Christian Carnival CCLXXXVI Posted
… Thoughts and Confessions of a Girl Who Loves Jesus. Enjoy!
Somewhat of a Calvinist?
Having located a Peter Kirk approved quiz, Testing Your C-Factor, I decided I really must take it. The results? I’m “somewhat of a Calvinist.” Really? I do like the part about being “slightly hedonistic.” Test your C-Factor: 53% You are somewhat of a Calvinist. Some of your points of view make you look like a…
Do We Live What We Believe
When one edits a book, one has an extraordinary opportunity to think multiple times about some of the statements. In the case of a revolutionary book such as The Jesus Paradigm, which is in the final stages before release, there are quite a number of such sentences. One of these impressed me enough that I…
A Bowdlerized Lectionary Passage
There are a number of lectionary selections that skip part of a passage. Sometimes this is for time. Sometimes it relates to topic, but sometimes it is simply used to remove material that might offend. I like lectionary preaching and teaching. I think it forces pastors to get out of their comfort zones and expound…
N. T. Wright on Women in Ministry
It’s no surprise that I like this, considering it’s N. T. Wright. I like reading or listening to him even when I disagree. (HT: Allan Bevere) While I like his comments in general, I’m particularly interested in his approach to deriving his point from scripture. He goes first to the story. What was it that…
Christian Carnival CCLXXXIII Posted
… at The Limitless. Check it out!
Abundance of English Translations but …
… others not so much. On his blog today, Eddie Arthur laments the lack of comment in the blogosphere about the need for Bible translation for language groups that do not have any portion of scripture translated. While many of us discuss with some vigor the merits of various approaches to translation and of renderings…
Grace Through the Desert
I contributed a post taken from 2 Corinthians today, but you really ought to subscribe to Grace Through the Desert–inspirational.
Is this YOUR Worship CD?
I was tempted to title this “What we REALLY mean when we sing those praise songs.” HT: Peter Kirk.
All Tangled Up in Solutions
Imagine being on a ministry committee with the responsibility for examining the plan for Jesus and his congregation (the disciples) going to Jerusalem that final week. What would you consider? What would you recommend? From my observations of the various decision making bodies in churches, I suspect there would have been a few people who…