Biblical Studies Carnival XLVI Posted
… at Hebrew and Greek Reader.
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And the winner is …
[Drum roll please] Commenter Melinda Lancaster who edged out the runner up by a single point. The way I judged this was by by getting two other people, who will remain anonymous, to rank the entries from 1 to 4. Then I ranked them myself. I then combined the three ranks, and the result is…
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Christian Carnival CCXCVI
Welcome to the September 30, 2009 edition of the Christian Carnival CCXCVI. This is the “I can’t think of a creative theme” edition! For His Glory presents Your Spiritual Wardrobe posted at For His Glory, saying, “God has provided everything we need for life and godliness (II Peter 1:3). Come and see the list…
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Book Notes: The World of Jeeves
The World of Jeeves is an omnibus collection of stories about Jeeves and Wooster. If you’re a fan, this is a great collection. I have to admit that I had only read a little bit before I picked up this volume, but I am a fan of almost any British humor and Jeeves and Wooster…
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Book Notes: The Laughter of Dead Kings
The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters has a couple strikes against it. (Note some minor spoilers ahead.) The first of these is that it is not consistent with other books in the series. Peters admits this and says she doesn’t care, which is obviously her right. I find inconsistencies in the background of…
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Book Notes: Cat in a Topaz Tango
Cat in a Topaz Tango is the latest in the wonderful Midnight Louie series. If you don’t like thinking and talking animals, then this book probably isn’t for you, but if you like light-hearted fun and a bit of mystery, it’s great. If you like cats, so much the better! This is one of those…
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Mosaic Bible (NLT) and Lectionary Preaching
I decided to check on what Holy Bible: Mosaic NLT might have for my lectionary reading this week. First I checked the material for the 18th Sunday in Pentecost. Their readings do not coincide with the Revised Common Lectionary at all this week, though they do follow the church year. The RCL readings (with United…
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Christian Carnival and Mosaic Bible Announcement
OK, these are not that closely related, but the Christian Carnival will appear here tomorrow, and it will be evening before it appears. I will announce the winner of the Mosaic Bible giveaway at the same time.
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Jesus Paradigm Giveaway
Details at for the Sake of Truth.
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Can Anyone Identify this Spider?
It has taken up residence next to my office, in a large web stretched between the office and a nearby tree. I rather like it, and will allow it residence as long as it wishes. In my younger days I collected spiders and was fairly good at identifying them, but my younger days are long…