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It’s a Bird! No! It’s a Plane! No! It’s The Christian Carnival CXXXII!

Mike McLoughlin — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:43:55 -0700

This week the Christian Carnival is HOT! Lots of HOT Topics to match the summer HEAT with a little humor thrown in!

Thank you to Donald Bosch at the The Evangelical Ecologist for helping me as a rookie host for the Christian Carnival and for John Howell at Brain Cramps for God for forwarding all those great entries and for the much esteemed Dory at Wittenberg Gate for giving us the opportunity to host.

Tom Gilson at Thinking Christian discovers two “tin woodmen" in his short snippet of a story - Only Natural.

Polly at Life is a Buffet (as opposed to a box of chocolates J? ) does a review of her Book of the Month: - The Holy Bible!. “Synopsis: God creates the universe and a man and a woman and then the story blasts off from there with an ending that is out of this world.”

The Deputy Headmistress shares an inspiring story of the authenticity of the Bible in her post: The Common Room: Ancient Manuscripts.

Sprittibee has some practical insight about God's Smoke Alarms from her reading of Bruce Wilkerson’s The Secrets of the Vine.

Dave Lorenzo at Career Intensity promotes The Power of Prayer at Work. My question is, does prayer serve business success or does business success serve God’s purposes in the marketplace? Perhaps Carnival readers would care to comment on the role of prayer for prosperity’s sake or the power of prayer for God’s glory through our work?

Trivium Pursuit posts an article by Mike Evans on Spiritual Depression, Rest, and ASSISTANCE Buttons.

Prince of Thrift discusses debt, specifically, becoming and staying debt free in Understanding The Great Misunderstanding.

Diane at CrossRoads in commenting on the Emergent church “thinks the children of the Baby Boomers have learned their parents' teachings quite well” which perhaps is not such a good thing. Check out her concerns at Where Faith and Inquiry Meet: Emerging into Emergent.

Martin LaBar at Sun and Shield looks at What's really important. And that is showing Christ’s love!

Jeremy Pierce at Parableman discuses Mark Roberts’ argument against doubting the traditional authorship of Mark & Luke. His post is entitled Mark, Luke, and Pseudonymity.

Mandi at Praising Fool in a quest for a church asks “Am I being too harsh since I don't want to go back based on the fact that not a single person welcomed me into their church?”

Jim Nutt at A Nutt’s View asks the question, God has not given us a spirit of fear, so what are we all so scared of?

Andre Yee at Every Square Inch exhorts fellow believers to See God in the Monotony. He offers a quote from G K Chesterton, “But perhaps, God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon.”

Brandi at LongStarAcademy shares an incredible story of Words of Affirmation from the Lord.

Father David Jennings at Left of Calvary takes issue with the city of Las Vegas for stopping the service of mobile soup kitchens for homeless people in his post Does Vegas share in Sodom’s real sin?

Katy McKenna at Fallible.com discusses how blogging started for her “as a way to relieve my poor husband from a small measure of his listening duties” at The Beauty Of Budding Bloggers

Mary Yerkes of Releasing the Artist Within discusses her experience with the return of a prodigal son, specifically her 23 year old son returning home to live. Her jumping off point is Henri Nouwen’s Encounter with a Painting. Read it at http://maryyerkes.com/blog/?p=418

Rev Bill makes the point that we all need to Cross the road to see (and understand) what's on the other side! He quotes Henri Nouwen on neighborliness.

Nerd Mom from the Nerd Family explores the trend of Denominations and Colleges Breaking Ties. She thinks denominations are a good idea and wonders why people who disagree ought to still stick together. I can think of some pretty good reasons from Scripture, but perhaps Carnival reader could take up her challenge.

Lennie Jarratt at CrossBlogging discusses the important issue of Stem Cell research at Stem Cell Treatment Allows Girl To Walk.

Anthony at Fides et Veritas responds to Christians proclaiming the imminent return of Christ at Keep on keeping on.

A Penitent Blogger reflects on the attitude that should be maintained by ministers and indeed all the faithful at Ministry with an attitude.

Eric Williams in Ales Rarus asks the question "Must Christians always support Israel?" in his comments about the recent conflict in the Middle East at http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2414/

Leslie Carbone takes issue with Senator Ron Wyden’s Tax Reform initiative but agrees the tax code needs reform because it is unwise, unjust and immoral in Is the Tax Reform Man Coming?

