Praise: ‘Libya Frees Ghanian Christian After Eight Years Imprisonment’
May 5, 2009
4 years after peace agreement, maltreatment of non-Muslims by Sudanese government unchanged, says bishop
April 8, 2009
“Nigerian banker sets up radio station to promote ‘godliness’”
March 17, 2009
Muslims in Egypt burn Christian to death, kill his father
March 11, 2009
Movie trailer: As We Forgive
February 21, 2009
(HT: Vitamin Z >> Dan Cruver)
San Damiano Foundation: ‘Sam and Esther’
February 3, 2009
WARNING – This video will disturb some viewers:
(HT: Anne Jackson)
Book review: As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda, by Catherine Claire Larson
February 2, 2009
Timothy McConnell, Common Grounds Online
Amazon: As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda
Egyptian judge tells unrepentant Christian convert, ‘If I had a knife I would kill you now’
January 29, 2009
Man falls prey to popular email scheme
January 17, 2009
Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star (HT: Dan Philips)
‘Do Hard Things and People Will Follow’
December 17, 2008
At Boundless: The Line, Motte Brown tells how two families at his church – the Schwabs and the Thompsons – helped inspire him and his wife to adopt:
“There’s really nothing extraordinary about their circumstances that uniquely qualifies them to adopt so many while already having so many. They’re not rich and I don’t believe they received a special call from the Lord. I suspect that, mainly, they were just willing.”
See the Browns’ blog, which discusses their recent adoption of four Ethiopian children.
Weekend Walkabout: December 13, 2008
December 13, 2008
26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):
Alan Hirsch Responds to Kimball’s ‘Missional Misgivings’ - Out of Ur
Book Review: Sacramental Life - Trevin Wax
“Sacramental Life: Spiritual Formation Through the Book of Common Prayer … takes the reader through The Book of Common Prayer as a method of spiritual formation.”
Changing With the Times - Philip Schroeder
“You all probably know the truism: ‘Methodology changes, but the Message remains the same’ …”
Download Nine Advent Worship Goodies - TallSkinnyKiwi
Evangelicals Lose Ecumenical Friend in Catholic Theologian’s Death - Jeremy Weber
Futures for Anglicanism: aka Breaking Up is Hard to Do (But Sometimes Necessary) - Chris Dierkes
Going Old School, sort of - Launching A Radio Show - Doug Pagitt
Happy Birthday to ME! - Carla Rolfe
“If you’re a fellow 24 fan like me (or know of someone who is), this makes a great Christmas gift idea.”
I Need a Blogging Buddy and So Do You - John Saddington
The Jesus Project - Dan Wallace
“Reading between the lines, it seems that this group will offer up an even more radical fare than the Jesus Seminar did.”
Kate Gosselin of ‘Jon & Kate Plus 8′ Shares Her Favorite Christmas Traditions - Dena Ross
Little Drummer Boy - Jake Bouma
Muslim Lawyer: ‘Christmas is the pathway to hell’ - Cranmer
NRB head: Sex abuse scandal? It’s history. Really. - David Gibson
Obama’s Iranian observers - Erin Manning
“I was never very appreciative of the saber-rattling on the right over Iran; but the threat of a nuclear Iran is a serious one, not something to take lightly.”
Pumpkin Squares - Rebecca Stark
Q Conference Meetup & Discount - Kevin D. Hendricks
“This is not a bells and whistles hipster event with big names and games. It’s a strategic gathering of thinkers and doers who want to see change and bring change.”
Radiocarbon dating contradicts geological time scale, supports young earth - Daniel G, two or three
So long, Sola? - Nic Paton
Ten Differences Between the Reformation and Rome - Guy Davies (Reformation Theology)
The Uniqueness of Jesus’ Birth - Darrell Bock
Vanilla Holiday - Pseudo-Polymath
What?! (Rick Warren on Hannity & Colmes) - Dan Phillips
Xmas Has Pagan Roots ::: So What? - Theophilogue
“The music you listen to, the way your calendar and clock measures time, the names you use to refer to various planets in the universe, etc., all have ties to pagan religion.”
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up - Justin Wise
“You are looking at a picture of some Christians praying over the Bull outside of the New York Stock Exchange …”
Zimbabwe: Time for South African Government To Do Something - Mark Daniels
Adopting HIV-positive children
December 3, 2008
A video about families that have adopted children with HIV–and how you can do the same (HT: Zach Nielsen >> ABBA Fund blog).
Muslims attack Christians in Jos, Nigeria
December 2, 2008
Several hundred are dead following an election which some Muslims believe was rigged by Christians. The Christianity Today liveblog reports, with this excerpt from a BBC eyewitness account:
“I could see the burning houses, all the smoke and hear the gunshots. Women were running away carrying their children, clothes, foodstuffs and water. Men were using petrol to douse the grass-roofed houses and then lighting with a match. I could hear shouts of “Allahu Akbar”.
Christian Carnival Numero 251
November 20, 2008
… is set up at the Messy Christian blog (weather permitting). Post titles include:
- “Gabriel Murdi: A Glorious Life Cut Short” - Voke Emore relates the shocking death of Gabriel Murdi, who was refused medical treatment because of flaws in Nigeria’s public sector.
- “Tithing on Gross vs. Net: What Exactly is Gross Income?” - JCL explains why its necessary to tithe your gross income.
- “Dining with Harlots” - Jesus certainly liked shock therapy, said Richard H. Anderson.
Weekend Walkabout: Nov. 15, 2008
November 15, 2008
26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):
- Announcing Ligonier Academy
- Beautiful Earring Found in Jerusalem
- Church Marketing Podcast
- Desiring God Pastors Conference (2009)
- ETERNITY, EVOLUTION, AND EMERGENCE
- Female Christian Bloggers
- Gospel and Culture Project
- Have no Fear
- In Remembrance of Veterans
- Jessica Simpson’s gospel background
- Keeping a Promise In Spite Of Himself
- Let’s Go Christmas Shopping!
- Matisyahu on Music, Religion, and Charity
- Nollywood: The Nigerian film industry
- One Week After The Election …
- Picture of the year - bulls*#t or prophetic?
- A QUANTUM OF SOLACE– A QUOTIENT OF PAIN
- Reminded of the Power and Priority of the Word
- SC priest: Voted for Obama? No Eucharist for you!
- Ted Haggard Speaks on Scandal for First Time
- Ur 2.0: Get Farther Out of Ur
- Visit the Sick, A New Book from Brian Croft
- When the World Slanders, and Christians Follow
- X-Mas in Goa video (OK, not a Christian blog … but some great percussion)
- Young Adults Make Bad Jurors?
- Zealous Police Officer (again, not a Christian blog … but a decent joke)
[FYI: A sure way to get cited here is to write a post beginning with the letter X or Z. Those are especially hard to find. - HC]
