Christian Carnival 329

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. Titus 1:4

Welcome everyone to the 329th edition of the Christian Carnival. Every week we have such a great selection of articles from around the bloggosphere. I am happy to be your host this week and hope you enjoy this week’s articles!

Barry Wallace presents Lost Believers posted at who am i?. It’s not a pleasant thought, but according to John’s gospel it’s entirely possible to believe in Jesus and still be a child of the devil. That means there are at least two kinds of believers in the world.

Chad presents Giving God the Credit posted at Catholic Quarter.

Diane R presents “What Made Me Come Through Those Doors?” posted at Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet. Today, we desperately need a rerun of the 1904-05 Welsh revival with it’s conviction of sin, thereby not needing our current ineffective program and methods.

Michael presents What We Offer to the Lord posted at Chasing the Wind. What sort of gifts would the Lord like? A study of the offerings in Leviticus 1-5.

Space Age Lutheran wrote the Theology of Rest. Some of the most frazzled and tired people are in churches. Are churches offering rest from spiritual struggles or are they adding to them?

Jaqueline presents Special Time with God posted at The Young Pastor’s Wife.

FMF presents The Seven Pillars of Financial Success, Pillar 2: Grow Your Career posted at Free Money Finance. Growing your career is the second pillar to Biblical financial success.

Joe Plemon presents Which Comes First: Earning or Saving? posted at Personal Finance By The Book. The number one financial principle, from Proverbs 21:20, is to live on less than you earn. Right? Or do you need to get those earnings up first? This post helps the reader think it through.

BWL presents 10 Creative Ways To Give Money and Gifts posted at Christian Personal Finance. Here are a few unique ways to do charitable giving…

Ong Seng Aun presents Bible Inspection Checklist posted at Tipskey – Unlock Practicality. It is confusing to have so many English Bible versions around. Thus we need a checklist to choose the right one.

Tim Bulkeley presents E100-31: 1 Samuel 1:1 – 3:21: On not missing the voice in the darkness – 5 minute Bible posted at 5 Minute Bible. Tim is podcasting his way through the E100 readings, this one covers the birth of Samuel and Hannah’s dream of a song.

Dan Lower presents Dignified posted at keyboard theologians. Here’s some reflection on the possibility of looking dignified.

Cath Ormerod presents Thailand posted at Release a Child From Poverty. Very thought provoking post about trafficking.

Main blog: http://thinkinginchrist.com/
Entry to post: http://thinkinginchrist.com/?p=8001

Short pull: There’s no logical way to separate the human life of the
child from the human life of the woman; they are both human lives.

Violet N. presents The mysterious work of ‘conviction’ posted at Other Food: daily devo’s. The story of how God softened the heart of a hard-working, hard-drinking businessman.

Weekend Fisher presents The Jabez maneuver: Jehovah’s Witnesses and “stauros” posted at Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength. Early Christian manuscripts of the New Testament give yet another line of argument for answering the false arguments of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Brian presents Complicated Ground posted at Boston Bible Geeks. Is finding common ground with other religions as easy as it seems? This post looks at a recent article by the Dalai Lama and a response by a Boston University professor and demonstrates common ground is much more complicated than some think.

Name:  Dave Taylor
Blog:  Disciple’s Journal
URL:  http://disjournal.blogspot.com
Post:    The Sell Church
Post URL:    http://disjournal.blogspot.com/2010/05/sell-church.html
Description:  It’s not easy being a not-for-profit ministry. First of
all, there’s that REALLY BIG MORTGAGE PAYMENT . . .

Rey Reynoso presents A Bird’s Eye View and Numbers 20-25 posted at The Bible Archive. Taking a bird’s eye view of some events in Israel’s history (and future) which can comfort the believer.

Tom Gilson presents Strategies for Apologetics posted at Thinking Christian. A book review of Greg Koukl’s *Tactics*, and why tactics can be strategic.

Abraham Juliot presents The Arminian Captain Miracle posted at Abraham Juliot. Be sure to read the follow through post.

Parableman presents http://parablemania.ektopos.com/archives/2010/05/charity-hardest-reading.html It looks at two principles used in sorting out which biblical manuscript reading to go with when the manuscript traditions differ.

Finally, please be sure to read around this blog as I have just returned from a mission trip from Haiti. It was an amazing trip and God has spoken to me more loudly than ever as far as what my next steps should be in missions.

That wraps up this week’s edition of the Christian Carnival. Please join us again next week by submitting your posts at the Christian Carnival. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all now and throughout the coming week!

His… Michelle