN INDIA INTERRRUPTS 2 PASTORS PRAYING IN PRIVATE HOME Today’s Top Stories: 5 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN FAMILIES LOSE HOMES IN CONTESTED MURDER CASE The families […]
Amazing Little Country…..Israel!
*Amazing Little Country…..**Israel**!* The Middle East has been growing date palms for centuries. The average tree is about 18-20 feet tall and yields about 38 pounds of dates a year. Israeli date trees are now yielding 400 pounds/year and are short enough to be harvested from the ground or a short ladder. Israel the 100th […]
17 August 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: OFFICIALS IN REMOTE AREA OF CHINA ISOLATE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES CHURCH IMPLICATES PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IN MURDERS OF 14 CHRISTIANS Today’s Top Stories: Officials in Alexandria, Egypt, continue to hold seven Christian men without charges following April’s fatal knife attacks that sparked two days of violence. The Christians were apparently randomly grabbed during the violence […]
Simplicity, Complexity and Homosexuality
At the risk of inflaming this discussion (which would only prove my original point anyway, that gut-level emotions have to be dealt with before there can be any sort of mature dialogue on this issue)… 1. Simplicity this side of complexity (eg. children, Pharisees ancient and modern). Caricatured summary: ‘The Bible is our only and […]
Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica
Lords of Kobol, Hear My Prayer: Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica — Seth Perry The Sci-Fi Channel’s blockbuster show Battlestar Galactica has received heaps of praise from virtually all quarters. The show centers on the conflict in a faraway galaxy between humans and Cylons, a race of artificial, and often humanoid, beings first created […]
Judgment and damnation
Christopher D Marshall has written a fantastic book: “Beyond Retribution. A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment” Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (2001). He says: “More worrisome is that the doctirine of final damnation could be taken to mean that the God we are to imitate is finally vindictive, not forgiving; that salvation is, ultimately, […]
Truth: A Guide For The Perplexed
Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough I had not expected to review this book for a Christian website. It is authored by one of the best known contemporary philosophers, Simon Blackburn — originator of the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. The subject of the book is epistemology — “How do we know?” Yet hardly has Blackburn got through […]
The Awakening
(~) The Awakening “A time comes in your life when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out – ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting […]
Men Strike Back!
(Most put-down jokes put down men… Here’s something to redress the balance 🙂 What’s the best way to open a beer? Who cares. It should be opened when she brings it! Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up chicks? Because a woman who can’t afford a washing machine will probably never […]
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