I also think that every Christian writer portrays a characteristic of Jesus in their writings as well. So this week, I’ve sorted the submissions into the four categories mentioned above. Enjoy the Gospel edition!

Jesus is King

Shawn presents What David Knew: Made by God. This post is part one in a series of six based on Psalm 139:13-18, providing encouragement by affirming our individual worth, thanks to God’s loving care over the design and creation of each of us.

Theresa L. Twogood presents House Blessing Time

Jason Anderson presents Goodness posted at The Cynical Christian.

Pilgrim presents Camping Out posted at Peace of my Mind.

Richard H. Anderson presents Community of the Holy Spirit posted at dokeo kago grapho soi kratistos Theophilos.

Suffering Servant

Anna Farmery presents Are you a Prisoner of Your Mind?

Free Money Finance presents Your Pastor the MBA

Amanda presents Church: Is Isn’t Working

John presents The Listening Heart: “The Era of Bloodshed” posted at Brain Cramps for God.

Ken asserts the difference between a Christian and an atheistic worldview lies not just in the possibility of genuine moral discourse, but also in the manner in which it is conducted in Hope, Sacrifice and Moral Discourse at C.Orthodoxy

Son of Man

Stephen Miracle presents Inspiration Is The Root Of All Change because we are inspired to change. Every transformation that we make is the result of some personal inspiration we have experienced in our lives.

Laurie Bluedorn presents Christian Filmmakers 24-hour Film Contest

Diane presents Foundation of the Prosperity Teaching

Doug presents Moral feelings or moral law? posted at Bounded Irrationality.

Frank presents Moral Perspectives: Meaning and Free Will

Moses E. Miles III presents Celebrating Character posted at Three Sticks.

Son of God

Brent Riggs presents Is Shame Good?

Chris B at Homeward Bound presents a follow-up to last week’s “Experience vs Evidence” with Do We have Evidence?  This post sketches the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament.

e-Mom presents Original Sin Reveals Distinct M & F Roles posted at C h r y s a l i s. Adam Wimps Out. Eve Grabs the Power. How God’s original gift of masculine headship and feminine submission was disregarded by the first couple and resulted in the Fall of Man.

Stretch Mark Mama presents Goodwill Does It Again! posted at Stretch Mark Mama.

Don presents Knowing the Gardner II – Abiding and Bearing Fruit and explores what it means to abide in Christ through Jesus’ teaching on the vine, the branches, and The Gardener.

Jeremy looks at the HCSB translation of Matthew 5:22 in Jesus, Morons, and Airheads.

Deb presents Thoughts on Mardi Gras posted at All Things Being Made New.

• Love Comes to Town
• Image of the Creator
• Where does your compass point?

Enjoy!

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.