Christian Carnival 283

Welcome to the 283rd Christian Carnival for July 1st, 2009.  I always enjoy hosting, as it is one of the few times I make time to read all of the posts from the Carnival.  And wow . . . there are a lot of posts today.  They are presented in, more or less, the order in which I received them, however there is one significant running theme I saw through several posts, and I hope you take the time to consider it.  It seems this week that many people are dealing with how we, as Christians, should partake of, and interact with, worldly media and pop culture.  It’s so interesting to me, to see that people from all around the world are still connected to the same God, as he deals with several people at once about the same thing.  The Christian Carnival represents Christians of all viewpoints from around the world, and although there are differences among us all, I love that we all serve the same God, and we can see the evidence of our unity in the body of Christ in our writings.

NCSue presents “Choosing Not to Keep the Baby”. posted at IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.

andriel presents More False Atonement Doctrine: The Moral-Example Theory posted at ReturningKing.com, saying, “A continuation of the “Pastoral Soteriology” series.”

Bible SEO presents How to Overcome Temptation – Biblical Perspective posted at Bible Study Exposition Online, saying, “This bible study contains the original meaning of the word, purpose and ways of temptation, How resist the temptation? Three steps to overcome – Preparation, Perseverance and Planning.

Tanya presents The Big Ticket Festival 2009: Worshipping Together posted at Life on the Rock: Homeschooling, Parenting & Life.

FMF presents Who Should Know How Much a Pastor Makes? posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Should church members know how much a pastor makes?”

Kiesha presents Avoiding Self-Righteousness posted at Highly Favored.  A quote: “We have all seen that one person in church, who refuses to believe that they could ever do anything that would go against the word of God. They are too saved and too righteous for that.” Kiesha . . . seen that person?  I was that person.  And there’s probably way more than one in each church.

NCSue presents Insights toward the end of a life posted at IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.  It’s a touching personal story about dealing with a terminal illness.  A thought-provoking read.

ChristianPF presents Keep the Top Up: Materialism and Christianity posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “One man’s journey dealing with materialism and his faith…”

Mikkal Travvis presents Ron Paul And The Federal Reserve posted at The Truth.  I’m a huge fan of Ron Paul, and voted for him in the primaries last year.  Here’s another piece showing what a great man he is for standing up against problems in our Government, even when the majority of people are against, or at best don’t understand him.

For His Glory presents What are you made of? posted at For His Glory.

Mr Credit Card presents Bible Money Matters Interview With Peter Anderson | Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog posted at Ask Mr Credit Card.

Minister Mamie L. Pack presents I can wait posted at The Life I Now Live.  I have never really seen a parallel to God’s redemptive process in us, and a baby forming during pregnancy.  It’s a quick read, and insightful on several levels.  I’ve been pondering over this all day, and I think it’s a great truth: “Time is not just valuable when a child is developing in the womb; it is valuable as we are developing in our walk with Christ.”

Keith Tusing presents Parents of the Week posted at CM Buzz.

John at Brain Cramps for God reports that he is back – and starts a discussion series on the book of Romans with an “Introduction”

Thomas Robbins presents Evolution is Fake Religion posted at Reverendsheeky’s Blog, saying, “Evolution is a religion meant to lead Christian’s astray.”  A bold statement and a challenge: “If you seriously think you have the evidence that proves evolution, then I suggest you claim the $250,000 reward posted Dr. Hovind. And if you have it, covince me and I will kiss your rearend and post the pictures on the net.”

Mel Turley presents How Does a Christian Decide Which Movies to Watch? posted at Christian Kindred.

Diane R presents But Moral Decisions Do Matter posted at Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet, saying, “Should a politician’s personal moral life be considered as important as to whether or not he or she can adequately do their job well?”

Sean presents 500 and counting… posted at A Greater Glory.

Brian Marchionni presents Worship: A Most Dangerous Word posted at Boston Bible Geeks, saying, “What is the harm of defining “worship” strictly in terms of singing and music?”  – It’s more devious that you would originally think.  Great article.

michelle presents Exodus 20:17 posted at Thoughts and Confessions of a Girl Who Loves Jesus….

Robert Renfro presents Michael Jackson death, just another reminder of the truth of God. posted at Robertsbloggert.  Everyone is talking about it.  I’m glad someone is bringing it around to Jesus.

Jeremy Pierce presents Virgina Partial-Birth Law Probably Headed to Supreme Court posted at Parableman, saying, “A case on a Virginia partial-birth abortion ban that the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has just narrowly decided is probably headed for the Supreme Court. The dissent thinks a woman has the right not just to the removal of of her unborn child but to its death if it happens to be partially born before the abortion has taken place.”

Allen Scott presents Left Behind posted at Journey Across the Sky, saying, “When it comes to television not meeting a deadline is not the end of the world but there is a coming change-over that is exactly that… the end of the world! Will you be ready? Will you be prepared? Will you heed the warnings? Or will you, like so many analog television users, be left behind?”

GP presents Focused or Frazzled « Musings from Montana posted at Manely Montana, saying, “slow down to go faster”

Rodney Olsen presents John Piper and Television posted at The Journey – Life : Faith : Family.  This follows a running theme with this week’s carnival: how we, as Christians, should interact with media and pop culture.

This week at Light Along the Journey, John explores living in between the Fall and the Restoration in the post Both Beautiful and Broken.

My own contribution this week is Where Have All the Kids Gone? It deals with similar issues as the posts on pop culture, and how that is affecting our children.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of christian carnival ii using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.  If I’ve left you out, please let me know!

My apologies to:

Barry Wallace and Derek Ashton at “Who am I?” who wrote Worship: A Cross Centered Balance.  They were left out of the original list!

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