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ChristianCarnivalRed150Welcome to the 302nd edition of the Christian Carnival, a weekly collection of some of the best posts of the Christian blogosphere.  This carnival is open to Christians of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic convictions.

You can find detailed submission instructions here, join the weekly reminder list here, or just dive in head first and submit your post for next week here.  Only posts published between midnight EST Tuesday night, November 9 and midnight EST Tuesday night, November 16 are eligible for next week’s carnival.

PLEASE NOTE: A few posts were not included because they didn’t qualify for inclusion under the submission guidelines. Remember, you may only submit one post per week, and it must have been published to your blog within the specified time period for that carnival.

Disclaimer:  As you might expect with a carnival like this, I don’t agree with all the views expressed in every post, but I’m always more than happy to host it.  There are many excellent, thought-provoking articles every week.  If I had time, I would comment on some of the posts with which I disagree, but I don’t have time, so this disclaimer will have to suffice.

I should note that today is Veteran’s Day in the U.S.  Before proceeding, I simply want to acknowledge my gratitude to all those who have served, or are currently serving their country in the armed forces.

Conflicts of all types are very real.  Appropriately enough for this Veteran’s Day edition of the carnival, many of the posts this week deal with the battles we face as followers of Christ. Here they are, in the order I received them:

Glowing Face Man presents Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? posted at Glowing Face Man, saying, “In this article I respond to one of the classic atheist arguments against God.”

FMF presents Does Giving Make You Wealthier? posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Is it possible that you become wealthier by giving?”

angela ambroise presents The journey of a relationship posted at He Speaks To Me, saying “Have you ever been in a different country or maybe a different state and found some of the custom’s odd?”

Diana Hall presents The Death Penalty: Just Deserts or Justice Deserted? posted at damascusmoments, saying, “How does a Christian state justify the death penalty? Can it?”

Yohan Perera presents The Parable of the Sower (PowerPoint version) | The Virtual Preacher posted at The Virtual Preacher, saying, “100% free preaching and teaching resources for Christians”

Albie presents Do not say: I am too young (or too old) posted at iDevelopWorld, saying “You’re never too young (or too old) to achieve your life purpose.”

Kathryn presents Let the Weight Loss Journey Begin posted at Soul-Food-Diet, saying, “Weight loss is a heart issue and there can be only one path to the answer.”

John presents How We Discuss: Probabilities and Bulverisms posted at Brain Cramps for God, saying, “Two things caught my eye this week related to the way discussions seem to go online:”

BWL presents Learning how to be content posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “A personal look at my desire to live a life of contentment…”

loswl presents Who is God – Part One posted at INSPIKS | Inspirational Piks, saying, “A first glance this colorful paper strip looks just like a normal two sided band of paper, but at a closer look it becomes obvious that this strip of paper is by no means normal in the sense it has only one side—this is called a Mobius strip.”

A K Browne presents Let’s Wait Awhile posted at W2W Soul: Windows to The Woman’s Soul, saying, “Amy felt confident about her decision to go to Joey’s apartment that night to watch a movie. Yes they would be alone, but it was just a comedy with no risqué content. Since they both shared the same values, they both had agreed to practice sexual purity before marriage.”

Bible SEO presents How to Effectively Lead Bible Study Small Group or Church Cell Group | Bible Study Lessons | Bible Studies | Printable Bible Study Guide posted at Bible Study Exposition Online, saying, “This is a practical study guide for effectively leading a small group bible study. It offers various suggestions for study preparation, group dynamics and management.”

ADelgado presents Glorify God With Your Body?1 Corinthians 6.9-20 posted at eInquisitive | Giving you something productive to think about!, saying “I have been teaching Bible study lessons for many years now. I have a passion for teaching the Bible, God’s inspired word, accurately through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.”

Trent Cotton presents Scars posted at Christian Men-Christian Warriors, saying, “what Christ can do with scars”

Henry Neufeld presents A Shell of a Church posted at Jevlir Caravansary, saying, “Can you have a big, grower church that is spiritually an empty shell?”

For His Glory presents Redeeming the Desert posted at For His Glory, saying “The Lord never takes us to the desert to leave us there.”

Weekend Fisher presents The historical Jesus is Jewish: Gauging a gospel’s historical view of Jesus posted at Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength, saying, “Weekend Fisher looks at measurable quality differences between Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John on the one hand, and the non-canonical gospels on the other. Here we see how a prominent Jewish scholar uses the canonical gospels as primary sources on first-century synagogues, while the non-canonicals cannot be used that way.”

Brian Marchionni presents Are Charismatics Ruining the Term “Charismatic”? posted at Boston Bible Geeks, saying “It’s always interesting to see the reaction I get when I tell someone that I am a charismatic.  I’ve been getting weird looks since my undergrad days at a Baptist university.”

Jeremy Pierce presents God’s Priorities in Phil 1:9-11 posted at Parableman, saying, “Paul’s prayer in Phil 1:9-11 has several “so that” clauses that indicate further priorities for each thing he prays for.”

michelle presents 11.07.09 posted at Thoughts and Confessions of a Girl Who Loves Jesus… “A Meditation on Isaiah 53”

Rey Reynoso presents Words and Romans posted at The Bible Archive, saying, “An overview of the book of Romans by looking at the importance of words, context, and thought-flow.”

My contribution to the carnival this week is Angels and Demons.  “I’m not talking about Dan Brown’s novel, or the movie based on it.  I’m talking about real demons and real angels.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of christian carnival ii using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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