Imago Dei

I’ve recently been meditating on Chris Tomlin’s version of that old hymn “The Wonderful Cross.” There’s some good stuff in that song, but one line rises above the rest whenever I hear the song:

Love so amazing, so divine demands my soul, my life, my all.

So this week’s Christian carnival is going to be divided into four categories–love, soul, life, and all.

Love:

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:7-9

ChristianPF presents Don’t give to the poor? posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog.

Chris Brooks presents Was the cross just? posted at Homeward Bound.

Soul:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30

Richard H. Anderson presents The Shepherd King posted at dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos.

Terry Pruitt presents Obama: Muslim or Christian posted at Terry Pruitt’s Blog.

Father Chip presents The Echo to Eternity posted at Devotionals from Father Chip.

This week at Light Along the Journey John continues his blogging journey through John Piper’s book Future Grace with a look at The Inner Acts of the Soul of Faith.

At Jordan’s View,  Alex Jordan has in recent posts championed the cause of Christian truth.  He writes that defending objective truth is a challenge in this era of political correctness, tolerance and relativism, which has unfortunately infiltrated parts of the church.  In this first of a two-part article, Jordan explores Pilates’ age-old question: What is truth?

Weekend Fisher considers knowing God as the basis of all blessings in “What is doctrine for?” 

Life:

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10

Nancy Geiger presents Walking in Faith posted at What I Learned Teaching Sunday School.

Ched presents An slpime alipcatoin of a wrod tcrik to rdeanig bliabcl nratveirs posted at Says Simpleton. (And no, that title isn’t a typo!)

Henry Neufeld presents Repentance: A Way of Life posted at Pacesetters Bible School Newsletter.

The View From Her offers thoughts on giving and stewardship in About Giving.

Diane R presents Old People and Emergents posted at Crossroads: Where Faith and Inquiry Meet.

Jeremy Pierce presents The Christianity of War? posted at Parableman.

Rey from the Bible Archive shares his son’s first day at school over at his personal site.

All:

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. Mark 12:33

Doug presents Christ at Creation: Vicariousness posted at Bounded Irrationality.

Don notices that evangelicals are going green and asks, “Will our conservative politicians be influenced by them?” in Green Elephants at the Evangelical Ecologist.

Paul Kuritz presents “I’m a Fool for Christ. Whose Fool are You?” posted at Paul Kuritz: Opinions.

Adam presents The Faughn Family of Four: Psalms 1-75: The Links posted at The Faughn Family of Four.

And finally, my own post Keeping the Faith recounts the upward swing in the slump of faith that I’ve recently encountered.

Update:

Gotta love spam filters. Ugh. Sorry to everyone whose post ended up in my spam folder, but I’ve fished them out so everyone can enjoy them.

Peter Smythe presents 2 Corinthians 5.21 - This Imputin’ Ain’t Computin’ posted at The Real Faith.

Jody Neufeld presents Latin Mass – Is going ‘back’ good? posted at Jody Along the Path.

Tom Gilson presents Three Threats to Science and Freedom? posted at Thinking Christian.

Jennifer in OR presents Expectations and Contentment posted at Diary of 1.

There were several submissions this week that could not be included because there was nothing in the article or the site it was posted on that was Christian in nature. If you have questions about whether your article should be submitted to the Christian Carnival, please see the guidelines posted at Parableman.

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