Are You Sure You Don’t Want More? Ferod stood in shock in front of the shrine. He’d distinctly heard the words. “Are you sure you don’t want more?” He didn’t really believe in the old gods. Nobody even seemed to remember the names of whatever god or gods this shrine might be dedicated to. But he had run out of money [...]
Reading Fiction and Good Fiction I found the post Reading Fiction: Russell Moore by Scot McKnight to be interesting. So many Christians act as if reading fiction was a waste of time that could better be spent doing “useful” things. I think that misunderstands how our minds work. Of course, in the comments we encounter the usual question of [...]
March 28 Christian Carnival Posted … at the Christian Carnival blog. Thanks to Maryann for posting it.Related Posts:March 7 Christian Carnival PostedThe Christian Carnival Has a New HomeFeb 29 Christian Carnival PostedChristian Carnival ArchivesChristian Carnival CDXIII PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
Christian Carnival Archives Rey at Bible Archive has been keeping these for some time. There is now a tab at the Christian Carnival blog linking to the archives.Related Posts:Christian Carnival CD PostedMarch 28 Christian Carnival PostedChristian Carnival CCCXXVIII PostedChristian Carnival PostedChristian Carnival CCCX PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
Christian Carnival March 14, 2012 There were only a few submissions for the carnival this week, and since I’m busy with several forthcoming book releases, I didn’t come up with a wonderful theme. This is, of course, to assume that if I had the time I would come up with a wonderful theme! The same state of busyness leaves [...]
In Which I Discover that I Am Not a Thinking Person I just made this discovery this morning. I mentioned Jerry Coyne’s site in an earlier post Five Sites I read Because I Disagree, and I still read it. I get some good information about evolutionary science and great cat pictures and videos. But Jerry Coyne is not particularly friendly to believers. Now I want [...]
Asked to Move in Church? I’m one of those people who tend to sit in or near the same place every week. In fact, in one church I attended, when I consciously decided to move, someone jokingly told me that I shouldn’t have moved, because they used to find their pew by seeing where I sat, and then sitting [...]
A New Testament Political Theology Dave Black has some very useful comments on political activism, responding to a video by N. T. Wright, which I’ll embed here: I appreciate this video for several items, but I even more appreciated Dave Black’s comments. I personally am politically active. I always vote. I often advocate for various causes or [...]
Joel Watts Quoting Edward Vick Joel Watts is quoting from a book I publish, From Inspiration to Understanding. I’d like to get more involved, but for now, check out his quote. My company (Energion Publications) will be releasing a new book by Dr. Vick, Creation: The Christian Doctrine, taking the approach of systematic theology. This will be released some [...]
1st Century Church? My wife Jody is again writing about the first century church. She wonders if we want to just visit it for one hour per week. We have both previously written on this topic. To be honest, I don’t think that many people are really interested in a church like the first century church. I [...]
March Biblical Studies Carnival Posted … at Zwinglius Redivivus.Related Posts:August 2010 Biblical Studies Carnival PostedMarch Abnormally Interesting Biblical Studies Carnival PostedAmongst the BiblioblogsBiblical Studies Carnival #43 PostedBiblical Studies Carnival XLVI PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
Michael Bird on Studying the Gospels Michael Bird has a really excellent post on critical and faithful study of the gospels. I’m not going to extract from it, though my hat tip goes to Darrell Pursiful who extracted an excellent quote. I was reminded of a … Continue reading →
March Abnormally Interesting Biblical Studies Carnival Posted … at — you guessed it — Abnormal Interests!Related Posts:Biblical Studies Carnival XXXV PostedMarch Biblical Studies Carnival PostedAmongst the BiblioblogsBiblical Studies Carnival #43 PostedBiblical Studies Carnival XXX PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
The Earliest Gospel of Mark Has NOT Been Found I’m trying to correct some headlines. OK, my headline is wrong also, intentionally so. Here’s what happened: Dan Wallace said in a debate that a fragment of Mark has been found which one paleographer dated to the 1st century. There … Continue reading →
Would This Be Bibliolatry? Red Letter Christians has a post titled “Is This Any Way to Treat a Bible?” which tells how a high school teacher, on seeing a student’s heavily marked Bible, held it up to the class and asked that question. The … Continue reading →
Wait for It! [reprinted November 16, 2009] ~ Henry Neufeld 18He said, “What is God’s kingdom like? To what can I compare it?” 19It is like a mustard seed which someone plants in his garden. It grew and became a tree and the … Continue reading →
The Way [reprinted from February 8, 2010] 19Now then, brethren, we have boldness to go into the holiest place through the blood of Jesus, 20which he placed as a living way through the curtain, not previously available, which is his flesh. 21Jesus … Continue reading →
Proverbs 31: The REAL Deal What should I say, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows? … Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the … Continue reading →
Give Thanks Any way [reprinted from July 29, 2011] Be quiet while I speak, then say what you will. I will be responsible for what happens to me. God may kill me, but still I will trust him and offer my defense. Job … Continue reading →
I Will Praise You To ALL Nations Be merciful to me, God; be merciful to me because I come to you for protection. Let me hide under the shadow of your wings until the trouble has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to the God … Continue reading →
Empty RSS Feed on WordPress This is probably an exceptionally rare cause for this problem, and once spotted, it’s incredibly obvious, but since it took me about a half an hour to find it, I thought I’d post a note. It might just save someone … Continue reading →
TweetDeck for Ubuntu I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading →
Internet Security – A View from North of the Border Cory Doctorow is a very well known science fiction writer, journalist, and a commentator on technology and social issues. He is interviewed in about the first 15 minutes of the Canadian (CBC) program Spark 170. I think what he’s saying … Continue reading →
Twitter Logon Problem – Continuous Over Capacity For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see … Continue reading →
Switching to Linux This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea … Continue reading →
