Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator
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- John Meunier's Blog >> What we have here is a failure to indoctrinate
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:58:16 -0400
A myth stalks our debates about homosexuality. The myth is that doctrinal purity is the road to denominational salvation. It is the notion that some of us have true belief and others are wrong or even subverting the faith because they fail to think properly about faith.
Shane Raynor provided a link to a recent presentation [...] - Moral Science Club >> "Convert the Atheist" Reality Show?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:33:00 -0400
Sounds like a great premise...in marketing terms.
What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.
The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the - Moral Science Club >> On the Indulgence of Prideful Phobias
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:16:00 -0400
I have an innate fear of a lot of things; most notably of heights, rats and mice, and being buried alive in a small casket. Yet when I was at the top the Calgary Space Needle, I did put one foot on the glass balcony. I even put both feet on for a moment as I found a spot I could hold on with both hands.
My mouse-o-phobia is well documented, but I look at it with a degree of shame. Mice are ugly, true, dirty, no doubt, but they are small. And the truth is that I have dealt with them even if I - John Meunier's Blog >> Fighting the cobra with your bare hands
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:44:44 -0400
Stuff Christians Like has a “sermon illustration scorecard.” Many of them are cute, but this one is inspiring:
25. Sermon illustration contains one of the following phrases: ?my only option was to fight the cobra with my bare hands,? ?and that?s when I knew there were too many ninjas on that boat,? or ?so that?s when [...] - 42: My life, the universe and everything >> 'Homosexual demon' conjured up by ignorance
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:58 -0400
A great post: I?m just hoping you?ll tell me what a homosexual demon looks like. I?m scared I may unknowingly run into one, so please help me sharpen my demon gaydar. 'Homosexual demon' conjured up by ignorance Hat tip: of... - Kouya Chronicle >> Mission: Pragmatic or Bible Based?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:12 -0400
Thanks to Ben, I’ve just come across the 9 Marks magazine which has a mission focus in the current edition. One of the articles is by Andy Johnson and is called Pragmatism, Pragmatism Everywhere. This touches on an issue that is very dear to my heart; the dilema which sometimes faces missionaries of whether to [...] - Quiet Paths >> Really fast canoes
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:27:05 -0400
Oh, this looks like so much work but what a thrill to be in an all woman’s outrigger canoe race from Molokai to Oahu. The ladies just bail out, let the fresh crew in and wait for the support boat to pick them up. I love these waves.
- Christian Personal Finance >> Dave Ramsey TMMO Giveaway
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:25:33 -0400
Every few months I like to giveaway a copy of Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover (TMMO) just because I think it is such a helpful and great book...
Post from: Christian Personal Finance .com
- Compassion in Politics >> Ten Educational and Instructional Technology Books
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:21:29 -0400
Here are some of the best education technology and instructional technology books available.
It includes social media, education innovation, and project based learning.
“Disrupting Class” By Clayton Christensen. This is more for people who approach education technology from a business perspective–but identifies the ways in which education will be disrupted by innovation in the coming years.
“Cluetrain [...] - Bible Money Matters >> Net Worth: How Should It Be Defined?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:39:00 -0400
Craig is a Christian missionary, writer, and speaker. Ten years of ministry experience has provided valuable insight for helping Christians deal with their personal finances from a Biblical perspective. His blog www.moneyhelpforchristians.com provides daily personal finance advice from a Christian perspective. You can subscribe by RSS feed here.
It’s a term we have [...]Copyright © Bible Money Matters - please visit biblemoneymatters.com for - Life and Doctrine >> Hinduism / Hare Krishna / Krishna Consciousness, part 8 of 10
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400
This parsed essay comments on the writings of a proponent of the Hare Krishna or Krishna Consciousness Movement.[1] Hereinafter, ?Parker/Prabhupada? refers to the author of the article upon which I will comment.
This segment will serve as the What Do You Mean ?Suffer????
This essay will be parsed into the following segments:
Part 1: - Sunday's Child >> The Responsibility of Freedom, Reflection on Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 17-21 and Psalm 72
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:25:00 -0400
Here's a repeat of my entry from last year:
As we Americans prepare to celebrate our freedom, let us remember how God intends for us to use freedom:
* from Deuteronomy: Love the stranger. Worship only God. Remember that God executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.
* from Psalms: May our rulers deliver the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper. - The Book of Shadow >> The Pop! Goes Our Hearts Partnership (Philippians 1:1-11)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0400
At the CIMB Singapore International Piano Festival last week, Vladimir Feltsman strode on stage to polite applause before sitting down perfunctorily and launching into J.S. Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-flat major. The initial excitement of the audience soon gave way to the dawning realisation that there was something very familiar about - Compassion in Politics >> Grandma?s Iphone
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:39:51 -0400
Great visual storytelling….kind of inspirational.
