Welcome to the 235th edition of The Christian Carnival.  I hope you all enjoy your time here.  Please feel free to look around and comment on the "rides" or "attractions" either in this post's comments below or on the original post's site.  People put a lot of hard work in, trudging around the country and being carnies in the Christian Carnival, so show them some appreciation!

Richard H. Anderson presents Luke the Priest posted at dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos.

Raffi Shahinian presents Do Not Be Afraid: A True Story posted at parables of a prodigal world.

FMF presents Does Theology Impact Protestant Bank Accounts? posted at Free Money Finance, saying, "Does being a Christian really make people poorer?"

Andy Wood presents Who Leads the Sheep to the Scary Places? posted at LifeVesting, saying, "This is part of a periodical collection of "tense truths" - apparent contradictions or paradoxes that make up the fabric of a life lived following Christ."

Heath Countryman presents No Good Deed Shall Go Unpunished posted at Esprit d'escalier.

ChristianPF presents Bankruptcy and the Bible posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, "A discussion about what the Bible does and does not say about bankruptcy"

Peter presents Delight in the Lord and things will fall into place posted at Bible Money Matters, saying, "Sometimes we need to be reminded where our priorities should lie."

Renae presents In the Comfort of my Home a Battle Rages posted at Life Nurturing Education.

Kathleen Gage presents God's Delays are Not God's Denials posted at Daily Awareness, saying, "Often we say we want something, but then quickly change our mind or are so ambiguous about what we really want we wouldn’t even know if we got it. I believe God (Higher Power, Universe, Supreme Being) wants us to have the best of what we can have and yet, if we are unclear how can God possibly give us what we what. The amazing part of all of this though is often what we think we want may not be in our highest good. There may be times when what we desire does not fit into the master plan for us. Or, it may be that God’s delays are not God’s denials. Discover one woman’s experience about knowing what she wanted and being willing to wait for her time to arrive."

Kim Staudenraus presents The Duck & the Devil posted at Kim Staudenraus . com, saying, "Live free from guilt and shame, reach up to God and ask for forgiveness"

Tom presents Pre-Fall Patriarchy Revisited: A Structural Analysis of Genesis 1:26-28 posted at Theology for the Masses.

David Porter presents Obama's Prayer posted at A Boomer in the Pew.

Frances presents Parental Rights Amendment posted at Christianity Lived Out, saying, "God has given parents responsibility for their children. The Parental Rights Amendment will protect that God-given right from the UN and other power-hungry agencies."

Diane R presents The Abanes-Silva Battle and It's Implications posted at Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet, saying, "There is a battle going on right now between two Christian bloggers. One has threatened a lawsuit against the other's ISP if a certain post isn't removed. Is this going to be a future problem for other bloggers?"

Annette presents Devote yourself to Good Works posted at Fish and Cans.

Becky presents Why I Probably Won?t See THE DARK KNIGHT posted at I thought I would have it together by now ..., saying, "In this post, I explain why, even though I hear the story is good, I will not be viewing the latest Batman movie."

Ken Brown presents PZ Myers Follows Through on His Threat to Desecrate the Eucharist posted at C.Orthodoxy.

Claudia Riley presents Faith of a Child posted at Standing Straight, saying, "We need to be careful our understanding of Scripture is not over interpreted, convoluted, mythologized, or watered down and passing beyond the intent of the Author. There is something to be said for the faith of a child."

Scott Weldon presents Neutrality is Not an Option: Acts 4 & the Culture War posted at By Grace Alone.

Drew Tatusko presents PZ Myers’ Puerility posted at Notes From Off-Center, saying, "Biologist PZ Myers is trying to make a point by desecrating a Catholic Eucharist wafer. But the only point he has made is that as he continues to cling to his atheist agenda of who knows what in the name of a fabricated idea of liberalism, he presents us with an infantile fanning of the juvenile flames of everything that is stupid about culture in the West."

Crystal Nichols presents The Other Nine posted at Christian in the Corporate World.

Ken (Wickle) presents A Turtle posted at A True Believer's Weblog, saying, "Wickle's family had an experience centered around a turtle killed while trying to cross the road, and he turns it into a commentary on society in general."

Allen Scott presents Let the Children Come posted at Journey Across the Sky, saying, "Children are indeed a heritage to treasure and a resource to be valued. Whom is it that can look upon the face of a child and not see the hand of God?"

We all have our reasons for why we think, feel & act, but how often do we honestly examine them?  This week at Light Along the Journey John looks at some of our reasons, and then looks at the life of Paul to offer A Reason Beyond All Reasons.

Bible Archive Rey, finally remembering to submit something to the Christian Carnival, answers the old question When Did the Son of God Exist? in about 1200 words when all he need was 1.

Weekend Fisher reviews the Catholic Encyclopedia's claim that Tertullian, an early Christian, shows the early tradition of the doctrine of purgatory and wrote of purgatory-related doctrines as an Apostolic ordinance in Did Tertullian Speak of Purgatory?

And finally, Everyday Liturgy presents Morning Gardening and Simple Prayers, a meditation inspired by pesky onions.

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