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Rowland Croucher’s Best Chapter – Part 1

Rowland Croucher’s Best Chapter – Part 1

Being an itinerant (‘hit-run’) preacher has some advantages. I remember a Sunday evening service in a conservative church in rural Victoria, Australia..

  • Hope changes you

    Christmas is my favourite time of the year. Growing up, we focused on activities that became traditions leading up to, and for the duration of, the festive period.

  • Happiness with a side of sad

    Despite my best attempts to hide the fact, I have to admit that I’m a sucker for a happy ending. In fact, if my chosen form of entertainment doesn’t have a satisfyingly cheery finish, I’m often left wondering why I bothered!

  • Basic Apologetics for every believer

    It isn't uncommon to hear people mocking Christians these days. In baseless confidence they strut about claiming the Bible to be unreliable and irrelevant; at best a meaningless collection of ideas and at worst, a dangerous thing to believe. The need for a determined effort among modern day believers to be equipped to defend the faith has never been more urgent.

  • Japanese submarine landing party   

    "Clandestine Submarine landing party" a painting by Tronson du Coudray“ the missionary painter - is the basis of my first Anzac reflections.

  • Why is dating not in the bible?

    Here in the 21st Century, it is a social norm for people to date before deciding to commit and later marry.

  • Forgiven, Free, Favored

    Do you ever sit down and deeply meditate on the sacrifice Jesus made for us? How he sacrificed his life so that you and I can be free.

  • The Bible and competition

    From Genesis to Revelation the concept of competition reigns as part of the economy of God as the unfolding story of the Salvation of men and women takes us on a journey from Adam and Eve through the final triumph of righteousness in The Revelation.

  • The fall of man: from wholeness to brokenness

    The first three chapters of Genesis recounts the events which took place during the creation of the heavens and the earth, including the creation of man and their subsequent fall from glory.

  • The hall came tumbling down

    Our old church hall had been standing in place for close to 100 years

  • Your position in the wait

  • Serving with Martha, sitting with Mary

    What is it about the end of the year that seems to bring the best or the worst out of us? I often find myself scrambling to cross out things to do all the way up to Christmas and then crash for many days after.