I've received this particular message twice now. Whether or not Anne Graham Lotz said it, and I can't find a record of it on the CBS Early Show, it's theology that requires examination.

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Theresa from Be Strong in the Grace hosts Lutheran Carnival IX. She has obviously spent considerable time reading posts for content, and she posts commentary regarding each entry. She's done a good job and has good insights. Thanks, T.K., for your time and all your hard work.

USA Today reports that Rick Warren has contributed a quote for Starbuck Coffee's controversial "The Way I See It" cups.

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On the return flight home on Friday and tonight's flight to Houston, I've finished the first half of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. It will be interesting to see how The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe converts into a movie. The allegories in the first two books are unmistakable in the The Magician's Nephew and Wardrobe, those being of ( Read more... )

The "disgruntled world citizen" at Full Throttle & an Empty Gas Tank has posted the eighth edition of the Lutheran Carnival. The Carnival has gone biweekly, and it shows in the amount of submitted posts. D.W.C. is the first to use a female Lutheran forerunner. Thanks!

Yesterday (Sunday) morning, as what happens when possible in our household on Sunday mornings, I woke up first, showered and cleaned up, then woke up the kids, fed them breakfast, cleaned up what I could, and got them dressed as Mom got ready. Because Mom had a baby shower at my in-laws' Methodist church after the service, we went to that church ( Read more... )

Bunnie Diehl critiques an Ablaze! website. fatherdmj offers his comments in his journal, to which I ask, "Disbelief in the power of the Holy Spirit, ignorance of His duties, or both?" I can't do too much about disbelief in general, but the second issue can be remedied.

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Brian Braatz breaks forth with the seventh Lutheran Carnival. The suggested topic is music, and several people have played along this time. Thanks, Brian!

Vicar Charles Lehmann, a.k.a. chaz_lehmann, serves up the sixth edition of the Carnival. Thanks, Vicar!

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -Amendment I, U.S. Constitution
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