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Ministry As Empowerment
¢â‚¬Å“Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand. ¢â‚¬ (Confucius) ~~ “Instead of guarding power, Jesus gives it away; instead of rational discourse, he tells stories; instead of claiming status, he reaches to the lowliest; instead of excluding the rabble, he includes them ¢â‚¬”even at table fellowship! […]
RETREATS
One of the special offerings of John Mark Ministries to pastors, church leaders and their spouses – and many others – is a ‘This is Your Life’ retreat. In these two months as I write six individuals and one couple have booked a retreat-time. (They will come from our home-state Victoria, one from interstate, another […]
JMM F A Q (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is John Mark Ministries? It’s a cross-denominational ministry to pastors, ex-pastors, church leaders and their spouses. Where did the name come from? From the early Christian missionary who ‘bombed out’, went home to mummy in Jerusalem, and who, after some encouragement from the apostles Peter and Barnabas, went back into a successful ministry. Why […]
Affirming Diversity
In 1977 British New Testament scholar James Dunn wrote a book entitled Unity and Diversity in the New Testament where in 470 well-argued pages he concludes that there’s a marked degree of diversity within the first-century Church; there are many different expressions of the Faith within the New Testament; there was no single normative form […]
Living With Ambiguity
My thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways, declares Yahweh. For the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts. We know only imperfectly… When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and see things as […]
Dads, Your Kids Need You
DAD, YOUR KIDS NEED YOU MORE THAN YOU MAY REALIZE Note from Rowland Croucher: this was written 15 years ago – chapter 11 in my book The Family: At Home in a Heartless World (1995, HarperCollins). I believe in the principles/wisdom here more passionately than ever. (Some of the conservative writers might be excluded from another […]
Masturbation: (Another) Christian Perspective
This article on a Usenet newsgroup was in response to this one: Masturbation Re: Masturbation: A Christian Perspective Sorry, Neill, but your interpretation of the Bible’s view on masturbation is incorrect. Please note that when there was a spillage of semen a person was onunclean for the evening. And that when you had normal sex that […]
Masturbation
Masturbation (Updated and revised October 21, 2014) The original version of this chapter – an article on ‘Masturbation’ – has been one of the most-read on this website for many years. Obviously, many have unanswered questions about this issue. Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It ¢â‚¬â„¢s not something to be particularly proud of, either […]
Is Gandhi In Heaven? (Christianity and Other Religions)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. And the Word became […]
Individual And Corporate Spirituality
The bishop of Belley, Jean Pierre Camus, wanted to know if Francis de Sales was really as holy as he seemed to be. So he drilled a hole in the wall of his bedroom in the episcopal residence to spy on him. What did Camus discover? Only that Francis was the same in secret as […]
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