Christian Carnival Edition 434

Welcome to the Christian Carnival Edition 434! Pour yourself a cool lemonade, or cup-of-whatever, and enjoy this week's great offerings!

 

Apologetics

• Jennifer Vaughn at à la mode de les Muses shares "Dear Professor." Jennifer writes: "Students need a more effective way to witness to professors."

• Paul Kuritz at Paul Kuritz: Opinions presents  "Life and Death in Black and White." He says: "Cormac Mccarthy's The Sunset Limited film is an unusual theological chess match."

• Jennifer Vaughn at à la mode de les Muses presents "Team Paul Versus Team Jesus." Jennifer writes: "As Christians, we strive to be “of Jesus” and not of anyone else. Well, I’ve got news, people. We’re most definitely “of Paul.”

Devotional

• Josh Wiley at What Christians Want to Know presents "How I was Set Free in Prison." Josh says: "Read this powerful testimony from Jack Wellman of how he turned his life over to Jesus while in prison and now serves as a Pastor."

• Dean at Working on the Mission presents "Real Christian Unity." Dean writes: "What does Christian Unity really mean? What impact does the fact all Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit have? How can this be both inspirational and challenging at the same time?"

• Steve Patterson presents The Resolution for Men Book Review posted at A Blog of a Courageous Father.

• Godlove presents The New Life In Christ!: Sickness: Not An Act Of God! posted at The New Life In Christ!. Godlove says: "The New Life In Christ. Teaching Christians about the NEW CREATION Jesus brought to us. Including a daily devotional, prayer and confessions."

• joshua presents My Testimony » Christian Truth Center posted at Christian Truth Center.

• Matt Zowada at Zowada Blog presents "Don't Waste Your Life with Good Things." Matt says: "Reject what is evil, enjoy what if good, but pursue above all else what is great."

• Lynn Mbugua presents Overcoming disappointment posted at bibleamateurs. 
  

• Violet N. (that's me) here at Other Food: daily devos presents "God is never shocked." By way of introduction: "On April 28th three families traveling on the highway between Fort McMurray to Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) were all but wiped out in a head-on collision. In an instant nine (and a half) dwindled to two .... To us the shattering of these families makes no sense. Predictable questions rise in our minds: Couldn't God have prevented the accident? Didn't evil triumph over good here?"

Finance

• Jason Price at the One Money Design blog presents "8 Ideas to Make the Most of Your Next Business Trip." Jason says: "Your next business trip doesn't have to be a downer. There are plenty of ways to make it a positive experience!"

•  Rob at One Money Design presents "Christian Financial Alliance: To Tithe or Not to Tithe." Teaser: "Christian personal finance bloggers share their thoughts on the tithe. What do you think?" 

Other

• Paul Kuritz at Paul Kuritz: Opinions presents "William Holman Hunt and the question of 'Christian Art.'" Paul says: "Does William Holman Hunt's painting The Light of the World clarify the features which constitute Christian Art?"

• Mike Shanta at Your Spirit Mind and Body presents "9 Qualities of a Great Leader." Mike says: "This post is about the qualities of a great leader. Jesus Christ is the model of great leadership which is why we should all strive to be leaders like Him."

• Russ at Thinking in Christ presents "Love first, Then Marriage." Russ says: "There was a time when people were married, then learned to love one another. Today, we place love first, and only in the case of love —'true love'— would we even consider marriage."

• Ridge Burns at Ridge's Blog presents "Torchbearers." Shannon, who submitted this post, says: "Ridge Burns, who taught at a Torchbearers' school this month, relates that organization's history to Olympic torchbearers and the Christian life."

• Kevin Bickel at InFaith's Mission Blog presents "Sharing the Cost." Submitter Shannon writes: "Kevin Bickel reevaluates his approach to sharing the gospel."

• Romi at In the Way Everlasting presents "Anniversary of Baptism." Romi says: "June 1st is my anniversary of baptism. I have written this article looking back on this happy day."

• Ridge Burns at Ridge's Blog presents "Sunny Days": "Sun, brightness, and light do something to the soul."

Theology

• Annette at Fish and Cans presents "Prayer .... when is it important." Annette says: "When is prayer important? in the little things or the big? Prayer is trusting God in everything."

• Russ at Thinking in Christ presents "The Deity of Christ: The Birth Announcements." Russ says: "There is a persistent modern myth that the deity of Christ was something added to the record of the Gospels long after Jesus actually lived and died —and that Jesus himself never claimed to be God. This series will destroy this myth in it’s entirety by showing how the story of Jesus doesn’t make sense without his claims to deity, that these claims could not have been added later, but had to have been part of the original record for the record to make any sense at all."
  

• Laura at Thank-You-Notes presents "Christian Thank You Quotes." Laura says, "Here is a collection of popular thank you quotes by Christian thinkers, poets, and from the Scriptures."
 

Though the Christian Carnival Guidelines request that participants limit themselves to one post per carnival, I included several submissions which were date-stamped May 26-29 but not included in last week's Carnival--thus the double entries by some bloggers.

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