(ok…its not an iphone commercial…but whatev…..)
(h/t to Don Kasprzak an education technologist at the University of Wisconsin)
- Compassion in Politics >> Edupunk: The Battle Royale Over Blackboard and Education Technology
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:06:54 -0400
What is Edupunk:
Edupunk is an approach to teaching and learning practices that result from a do it yourself (DIY) attitude.[1][2] The New York Times defines it as “an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and D.I.Y. ethos of ?70s bands like The [...] - Crossinator >> CSA #9
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:47:16 -0400
Week 9 of Harmony Valley Farm’s CSA (blog) contained the following:
Salad mix,
Green top red beets,
Fennel,
Purple scallions,
Fresh garlic,
Snow peas,
Strawberries,
Amaranth,
Sweetheart cabbage,
Romaine,
Spinach,
Basil,
Summer squash
We made it through a majority of last week’s vegetables. We were talking about this the other day and realized that for most of the vegetables we don’t experience their uniqueness. Often we through a bunch [...]
- The Christian Fantasy Review >> The Wordsmith, the Kid, and the Electrolux by Clifford Leigh, a Review
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:27:31 -0400
So, if you're looking for a great story like the Narnia tales, look elsewhere. But if you're looking for some answers about the basics of the Christian faith, this is a good book. It's also very readable, with a central character you can identify with in his petty sins and his search for answers. - Welcome to Wayne's Bible Study >> Today's Bible Verse Mat 22:1 -14
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:18 -0400
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the - The Paranormal Pastor >> Kinzua Dam: A Paranormal Hotbed
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:44:00 -0400
In 1796 Seneca War Chief Cornplanter was granted 15,000 acres along the Alleghany river by Pennsylvania for his assistance to the State as a loyal and a steadfast protector of American families settling in the wilderness of the upper Ohio River basin. In what would become the oldest standing Indian treaty, George Washington granted the land to Chief Cornplanter and his ancestors forever.Forever - Shuck and Jive >> A New Reformation, Part 5: Spong
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:37:00 -0400
I am enjoying this series on A New Reformation. Here is my pal, Bishop John Shelby Spong. I like him. I don't like him because he ticks off the fundies, but I have to say, that is an added bonus.
The good bishop nailed these theses to the internet over ten years ago. They are a bit dated and actually familiar-sounding now. They are more fully outlined in his book, Why Christianity Must Change or Die. - Getting There >> Clog Dancing
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:57 -0400
Saw an article about clog dancing in The Yorkshire Dalesman today. I remember dad talking about it as something that happened in his childhood, and I wondered what it was like.
I realised that YouTube would likely be a place I could see what it’s like. I wasn’t wrong!
While my late dad would enjoy this clip [...] - Tithe Stewardship and Church Tithing >> Apples of Gold Ministries Take on Tithing
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:31 -0400
Apples of Gold Ministries posted a great series on the subject of tithing and new testament giving. Check it out here. I have added their blog as well as Pulpit Pimps to our blogroll section.
Pulpit Pimps has a great article on tithing as well. You can read the PDF here.
For those of you wondering. . [...]
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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:49 -0400
OK, so I asked what you wanted to know about me… it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have asked if I didn’t want to answer your questions!
Seriously though, thanks for asking, I really appreciate it and it has been fun, if a little difficult, thinking through the answers.
So, without further delay, let’s get started:
Sensico [...] - Welcome to Wayne's Bible Study >> July 4 ( Happy Birthday America )
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:51:45 -0400
1712 - Twelve slaves were executed for starting a slave uprising in New York that killed nine whites. 1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America. 1802 - The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY. 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. The property was purchased, by the U.S. from France, was for $15 million (or 3 - Welcome to Wayne's Bible Study >> Sushi Rice
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:44:38 -0400
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown 2 cups sushi or short grain rice 2 cups water, plus extra for rinsing rice 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon kosher salt Place the rice into a mixing bowl and cover with cool water. Swirl the rice in the water, pour off and repeat 2 to 3 times or until the water is clear. Place the rice and 2 cups of water into a medium saucepan and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, - Welcome to Wayne's Bible Study >> Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:25:39 -0400
RIGA (Reuters) - Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can. Such a deal is being offered by the Kontora loan company, whose public face is Viktor Mirosiichenko, 34. Clients have to sign a contract, with the words "Agreement" in bold letters at the top. The client agrees to the collateral, "that is, my immortal soul." Mirosiichenko said his company - Bow. James Bow. >> The McDonalds in Bronzeville
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:22:58 -0400
As I mentioned earlier, McCormick Place is a massive convention centre redevelopment in Chicago’s South Loop that appears to have bulldozed several blocks of old city land. Indeed, I suspect that McCormick Place is so large, Chicago could have New York over for a visit. It dwarfs Toronto’s convention centre by an order of magnitude.
