Christian Carnival CCXXXII

Welcome to Christian Carnival CCXXXII.

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We have 25 great Christian posts today. So here we go.......

In our first post, Free Money Finance challenges us to Become Wealthy by Living Below Your Means.


We find a short, but effective post on what Biblical hope really is, compared to the modern version at
Prophet For Hire in the post entitled, Hope on a Rope.



In his Blindness as a metaphor post, Richard of dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos reminds us that Jesus wants to heal us of spiritual blindness too.

Kim at Kim Staudenraus.com helps us to understand how to
Fireproof Your Marriage.


Yvette at Fresh Wind Ministries, Int´l tells us that in time of need the Holy Spirit knows what answers we need in her post entitled, The Holy Spirits Authority.


Next is a podcast from The Bible Study Podcast about The Bible on Leadership - Leadership and Authority. This particular episode deals with the difference between authority that is bestowed on you and the leadership you exercise.


Know where the statement "separation of church and state" is found? Jennifer at Diary of 1 talks about this in her post entitled, Religious Freedom.

There seems to be an increased interest in Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Protestant world today. I really like this post by Dan of prayeramedic in his post entitled, Mary, Mother of the Church?.
Here is the last three sentences of the post and I think they are the greatest three sentences I've read about this topic:
Mary had a role to fill and she obeyed the Lord and filled that role. Her job is now done. Let her rest in peace.

I love anyone willing to take on Bart Ehrman. So, I really appreciated Weekend Fisher tackling those who discuss the "Lost Gospels" in her post entitled, Interesting fact about several "lost gospels"

Even if you only have $2 to give to someone in need, it is just as important to God as giving $1000 according to Tiffany, author of the blog, Fathom Deep: Sounding the Depths of God in her post entitled, Give 'Til It Stops Hurting.

This next post from Allen of A View from the Nest is a clever analogy of the necessity for passports down here on earth to how we "get" a passport to get into heaven. The post is entitled, Passports Article Blog.

What does unspotted by the world really mean? Thoughts For the Journey helps us to wend our way through this question as well as identifying the root of the world’s system in Unspotted by the World.

The next two posts deal with how to change your thinking. The first one is from Mamie of The Life I Now Live and she helps us in changing out thinking in her post entitled, Changing Our Thinking.
The second post is from John at Light Along the Journey
and is entitled, Simple List, Simple Truth, Big Change.

David at A Boomer in the Pew writes about our relationship to God as a son (or in my cases a daughter) in his post entitled, Learning to be a son of God.

Although I haven't read the book, The Shack, I've sure read some strong reviews about it, both pro and con. Jan at The View From Her has given a mostly positive review of the book as well as some issues raised by its critics in her post, The Shack.


What exactly does a righteous dude look like? I thought this blog from Got Bible? was very original in defining what a righteous person is and what really matters (hint: it has to do with legacy). Read the post entitled, Righteous Dude!.

OK...here is the riddle of the day. How does a frog in a swimming pool tell us something interesting about heaven? You can find the answer in the post, Happiness in the Little Pool or in the Big Pond?. This excellent analogy is from Ronnica of the Tale of a Kansas Girl blog.

When I read this next post I said a BIG amen! I could have written this one but Claudia of the Standing Straight blog beat me to it in her post, What's wrong with this picture?. It's about what Christian colleges are teaching now-a-days (think emergent) and I write about this often at my blog too.

Brian of the Real Meal blog presents in his post, The Risk of the Life of Faith, recognizing how we compromise our faith at times and the necessity of making sure God is our authority no matter what it costs us.

This is a very unique blog post. Wickle of the A True Believer's Weblog tells us it's a thought experiment. Here is the scenario:
Martians invade the earth to destroy abortion clinics but there are mishaps. Find out what the mishaps are and then how Wickle uses the Martian analogy not for abortion, but for something completely different. The post is entitled, Martian Invasion: A Thought Experiment

Have you heard of the recent discovery of a stone from around the first century BC with writing on it about a Messiah being raised from the dead in three days? Tom at Thinking Christian has written a post entitled Gabriel Revelation (The Stone Tablet) about this discovery and its implications.

Henry substituted for his wife Jody at Jody's Devotionals and decided to study Romans 8:25 where it talks about patience. You know what happens when a Christian prays for or studies about patience right? OK.....now you know where this is going..........(hint.....Henry wandering around with gas can in hand....LOL). You've gotta read this post entitled, Waiting Eagerly and Patiently. He even took pics. While you're smiling as you read the post, you'll also learn some valuable insights.

Jeremy of Parableman has undertaken an extraordinary task. He's reviewing commentaries for every book of the Bible. In this post he reviews Commentaries on I Corinthians. He reviews 11 commentaries plus some that will be published soon.


If there are corrections, please do email me at dirob@hotmail.com. All entries received after 9 PM EST yesterday have been forwarded by yours truly to the next carnival host (diaryof1).