Christian Carnival #191 Posted
. . . at Pseudo-Polymath. I’m not in it for the very simple reason that I forgot my submission. Oh well, next week is already here!
. . . at Pseudo-Polymath. I’m not in it for the very simple reason that I forgot my submission. Oh well, next week is already here!
Brooke Borel of FiveThirtyEight.com published an article recently titled Fact-Checking Won’t Save Us from Fake News. Headline readers will not be led too far astray by that headline, though they will miss some interesting reasoning on the topic. I agree with Borel that fact-checking won’t save us. It’s useful, but it’s just one element. A…
1Therefore, leaving the beginning of the message of Christ, let us carry on to maturity, not re-laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith in God, 2of the doctrine of baptism, of the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3This we will do if God…
I’m adding Bob’s Log to the Bible study blogs section of my blogroll. Bob deals with a great deal of Hebrew poetry, especially the Psalms, and is very interested in structure. I think it will be valuable to look over his shoulder as he works on this interesting material.
Is there a resurrection in your future? In your near future? Often concerned Christians complain about the pagan background of Easter, and such practices as Easter eggs, bunny rabbits, and all the signs of spring. Pagan religions in many countries have celebrated spring and the new life that it represents. Fall and spring festivals celebrate…
Douglas Mangum has some important new links and notes, particularly on the tendency to try to build too much on the reconstruction of a single inscription. The cautions that apply here could be well applied to most discoveries, and generally are not, and likely will not be. Caution and deliberate consideration are valuable!
I’ve been reading Mark through as part of preparation to resume my series on the Gospel of Mark for the Bible Pacesetter Podcast. Right now I’m listening to and then podcasting recordings of the radio program from which this developed just before we closed that program down three years ago. It’s an interesting process getting…
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Henry,
I was tempted to sneak a post of yours (and some other people’s) in, to fill out my “verses” of the Psalm, but decided that submission is a necessary step for this carnival. I might be wrong but … that’s how it seemed.
I think you made the right choice. I had planned to put in the submission yesterday and simply got too busy. As a host myself, I would not want to set the precedent of putting people in there when they don’t submit. It is, as you say, a necessary part of the process.