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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Medical Fraud

*Medical Fraud* The police recently busted a man selling ‘secret formula’ tablets he claimed gave eternal youth. When going through their files they noticed it was the fifth time he was caught for committing this same criminal medical fraud. He had earlier been arrested in 1794, 1856, 1928 and 1983.

Shirley Goodnest & Marcy

A mom was concerned about her kindergarten daughter walking to school. She didn’t want her mother to walk with her. She wanted to give her the feeling that she had some independence but yet know that she was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor, Mrs. Goodnest, […]

English as she is spoke

A Polish man moved to the U.S. and married an American girl. Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well, until one day he rushed into a lawyer’s office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him, “very quick.” The lawyer said that the speed for getting a […]

Ten Things You Never Hear In Church

1. “Hey! It’s my turn to sit in the front pew!” 2. “I was so enthralled, I never even noticed your sermon went 25 minutes overtime.” 3. “Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.” 4. “I’ve decided to give our church the $500 a month I’ve been sending to TV Evangelists.” 5. “I’ll […]

Spong on the Atonement

The response Jack Spong made to a question that was put to him on atonement: [Name withheld], via the Internet writes: In your answer of May 10, 2006, you wrote, “I see Christianity at its heart as deeply humanistic. The core doctrines of the Christian faith suggest that God is revealed through a human life…so […]

Controlling Debts

Australians racked up $16 billion on credit cards in May. Many will meet their interest-free 55-day period, but many others will find themselves drawn towards minimum payments that camouflage a downward debt-spiral. We can build wealth by borrowing to secure for assets that build equity growth, especially if terms allow for extra principal repayments to […]

The Middle East Crisis

The President’s Dangerous Ignorance Matthew Yglesias, Source: Middle East On-line, 2 Aug 2006 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=17159 The president’s ignorance would be amusing if it weren’t so dangerous. Instead, it is quite possible that the United States and the world will be led further into a Middle East cataclysm by a US president who doesn’t know what is […]

Games Christians Play

“I love horseshoes,” said Zeke McKowski of Johnson City, Tennessee. “I always have. Guess I always will. Before Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting we play horseshoes. We’re a bunch of happy Christians who love the toss them irons. It’s about the most Christian game there is. Don’t get as many ringers as we’d like. But we […]

God Announces Recall of Entire Human Race

(Warning: irony here 🙂 Courtesy of Postcards from the Pug Bus By Salguod Aug 2, 2006, 08:51 MORGANTON, W.V. – In what business analysts are calling a move unprecedented in the history of manufacturing, God announced yesterday the immediate recall of all currently functioning human beings. The action came after centuries of complaints to God […]

The Bible Thief

(Please note before you email me: this is in the *Humor* section. That means it may or may not be related to history as we understand it, but may be related to other realities 🙂 ~~~ “Somebody stole my Bible,” said Andy Jenkins. “They swiped it. I seen it in the house one day and […]