Mark Olson at Pseudo-Polymath discusses arguments against eugenics from a purely utilitarian viewpoint http://www.pseudopolymath.com/?p=1642.

Barbara Sanders of Alabama at Tidbits And Treasures comments on the ministry of Bill & Gloria Gaithers, some of the best, if not the best, Christian artists of our time God's "Interruption" of the Gaithers

Rey from the Bible Archive looks at his lawn and thinks "Man, there's a lot of work to do in the Church." The Bible Archive - Why Lawn (and Church) Work Doesn't End

And last but not least Mike (that’s me) of the Faith at Work posts his solution to “The Clergy Conspiracy – Decode this Post to Uncover An Explosive Truth!” in his short article commemorating the passing of Kenneth Lay - So Dark the Con of Lay Man.

Thank you everyone for participating. Don’t forget to check ...

Nefarious Plot to Silence Faith at Work Blog - Not!

Mike McLoughlin — Thu, 25 May 2006 12:41:14 -0700

Bandwidth issues shut down my blog on Wednesday. At first I suspected a nefarious plot to silence Friday’s expose of The Clergy Conspiracy – Decode this Post to Uncover An Explosive Truth!. I tried emailing my service provider, netidenitity.com but to no avail. Finally, I found a media relations number at their site. 303.385.4933 which turned out to be their support line as well. One phone call and ...

Faith at Work Blog listed by the Christian Blog Carnival - Perhaps we need a Faith at Work Carnival?

Mike McLoughlin — Thu, 18 May 2006 18:28:56 -0700

The Christian Blog Carnival is an eclectic mix of Christian faith expressions. It’s goal is to highlight Christian thought in the blogosphere. Every week a different host blogsite provides summaries and links to that week’s entries.

This week, Laura, at Pursuing Holiness is the host. Laura has some wise advice about meeting the criteria to qualify as an entry. “Blogs with content that is focused on a business, that ...

I’d rather be writing

Mike McLoughlin — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:14:28 -0800

That’s the comment my friend Len at NextReformation.com made when asked what he does for a living. It captures my sentiment as well. But the hard reality is that writing is something I do on the side, while I do other things to keep my family fed and people cared for at our family medical clinic.

So I’d rather be writing. But writing takes time and there never seems ...

Seven Lessons in Writing a Blog

Mike McLoughlin — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:47:27 -0800

Here are my top seven lessons in blogging over the past year.

1. The realization that to do it well takes time, much time. This may seem obvious but when I first began blogging I thought all I needed to do was to sit down at the computer and write. The challenge is the content. What I write on my blog will be for all the world to read ...

Applying the Four Way Test to Christian Blogging

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:57:26 -0700

Herbert J. Taylor was a Christian Business man, who influenced his generation with the gospel. He penned the Four Way Test as an ethical standard for communication in business. It is excellent wisdom for Christian bloggers. It asks four questions of all we think, say and do. For Christian bloggers, the test needs to be applied to what they write.

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all ...

Civil Discourse among Christian Bloggers or How to have a Godly Christian Bun Fight!

Mike McLoughlin — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:30:15 -0700

Scripture says we are to "Love one another!" What does that look like when we are disputing with one another in the Christian blogosphere? This is the subject of my post today.

When I first became a Christian I was attending Granville Chapel in Vancouver. This Church was started in 1950 by a group of Plymouth Brethren. I found it a wonderful place to receive sound biblical teaching, to ...

Bearing the Wrath of a Heresy Hunter

Mike McLoughlin — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:19:15 -0700

Now I know what it feels like to bear the wrath of a heresy hunter. You can read the charges against me here at Emergent No. It all started when I posted a comment at Steve Camp's Blog under the article Resurrection, The Key to Everything.

I stated that the resurrection affirms the cultural mandate. God created human beings in his image and gave them the mandate to ...

Blogging my way out of Writer's Block

Mike McLoughlin — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:30:32 -0700

I am having a bad case of writers block. So, better to write about it than stew about it. I am writing a comprehensive paper on marketplace mission for a Masters of Christian Studies (MCS) program at Regent College in Vancouver. My professor is Paul Stevens, He is retiring as the Dean of Marketplace Theology concentration at the end of August.

Paul has been a mentor and ...