Christian Carnival CXI

This week's scheduled host seems to be out of communication, so we are filling in here at Wittenberg Gate, for the St. David's Day/Ash Wednesday edition of the Christian Carnival.

Books

Contending that Donald Miller doesn't understand jazz music, Hammertime of Team Hammer's Musings presents a Top Ten List of what the popular book, Blue Like Jazz is actually Blue Like...

Financial planner, Steve Braun, looks at the popular book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.  He examines Kiyosaki's worldview and values in light of biblical truth in Rich Dad Poor Dad Part I.  He unearths the deceptive philosophy which leads to the startling truth - there is no rich dad.

Christian Living

Richard of dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos theophilos describes the virtue of anonymous charitable contribution by giving an example of an improper charitable contribution.

Free Money Finance at Free Money Finance presents Be Faithful with a Little if You Want More .

Continuing in the Control and Codependent series, this post at Crossroads talks about the codependent's problem in not seeing red flags.

A previous post at Christianity Is Jewish leads to the conclusion, that life is a stage and we are being watched. Will we reveal God's glory or hide it? Those are the only two options in The Show Must Go On.

Spunky at Spunky Homeschool presents Get Lost . Should a Christian watch a television show such as Lost? Spunky examines the advice given to a youth by Focus on the Family who asked them about the show.  She shares a humorous story of just where the line is about how much sex, violence, and language is too much.

Cb at cb.blog presents a One Year Bible (OYB) blog post for February 27 on the dichotomy of belief, and holiness versus not sinning.

Ales Rarus Blog sends us Salvation, Discipleship, and Priorities . Far too much air is expended, too much ink spilled, and too many pixels lit in battles over orthodoxy. Why don’t we spend a little more time talking about orthopraxy?

Northern 'burbs Blog presents Trust Him In the No Times . Sometimes God answers our prayers in ways we're not looking for - but He always answers them in the best way.

From the Bloke ...in the outer... we have Anger Our Guardian Angel , another perspective on the concept of being angry without sinning.

Kim C at Life in a Shoe: the methods and madness of one mother of 7 shares her family's experience reading the Proverbs together in Daily Proverbs.

Kathleen Dalton of Vegetable Soup says: If you are like me, you have at some time said "I just don't get any chances to really tell someone about Jesus anymore." I put this list together a few years ago, reminding myself what a silly thing that was to say... 101 Ways to Get Opportunities to Witness .

Church

Steve Bainbridge at ProfessorBainbridge.com presents The New Cardinals about the new cardinals appointed by the new pope. 

Karen at The Thomas Institute presents Special Children in Sunday School.

Adam of Adam's Blog reports on the alarming trend of arson and bombing attempts in The National Church Burning Crisis.

Culture, Politics and Law

How much license should we give the medical profession in deciding ethical matters of life and death? Should this be codified in law or not? Mark Olson at Pseudo-Polymath discusses the issue in Doctors, Death, and the Public Square 

Once More Into the Breach sends us Intern Fired for Sharing Faith. Universities, those bastions of the free exchange of ideas and expression, have a peculiar concept of religious belief.

Pursuing Holiness presents Compare and Contrast. Laura comments on a recent news article that illustrates the fact that in public schools, some religions are more equal than others.

States are beginning to pass bans on abortion in order to force the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade. Jeremy Pierce of Parableman asks, "Isn't this counterproductive given the current makeup of the Court?" in Jumping the Gun on Abortion.

Just for Grins

Disciple's Journal  sends us Not Quite the News , a tongue-in-cheek roundup of recent news of interest to the Christian blogosphere.

Lent

At A Hen's Pace shares Sin for Lent (Switching to Chocolate) .

Penitens asks What are you giving up? , a reflection on the spiritual value of giving things up for Christ.

Mother-Lode  invites us to reconsider Lent. "Lent begins on Wednesday, a time when many Christians prepare to celebrate Christ's victory over sin and death, by reflecting on our own sins which pierced Him. We have been the thorns in His crown. But it is not a time of mere remorse. It is time to weed." Get your garden gloves and read on at Thorns and Thistles.

Rev Bill Blog shares his plans for observing the Season of Lent in My Game Plan .

Science and Nature

In Why animal predators, parasites, and death?, Sun and Shield points us to a thorough, but readable, article on the scriptural implications of this topic, which deals with several important ideas, such as the goodness of God and origins.

Theology

Sven's Theology and Biblical Studies page sends us The continuation of the charismatic gifts after the apostolic age . Cessationists have often appealed to the argument that the charismatic gifts ceased after the close of the apostolic age, yet Sven argues that history shows this is not the case. This post considers the continuation of the charismatic gifts in the second century.

What does an android know about the imagio dei?  This week Light Along the Journey explores where Star Trek got it right, and where they got it wrong in an exploration of  Data's Humanity.

Susan from Sisters' Weblog wonders if theologians are accused of "quenching the spirit" because they sometimes do! Is it possible that some theologians actually do replace faith with "knowledge"?

A kid's science fair project reminds us that there is still a sin nature at our core, regardless of how we look on the outside. Attention Span's rev-ed rejects the idea of a perfect person and a perfect pastor in "The Filth Within".

Rey from the Bible Archive looks at the serpent's subtle lies in Analysis of a Deception.

Comments

[Rey]

Thanks for hosting this in the last moment, Dory. Excelsior.

[cwv warrior]

Happy St. David's Day to you too, Dory! I am finishing up a box of Welsh tea (Murrough's Paned Gymreig, that's Welsh Brew)that I have often wished I could share with you but St. David's Day went by me again. Thanks for the reminder! And thank you for taking on the carnival. I'm a wee bit slow on the uptake!

[Matt]

Well done with this Dory, especilly with the last minute change. God Bless

[Kathleen]

Thanks, Dory, for hosting at the last minute. It's great!