Christian Carnival Will Be Here
There will be a Christian Carnival the day after Christmas, and it will be right here. Be sure to submit your posts. You can find the links to the carnival and the form at the bottom of the right sidebar.
The OTHER War on Christmas
A couple of days ago my wife and I were discussing just how little we cared precisely how someone greeted us during the holidays. As usual, Jody made it clear that she would greet people however she wanted, which normally means “Merry Christmas” while at the same time mentioning appropriate occasions for the use of…
Christian Carnival #203 Posted
. . . at Bounded Irrationality. Check it out.
You Might be a Fundamentalist If . . .
John at Shuck and Jive has some ideas on how to identify a fundamentalist, especially if that’s YOU. I’m thinking his standards are a little tougher than mine, but his are a bit closer to a “dictionary” definition, always provided you locate just the right dictionary. I’ve been enjoying Rev. John’s blog lately, though he’s…
What Do These Three Blogs have in Common?
Today’s New Reason to Believe (blog from the Reasons to Believe ministry Herescope, dedicated to hunting heretics, presumably such as me! Adrian’s Blog, to which I have responded many times. Can’t find the similarity? Here it is: All three of them prefer to operate without any user response. Now I find that a bit more…
Good Teaching or Mockery?
This case should turn out to be interesting. As it is, it cries out for context. (See also this on MSNBC). A Christian high school student is complaining that his AP history teacher is mocking his faith. His mother became concerned when the teacher said that American was not founded on Christian values. Since I’d…
Christian Carnival #302 Posted
. . . at Lo-Fi Tribe.
Intelligent Design and Faith
An interesting discussion broke out in the comments to this post on The Panda’s Thumb, regarding the nature of faith and how intelligent design relates to faith. On the one hand we have some who hold that anything that provides evidence for God works contrary to faith, i.e. the purest faith is based on no…
Heresy Hunting with Closed Ears
Since I write frequently on minimizing the number of essential doctrines, and maximizing lines of communication, I just had to call attention to this blog, Herescope. It’s “About” tells the story: This non-interactive blog contains information revealing heresies and false teachings affecting the Church today. . . . [emphasis mine] Need I say more?
My (Alleged) Hatred of Fundamentalists
Well, as I usually do when I try to be brief (a very rare event!), I stepped in it again and managed to set off some warning bells for some people when I posted about the teacher who was arrested in the Sudan for naming a teddy bear “Mohammed.” Actually, nobody accused me of hatred,…