Christian Carnival CCCXXXVIV

Welcome to this week's Christian Carnival. Here's the great lineup for this week:

* This has to be one of the best presentations of the gospel and what Christianity REALLY is, that I've read or heard in a very long time. Many of our evangelical churches are rushing headlong into a form of liberal Protestantism, denying almost everything you will read here. Great post Chris! The post is entitled, The Good News--Part II--The Particulars and Plausibility of the Gospel Article Blog and is found at Random Musings on Anything and Everything--the Blog of Chris Price.


*This is a very clever post. Using Proverbs 31, pf of the Christian Personal Finance blog, presents four (4) principles of a strong financial foundation in the post, Building a Strong Financial Foundation.


*Are you married? Feel like the "honeymoon" is over? Then this blog post at IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING is for YOU! THe post is entitled, A spiritual 7-year itch?.


*I've read many articles about murmuring and grumbling but I must admit this post from The Young Pastor's Wife is probably the best and most thorough I've read. A must read! It's called When Life is Hard-How do you respond?.


*Why is coveting a sin? And, exactly what is "coveting?" At the Christian Men-Christian Warriors blog you can find out in the post entitled, Enemy Behind the Line: Coveting.


*And you thought you had heard the last about Mel Gibson.
W…e....l....l....not quite. Chris at the http://lifeasahuman.com">Life As A Human blog writes about the place where The Passion was filmed, Matera, Italy. YOu can find a description of this fascinating place in his post, The Passion of Mel Gibson.


*Was Jesus black? Does it matter? Andrew at the Rely on God in your personal development blog takes this up in his post, Black Jesus?


*The book of the year has to be Francis Chan's Crazy Love. Barry reviews that book at his blog, who am i? in his post, You would ruin manure?


*There is a new doctrine in evangelical land today that stresses deeds, not creeds. This post at eInquisitive might be in that category. It's called Call Them into His Service


*At the In A Clay Pot blog there is a really good exhortation for us to see people through God's eyes in the post entitled, The Image Of God: How Far Does the Apple Fall From the Tree?.


*Here is someone who actually thinks that persecution isn't always what is needed for the church to grow. I found this post rather insightful and different from what we usually hear on this subject. You will find it at Pastor Matt and the post is entitled, Is Persecution Really Good For The Church?


*This is an excellent post about what Islam really is and its contrast to Judaism and Christianity. Do read this one at Thinking in Christ in the post, entitled, Islam and Christianity.


*Here is an interesting post at Christian Colleges 50 Christian Causes You Can Follow on Twitter. Happy Twittering.


*At Christian Colleges Online you can find 8 Tips for Christian College Students Attending Secular Colleges. This would be a good post to send to a Christian you know (or even yourself if it applies) who is attending a secular college or university.


*Jeremy of Parableman resolves the dilemma of a prophecy that, on the surface, seems contradictory. Read Jeremy's solution to this dilemma in his post entitled, Every Male of the House of Ahab.


*If you are among the wealthy, Free Money Finance passes on some advice that the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in the post, Advice to the Rich. And if you aren't rich, read this post anyway and you may find tht you are wealthier than you thought.


My contribution this week concerns this new trend of calling Christians Christ-followers or Jesus-followers. But maybe we are really dealing with TWO Jesus' here. My post is entitled, Which Jesus Are You Following Exactly?