It also, I have to say, reminds me terribly of Hull’s Place du - Welcome to Wayne's Bible Study >> Game show looks to convert atheists
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:21:46 -0400
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers. The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion – Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews - Everyday Liturgy >> Virtual Sacraments? I Beg To Differ.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:05:10 -0400
Paul S. Fiddes, who I looked at with some skepticism based on what he wrote down below, is a very smart man, David Opderbeck assures me. I trust that opinion and must confess that even though a lot of us are wicked smart, we still often write things that just don't quite add up (I am sure you can find some thinking like that on this blog). One of the necessary elements of theological or any other - Apprehending Grace >> When Democracy Goes Too Far
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:25 -0400
Living in the United States, many have come to value freedom over all else. Further, we have come to equate freedom with individual rights and the moment that my rights have been even slightly bumped, we cry foul. We then turn to our democratic government believing that it is their responsibility to protect our rights [...] - It Seems to Me . . . >> westboro baptist video
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:25:00 -0400
The Westboro Baptist Church choir has made a music video, "God Hates the World" (to the tune of the 1980s relief anthem "We Are the World").Here is a sample of the lyrics:God hates the worldAnd all her peopleYou every one face a fiery dayFor your proud sinningIt's too late to change His mindYou've lived out your vain livesStoring up God's wrathFor all eternityI'm still holding out a desperate - John Meunier's Blog >> When it?s time to say ?goodbye?
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:39:48 -0400
Will Grady has thought hard about what it means to close a church. He responded to a recent post of mine in which I was grateful for Rev. Adam Hamilton’s call for Methodists not to give up the ghost just because the tide of history appears to be against us.
I yoked Hamilton’s thoughts to the [...] - Rediscovering the Church >> I?m guest blogging again?
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:08:19 -0400
Before last week, I had never written a guest post for anyone, now this is my third in a week!
I am so blessed to have met online so many great people who are willing to look past my flaws and let me write posts for them.
Kevin Martineau, an awesome pastor in British Columbia, is turning [...] - Christian Personal Finance >> What is a Roth 401(k)? 6 benefits you might care about?
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:05:18 -0400
The Roth 401k offers a lot of benefits that traditional 401ks do not. These are 6 great benefits and reasons you might want to sign up for the Roth option of 401k...
Post from: Christian Personal Finance .com
- Heaven's Highway >> Daily Devotions: Real Results
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:55:00 -0400
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? Podcast version here: The apostle Paul went through some really tough times. Apart - Bible Money Matters >> Making Home Affordable Refinance Program Eases Eligibility To Allow For Higher Maximum Loan-To-Value Ratio
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:47 -0400
For a while now we’ve been talking about the Obama administration’s Making Homes Affordable Refinance and Loan Modification program. We looked at who was eligible for the program, and what you needed to do in order to push through your own refinance or loan modification. According to the administration the plan was going to be [...]Copyright © Bible Money Matters - please visit biblemoneymatters.com for more great content.
- Bow. James Bow. >> Chicago, Chicago
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:07 -0400
I’m writing this post from west Kalamazoo, where we stayed the night after driving out towards Chicago. For the next few weeks, we’ll be hopping around Iowa and Nebraska, visiting Vivian and Nora’s other grandparents. For now, we’re heading for Chicago, where we’ll meet grandpa Michael and grandma Rosemarie and stick around for the fourth of July weekend.
Despite losing our computers and passports during our last trip, I’m looking forward to seeing Chicago - New Epistles >> Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? by James M. Boice
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:00 -0400
Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace: Discovering the Doctrines that Shook the World
Author: James Montgomery Boice
Publisher: Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2009.
ISBN: 9781433509629
This book calls the evangelical churches to return to its origins; that is, a return to the doctrines of the - The Englewood Review of Books >> FEATURED: CROSS-SHATTERED CHURCH by Stanley Hauerwas [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:28:53 -0400
“A real prescription for what ails the world”
A Review of
The Cross-Shattered Church:
Reclaiming the Theological Heart of Preaching.
by Stanley Hauerwas.
Reviewed by Michael J. Bowling.
The Cross-Shattered Church:
Reclaiming the Theological Heart of Preaching.
Stanley Hauerwas.
Paperback: Brazos Press, 2009.
