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The Jevlir Caravansary

  • Christian Carnival March 14, 2012
    There were only a few submissions for the carnival this week, and since I’m busy with several forthcoming book releases, I didn’t come up with a wonderful theme. This is, of course, to assume that if I had the time I would come up with a wonderful theme! The same state of busyness leaves [...]
  • Christian Carnival Tonight
    I’ll get it posted this evening … watch here for news!Related Posts: Christian Carnival Wednesday Evening Christian Carnival this Evening Christian Carnival Coming This Evening Christian Carnival – Last Call Christian Carnival 375 ComingPowered by Contextual Related Posts
  • The Christian Carnival Is Coming
    … right here to The Jevlir Caravansary. Submit your posts via the nifty new submission form. For this carnival, I’m going to add a number of posts from people other than those who submit so we can get a bigger cross-section of posts from the Christian blogosphere. If you can think of a Christian [...]
  • March 7 Christian Carnival Posted
    … at Keyboard Theologians.Related Posts: Feb 29 Christian Carnival Posted Christian Carnival Posted at Keyboard Theologians The Christian Carnival Has a New Home Christian Carnival CDXIII Posted Christian Carnival (January 25, 2012) PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
  • Feb 29 Christian Carnival Posted
    At Crossroads. And a fine carnival it is!Related Posts: March 7 Christian Carnival Posted Christian Carnival CCCII Posted Christian Carnival CCCLXXXI Posted Updated Christian Carnival Posted Christian Carnival CDXIII PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
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Threads from Henry’s Web

  • 1st Century Church?
    My wife Jody is again writing about the first century church. She wonders if we want to just visit it for one hour per week. We have both previously written on this topic. To be honest, I don’t think that many people are really interested in a church like the first century church. I [...]
  • Seasons of the Church Year
    I grew up in a Christian group that did not follow the Christian liturgical calendar. There were many arguments presented for this, including the pagan backgrounds of some holidays. I’m not going to discuss that issue except to say that I care very little about the background of the day. What I care about [...]
  • What Disastrous Situation
    … could possibly make Donald Trump a “great” candidate for president? It’s one of the worst comments on our political system that anyone even pretends to take him seriously. Related Posts: I Hope He is Right Free Speech and Savings Possible Why I Dislike Both Major Parties A Good Politician Emotions and Candidates Powered by Contextual Related Posts
  • Marks of a Unified Church
    Walter Brueggemann suggests how we might avoid getting tangled up on secondary issues:   (HT: Allan R. Bevere) Related Posts: Jesus vs. Religion – Really? Seventh-Day Adventist vs Methodist on Family Guy The Problem with Stories When Robots Chat What if Church Was Like Powered by Contextual Related Posts
  • This Does NOT Represent Family Values
    In a blog on the American Family Association web site, Bryan Fischer has named Jessica Ahlquist, the High School student in Rhode Island who was plaintiff in a case against a prayer banner in her school, to his “American Association of Religious Bigots.” In doing so he calls her a “little atheist bully” and [...]
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Participatory Bible Study Blog

  • Michael Bird on Studying the Gospels
    Michael Bird has a really excellent post on critical and faithful study of the gospels. I’m not going to extract from it, though my hat tip goes to Darrell Pursiful who extracted an excellent quote. I was reminded of a … Continue reading →
  • March Abnormally Interesting Biblical Studies Carnival Posted
    … at — you guessed it — Abnormal Interests!Related Posts: Biblical Studies Carnival XXXV Posted Amongst the Biblioblogs Biblical Studies Carnival #43 Posted Biblical Studies Carnival XXX Posted Biblical Studies Carnival XLVI PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
  • The Earliest Gospel of Mark Has NOT Been Found
    I’m trying to correct some headlines. OK, my headline is wrong also, intentionally so. Here’s what happened: Dan Wallace said in a debate that a fragment of Mark has been found which one paleographer dated to the 1st century. There … Continue reading →
  • Would This Be Bibliolatry?
    Red Letter Christians has a post titled “Is This Any Way to Treat a Bible?” which tells how a high school teacher, on seeing a student’s heavily marked Bible, held it up to the class and asked that question. The … Continue reading →
  • Is Cessationism Another Gospel?
    A guest contributor to The Jesus Creed asks this question. He comes at it from the angle of just how far such a teaching would be from what is implied in the gospels, from which our definition of “Gospel” should … Continue reading →
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Jody’s Devotionals

  • All I Have Needed – God Has Provided
    Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. “I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the … Continue reading →
  • True Joy
    [reprinted from March 22, 2010] One Sunday a few years ago, my pastor asked us this question, “What bring you joy?” He related Webster’s definition as “emotion evoked by well-being, success, good fortune, and the prospect of possessing what one … Continue reading →
  • Restore Me
    Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love.  Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. For I recognize my rebellion; it … Continue reading →
  • Earnestly Call on Him
    But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.      Acts 12:5 (NLT) Do you have a prayer that you can’t see how there can be a good outcome? I do. Oh, I know that … Continue reading →
  • The Ananias in My Life
    [Ananias said,] “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you can regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”             … Continue reading →
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Neufeld Computer Services

  • Empty RSS Feed on WordPress
    This is probably an exceptionally rare cause for this problem, and once spotted, it’s incredibly obvious, but since it took me about a half an hour to find it, I thought I’d post a note. It might just save someone … Continue reading →
  • TweetDeck for Ubuntu
    I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading →
  • Internet Security – A View from North of the Border
    Cory Doctorow is a very well known science fiction writer, journalist, and a commentator on technology and social issues. He is interviewed in about the first 15 minutes of the Canadian (CBC) program Spark 170. I think what he’s saying … Continue reading →
  • Twitter Logon Problem – Continuous Over Capacity
    For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see … Continue reading →
  • Switching to Linux
    This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea … Continue reading →
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