Christian Carnival CCCIX Posted
… at RodneyOlsen.net. Go check out the first Christian Carnival of the new year. (No, I didn’t contribute anything this week.)
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The September Biblical Studies Carnival Episode III Posted
Byhenry… at Exploring Our Matrix. So many posts, so little time. Who can possibly keep up? But this blog is actually linked twice.
More on the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription
ByhenryDouglas 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!
Basis of Faith and Meaning
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How a Christian can Vote for Obama
ByhenryLaura at Pursuing Holiness has a post titled How can Christians support Obama?. She begins: I am frustrated almost beyond belief that any Christian can support Obama. . . . She then outlines the reasons she has for believing that we cannot support Obama and provides links, describing these points as “well-substantiated.” Laura’s post falls…
About Giving (and Receiving) Money for Mission Trips
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