Buy now: [ ChristianBook.com ]
Language matters to Stanley Hauerwas, and he is not shy when it comes to saying so. As a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FEATURED: - The Englewood Review of Books >> FEATURED: WAR, PEACE AND REVOLUTION by JH Yoder. [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:24:05 -0400
“Yoder?s pièce de résistance?”
A Review of
Christian Attitudes to
War, Peace and Revolution.
by John Howard Yoder.
Edited by Ted Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker.
Reviewed by Chris Smith
Christian Attitudes to
War, Peace and Revolution.
John Howard Yoder.
Edited by Ted Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker.
Paperback: Brazos Press, 2009.
Buy now: [ ChristianBook.com ]
In these days, when governments promise us endless war, the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FEATURED: WAR, PEACE AND - The Englewood Review of Books >> Our (Tw)interview with David Dark [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:19 -0400
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:00 -0400
Latest BSC up at kata ta biblia. - The Englewood Review of Books >> Top 10 Books of the First Half of 2009 [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:09:00 -0400
So, the first six months of 2009 have slipped past us already. At this half-way point of the year, we thought it would be great to recap the best books that we’ve read and reviewed so far this year:
10. And Then There’s This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture
Bill Wasik.
Hardcover: Viking.
Review: [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 10 Books of the First Half of 2009 [Vol. 2, #27]", url: "http://erb.kingdomnow.org/?p=395" }); - The Englewood Review of Books >> Poem: Liberty Hyde Bailey ?Brotherhood? [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:08:23 -0400
BROTHERHOOD
Liberty Hyde Bailey
In remembrance of
Interdependence Day
July 4, 2009.
Weather and wind and waning moon
Plain and hilltop under the sky
Ev?ning, morning and blazing noon,
Brother of’ all the world am I.
The pine-tree, linden and the maize
The insect, squirrel and the kine
All-natively they live their days?
As they live theirs, so I live mine.
I know not where, I know not [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Poem: Liberty Hyde Bailey “Brotherhood” [Vol. 2, #27]", url: - The Englewood Review of Books >> Book Bargains? Especially for ERB readers!!! [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:07:51 -0400
In our continuing effort to fund the publication and free distribution of The Englewood Review, we are going to be collaborating more intentionally with Christian Book Distributors. Primarily, we will be offering you the opportunity to buy bargain books from CBD that we think of are interest. Buying books this way is a win / [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Book Bargains… Especially for ERB readers!!! [Vol. 2, #27]", url: "http://erb.kingdomnow.org/?p=393" }); - If I Were a Bell, I'd Ring >> Sod's Law?
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:06:00 -0400
Is sod's law like the UK version of Murphy's law?
I'm excited about Harry Potter too, Doug. - The Englewood Review of Books >> Brief Review: RESIST! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century. by Naim Ateek [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:04:43 -0400
A Brief Review of
Resist! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century
Michael G Long, ed.
Paperback: Orbis Books, 2008.
Buy now: [ ChristianBook.com ]
Reviewed by R. Dean Hudgens.
Michael G Long, professor at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, is the author and editor respectively of two excellent recent books on the social thought of Billy Graham: Billy Graham and the Beloved [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Brief Review: RESIST! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century. by Naim Ateek [Vol. 2, #27]", url: - The Englewood Review of Books >> Reviewed Elsewhere [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:01:04 -0400
THE OTHER JOURNAL ON
The Poetic Contemplation of Thomas Merton
http://www.theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=813
…
Poetry is the earliest recorded literary art form. Its intense and musical language allows for strong emotional impact and easy memorization, and thus it has resonated for centuries with the human soul. Our most ancient literary work, The Epic of Gilgamesh, is a poem which recounts [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Reviewed Elsewhere [Vol. 2, #27]", url: - The Englewood Review of Books >> Upcoming Events [Vol. 2, #27]
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:59:38 -0400
The Englewood Review will be giving away a book from Doulos Christou Press via Twitter.com every Thursday at 11AM (ET) this summer.
Here are the contest rules:
You must follow us on Twitter @ERBks
At 11AM (ET) each Thursday, I’ll announce the start of the contest, with a question to which you must reply
The fifth person to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Upcoming Events [Vol. 2, #27]", url: "http://erb.kingdomnow.org/?p=390" }); - Sunday's Child >> Who the people want as king, a reflection on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:44:00 -0400
Saul is dead. His son Jonathon is dead. Although he was initially kept from battle, David turned a defeat into a victory.
Eventually, the tribes of Israel conclude that David should be their king.
Or, am I supposed to be reading this as finally the people of Israel catch on to what the Lord has long planned?
The lectionary has skipped over a lot of intrigue. Are differences between factions no longer important after the leadership is decided? (If we read ahead, we see that
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