Christian Carnival Call for Posts
I’ll be hosting the next Christian carnival over at my Jevlir Caravansary blog. Please check out the directions and nominate some posts. I’ll even look at the comments to this post for nominations.
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Teaching about Tithing (or Stewardship)
Kris again asks an excellent question, and I’m making my answer into a new post rather than extending the previous discussion. Can I just see what your answer would be to the specific question of how should a pastor/ lead presbyter teach disciples of his to tithe? I’m assuming the question really applies to stewardship…
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Christian Carnival Posted
… at The Point Blog.
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Strange Search of the Day
Someone, or perhaps more than one person, found this blog through the search “libertarian women in ephesus,” resulting in four page views. I have no idea what post that search would lead to. The phrase “libertine women” leaps to mind, but I’m pretty sure I have never used that phrase on this blog. Search phrases…
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Rebuking in Community
I get into more trouble with the word “rebuke” than with just about any other. Perhaps I could find a bit less loaded of an English word to translate this concept, but it’s an important one. I mentioned teaching about “the skills of rebuking and being rebuked.” This tends to disturb people. Why? I think…
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Christians and Tithe
In a comment to a previous post, Kris asks whether Christians are required to tithe. That was one of two questions and I divided them into two posts to allow for separate discussions of the question. I don’t find tithing in the New Testament. Now I’m not a purely “New Testament” believer. I believe that…
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Say No to Prophecy Before You Say Yes
Advent Week 3 in The Mosaic Bible includes 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, which is a wonderful passage to use with regard to to prophecy. For those who may be following my use of The Mosaic Bible with the Revised Common Lectionary let me note that two passages, Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Luke 3:7-20 either are the same…
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Liberal, Charismatic, Moderate, and Passionate
My blog subtitle reads: Thoughts on Religion in the World from a passionate, moderate, liberal charismatic Christian. One common response to this line is to tell me that it’s impossible to combine those four things into one, so I’d like to provide a few notes on why I use these four labels when self-identifying. First,…
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Continuing Posts on the Weasel Program
… from Dr. Stephen Matheson of Quintessence of Dust. This is a good series, and I’ve been missing the continuation. Welcome back, Dr. Matheson!
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Essentials of the Faith – or Not
C. Michael Patton has written a post on doctrinal essentials which is quite interesting. James McGrath responds. I find this a very useful discussion even when I disagree on what is essential. For example, while Patton states that he is writing about doctrine, and that another post could be written on essential practice, I would…