Christian Carnival CCXVI--At Crossroads Today

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Christian Carnival CCXVI

Hello all. As usual we have a great line up of posts for you to learn things you might not have known nor thought of before. So, without further chit-chat from me, here they are.


*David at Boomer in the Pew went to Arizona and had a refreshing alone time with God. He lsitened to some music that you can hear too at his post, Getting Alone Time.

*Beth at CounterCulture tells us that Unity at the expense of truth isn’t truth at all and it doesn’t show real love.

*Donald at Evangelical Ecologist comments on the recent discussion on climate change in the Southern Baptist Convention in his blog post, Not So Fast….

*Andrew at Primary Focus talks about some of the players for the Minnesota Twins in his post, Minnesota Twins: The Center Field Battle.

*Tope comments on what eagles see described in Job 39:28-29 in the post, Eagle’s Eyes.

*FMF at Free Money Finance suggests to us that instead of haphazard giving, Establish a Giving Plan.

*Richard at dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos discusses covenant and the boundaries of covenant people. Who is “in” and “out” of the church has become a hot topic recently due to interest in the writings of people like Sanders, and N.T. Wright. Although Richard isn’t specifically addressing Wright, he does have an interesting take on covenant people and boundaries in his post, True Believers.

*Boy! I wish I had a week as full of blessings as Yvette did at Fresh Wind Ministries,Int´l had.
You can read all of the seven blessings in her post, Friday´s Are Full of Blessings.

*I am taking a memoirs class with old people…er….I mean the elderly… like me. So, when I read Jennifer’s post, Happy Birthday and the Story of My Mom, I recognized it as the same type of memoirs we write in our class. Jennifer’s mother sounds like a very interesting person. Read who her mother she meets as she moves out to Oregon to be with her daughter, at Jennifer’s blog, diary of 1.

*Annette at Fish and Cans has written a good post about discipline in the church. I also saw the requirements for a pastor in her post. Perhaps it’s too easy to become a pastor today? Read her short, but excellent and meaty post entitled, The close of 1 Timothy 1.

*Using the example of Jacob in the OT, Michael of Chasing the Wind discusses our dilemma in doing what God wants versus what we want, in his post, Wrestling With God. Be sure to carefully read the second to last paragraph. I think these are some of the best points I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks, Michael.

*Anne at Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength does what in theology is called parallelism. If you don’t know what that is, read her blog post entitled,
A Different View of Scripture and you will see how she adeptly parallels parts of the Torah with parts of the New Testament.

*Chris at Homeward Bound does an interesting spin on the meaning of the cross that is different from what you hear so much of today. Read his perspective at Even Death on a Cross.

*Some of you might have read the startling headlines about what the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Britain found out about women who had abortions. Tom at Thinking Christian presents the question concerning America, Will the Media and the APA Admit That Abortion Might Harm Women?

*Wow! John at Brain Cramps for God gives us 50 reasons that Jesus came to suffer and die, in his post, Why This Friday is So Good.

*I have to say that when I read Ken’s blog, C. Orthodoxy that a Christian publisher of Sunday School materials decided not to explain the real meaning of Easter (i.e the cross) to young children, I became alarmed. But do read Ken’s take on it, which sheds a different light, in his post, Holy Week Without Jesus Death and Resurrection?

*Henry N. at Participatory Bible Blog shows us that we get different perspectives of Jesus and other Bible persons in various books of the Bible in his post, John 18:1-4 - Getting Christological Perspective. Now see? That's why we need to read ALL of the Bible.

*Mark at Pseudo Polymath compares various liturgical seasons between the three main branches of Christianity in his post,
Tic Toc.

*Henry I. at Theology for the Masses has a whole new take on the relationship of husbands and wives. He asks, do we go back to the Genesis model? The Jewish model? What model? You might be surprised what he says since he doesn’t take the usual "wives submit to your husbands" route. You’ve gotta read this at A Biblical Notion of Husband and Wife
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*I imagine that this post will invite lots of comments. Here is a zinger from it for you:
"my conscience informs me that homosexuality is not wrong."
Now that I have your interest which is the topic of homophobia in the church, why not read the entire post at Martin's blog, Enigmania entitled, Jesus Lives; is Christianity a Corpse?

*And, finally, my contribution this week is It's About the Son Stupid!
A New Kind of Faith Teacher in which I advocate not trashing the good parts of the Faith message - just dumping the bad stuff and bringing in teachings and procedures that should have been there in the first place.

*Jeremy at Parableman discusses a topic that is being asked quite a lot today. Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? His answer is here in his post, Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?