Christian Carnival CXXIII (123) is up

After a few technical problems, Dory at Wittenburg Gate comes to the rescue when Christweb.com crashed and burned. Her introduction:

After much technological ado, here is this week's Christian Carnival: delayed but not thwarted. Stephen McCaskill did most of the work; I just pasted in the links.

About Christian Carnival:

Contributing a Post to the Christian Carnival

The Christian Carnival is open to Christians of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic convictions. One of the goals of this Carnival is to offer our readers to a broad range of Christian thought.

Posts need not be of a theological topic. Posts about home life, politics, or current events, for example, written from a Christian worldview are welcome.

Update: As the goal of this Carnival is to highlight Christian thought in the blogosphere, entries will be limited to blogs that share that goal. Blogs with content that is focused on a business, that has potentially offensive material Christians may not want to link to on their sites, or has no reference to distinctively Christian thought may not be included in this Carnival. There are other Carnivals that would be a more appropriate venue for that material. I realize that this will be a judgment call on the part of the Carnival administrator, and being human she may make mistakes. However, as the Christian Carnival is getting quite large, and it is sometimes questionable whether the entrants are seeking to promote Christian thought, I find this necessary.

Update: We also expect a level of discourse that is suitable for a Christian showcase. Thus entries may be refused if they engage in name-calling, ad hominem attacks, offensive language, or for any similar reason as judged by the administrator.

So, if you have a post in this framework - go here to find out more: Christian Carnival Participation Instructions.

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To Judge or Not To Judge

Linked in one of the posts I put in my weekly tour is an article on "The Postmodern Challenge" for evangelicals.

That is certainly my problem. However, they present four scenarios which should make for an interesting discussion about our presuppositions about what can and cannot be judged. I am linking the article so that you can go look at it first if you want to make sure I am not "sneaking up on you" - although it might have been more fun to just spring it cold.

In which of these circumstances would you feel comfortable making a judgement:

1. Your white workmate is helping an African-American workmate to unravel a problem in the computer database. You overhear the white worker in his frustration call the African American a dumb N____. She looks up with hurt on her face. You denounce the white worker for being prejudiced and for hurting her feelings.



2. Your other friend at work announces she is getting divorced. She has fallen in love with another man, and although she has two children, she has told her husband she cannot continue to live a lie. Her husband and children are crushed, but she feels she must be true to herself. You charge her with selfishness, lack of loyalty, and willingness to hurt others' feelings.



3. You visit an African tribe during their female circumcision ritual and behold a teenage girl receiving a clitorectomy. When you complain to your tour guide, he points out your Eurocentric values are interfering with your judgment.

Finally, do you agree with this move or not:

• In New Guinea, where for centuries tribes have hunted members of other tribes and taken their heads as fetishes, the government, under the influence of western colonial culture, has outlawed head-hunting.

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The Monday Tour: 5/22/06

First: Some posts from "The Christian Carnival CXXII" :

• Jeremy at Parableman asks "Are Complementarians Subordinationists?" and links a boatload of posts on the relationship between the genders in the Body of Christ.
• Tom at Thinking Christian examines "Is God a Poor Designer?", the first of an ongoing series
• Yak Sr. at Random Yak makes a "A Joyful Noise" about life after a miraculous dodge from death
• Mandy at Imago Dei takes a very good look at "Christians Judging Others"
• DB, The Evangelical Ecologist, looks at the difficulties faced by followers of Christ's in an ecumenical ecology movement. Embedded in the post is a link to an article on The Postmodern Challenge which is pretty good.

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Hat tip to Texas Gentleman at Baghdadee for this piece on "The Real Iraq"
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Ilona at TrueGrit continues the discussion linked to at Parableman above by warning us to "Think Carefully, My Fellow Christians"
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Mohammad at Iraq the Model is "Looking at the New Government" in Iraq.
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Scot at Jesus Creed looks at two views on "Wrath"
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"Coping with Women in Ministry" is also discussed by Jan at A View from Her.

Also, in discussing "Who's My Neighbor?" Jan comments on Saddleback Church's HIV/AIDS Initiative.
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Brett at Stand to Reason has a pretty interesting thought exercise: Bertrand Russell once said

"No one can believe in a good God if they've sat at the bedside of a dying child."

Now, since "The Problem of Evil is Everyone's Problem", let's listen in on what Bertrand might say to comfort said dying child.
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Next week (well, maybe)

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Christian Carnival CXXII (122) is up

The introduction from Laura at Pursuing Holiness:

Welcome to the Christian Carnival, Body of Christ edition! This is the second time I've hosted, and it was very exciting to see how much it has grown.

A note: I posted "Ask an Evangelical" in the carnival from Street Prophets instead of cross-posting at here at Brain Cramps. Laura said:

Brain Cramps from God posted "Ask an Evangelical" in Street Prophets, a Daily Kos community where folks have explained and answered questions on their spiritual perspectives - and this site, while about "faith and politics", is not exclusively for followers of Christ. So far it's an interesting discussion, be sure to check it out.

About Christian Carnival:

Contributing a Post to the Christian Carnival

The Christian Carnival is open to Christians of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic convictions. One of the goals of this Carnival is to offer our readers to a broad range of Christian thought.

Posts need not be of a theological topic. Posts about home life, politics, or current events, for example, written from a Christian worldview are welcome.

Update: As the goal of this Carnival is to highlight Christian thought in the blogosphere, entries will be limited to blogs that share that goal. Blogs with content that is focused on a business, that has potentially offensive material Christians may not want to link to on their sites, or has no reference to distinctively Christian thought may not be included in this Carnival. There are other Carnivals that would be a more appropriate venue for that material. I realize that this will be a judgment call on the part of the Carnival administrator, and being human she may make mistakes. However, as the Christian Carnival is getting quite large, and it is sometimes questionable whether the entrants are seeking to promote Christian thought, I find this necessary.

Update: We also expect a level of discourse that is suitable for a Christian showcase. Thus entries may be refused if they engage in name-calling, ad hominem attacks, offensive language, or for any similar reason as judged by the administrator.

So, if you have a post in this framework - go here to find out more: Christian Carnival Participation Instructions.

Read more!