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Welcome to the 238th edition of the Christian Carnival. I thought I'd spruce up this edition with a scattering of random quotes that were lying around in my hard drive. Not that we needed much sprucing up...some great posts this week.

Enjoy your trip around the Carnival.


Ken Brown presents The Shack posted at C.Orthodoxy, saying, "My review of The Shack, focusing especially on the theme of intimacy with God."

Anthony Delgado presents The Integrity of Modesty posted at eInquisitive Giving you something productive to think about!.

We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.
- Mother Teresa

Margaret Mary presents "The Scapegoat" by William Holman Hunt posted at The Earthly Paradise, saying, "William Holman Hunt's painting 'The Scapegoat' is filled with religious symbolism. It was initially quite controversial, because Victorian critics weren't used to the notion of Christ as a 'scapegoat.'"

Claudia Riley presents Dissing posted at Standing Straight, saying, "Family dramas can sometimes get almost overwhelming. I say almost, because, as believers, we have a resource who is beyond reproach, utterly trustworthy and able to do what we cannot in sometimes surprising ways."

I thought only of the apartness of God. What I had to learn after that was the togetherness of Man and God — a union of two totally different kinds of beings.
- Karl Barth

John presents The Problem (?) of Evil -- Part I posted at Brain Cramps for God, saying, "How do we answer those who present that the existence of evil either proves that God doesn't exist, or isn't good?"

Henry (Honzo) Imler presents Shower Question of the Day: Jesus and Women posted at Theology for the Masses, saying, "If the Biblical Complementarians never use Jesus or early Pauline texts to support their claims, does this bolster the case that Christianity was egalitarian to begin with, but was gradually patriarchized? I invite anyone to discuss how Jesus was a Biblical complementarian instead of an egalitarian."

I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
- Lesslie Newbigin

JR Madill presents Why I am not a Calvinist posted at Theology for the Masses, saying, "JR, through the use of narrative, explains why he is not a Calvinist."

Tom presents Individual Communion: A Contradiction in Terms Theology for the Masses posted at Theology for the Masses.

God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.
- John Polkinghorne

Fiona Veitch Smith presents Tainted Gold - Olympic scandals and triumphs posted at Fiona Veitch Smith, saying, "An overview of the highs and lows of the ancient and modern olympics from a Christian perspective."

lorie presents The Girl and the Tick and the Saturday Trip. posted at Rice and Beans and Other Fine Things.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
- Desmond Tutu

Rodney Olsen presents Gambling on God posted at The Journey - Life : Faith : Family, saying, "Is it right to gamble on God? If we’re not absolutely convinced that God even exists does it make any sense to live as if he does?"

Sherry Early presents Why Read? posted at Sherry Early.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr

ChristianPF presents 12 Ways to turn a bad day into a better one posted at Money in the Bible Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "12 tips to turn around a bad day."

FMF presents The Bible on Debt posted at Free Money Finance, saying, "Thoughts on what the Bible says about debt."

Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot... Wherever I go, they serve tea.
-Michael Ramsey, former Archbishop of Canterbury.

Richard H. Anderson presents Luke-Acts is a work full of cultic material posted at dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos.

Ken (Wickle) presents Book Review: ?On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness? posted at A True Believer's Weblog, saying, "Wickle reviews the recently-released fantasy novel by singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson, 'On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness.'"

(In response to those who tell him, “I don’t believe in God”) “Really? Which god is it that you don’t believe in?”
- N.T. Wright

Drew Tatusko presents Todd Bentley is an Adulterer - Period. posted at Notes From Off-Center, saying, "How would you interpret an 'unhealthy emotional relationship' with another woman if it is a relationship that your partner has been nurturing? Is this adultery? How does this relate to a physical relationship? Are they equally offensive or is one worse than the other?"
Diane R presents Which Jesus? posted at Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet, saying, "Too many churches are teaching "another Jesus." Will the real Jesus please stand up?"

We may note in passing that Jesus was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three results---Hatred---Terror---Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.
- C. S. Lewis

andriel presents Introduction to the Antichrist posted at ReturningKing.com.

Jeremy Pierce presents Augustine on Civil Government: The Two Cities posted at Parableman, saying, "As part of a larger series on Augustine's social thought and views on religion in society, this post looks at his view of what he calls the City of God and the earthly city."

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
- G. K. Chesterton

Chris McClure presents Managing Stress posted at Panhandle Poetry and Other Thoughts.

Lillie Ammann presents Always the Victim? posted at All Saints Anglican Church of San Antonio, saying, "Devotional by Fr. Chip Harper compares how Joseph responded to abuse by his brothers to today's society, in which victimization is in vogue."

All of us to some degree live around the truth of the gospel but do not ‘get’ it. So the key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel. A stage of renewal is always the discovery of a new implication or application of the gospel - seeing more of its truth.
- Tim Keller

Jake Bouma presents A look at the declining membership of the ELCA posted at JakeBouma.com.

Tom Gilson presents The Present Future posted at Thinking Christian, saying, "Western churches’ work has changed over the past few decades. It is a missionary enterprise now..."

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Ian presents Why I Think John Piper's 'Christian Hedonism' View Sucks (And Also What's Good About It Too) posted at Philosophical Orthodoxy, saying, "This about the deep ethical problems I find with Piper's Christian Hedonism and what I still find valuable in the view."

Meg presents Bible Thumping posted at Simpson's Paradox, saying, "a little VBS humor."

There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with Him as though He were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.
- Rudolf Bultmann

John presents Twelve Qualities Every Church Needs in a Pastor posted at Light Along the Journey.

Rey presents Pentecost in a New Key posted at The Bible Archive.

Jesus has not come to make us safe. He has come to make us brave. In fact, if it never feels dangerous, I should check to see if it is Jesus I am following.
- Gary Haugen

That concludes Christian Carnival CCXXXVIII. Hope you enjoyed the quotes. I know you enjoyed the posts.

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Grace and Peace,
Raffi

Christian Carnival CCXXXVIII: The Quotable Edition