Time to share that link love again. Here are some of the more interesting posts you may or may not have noticed. As always ones I’ve already interacted with here don’t get a second mention. All of the below are worth your consideration.
There are all sorts of carnivals around the blogosphere. One new to me was the Carnival of Evolution, hosted this month on the Shakespearean sounding Quintessence of Dust.
The BBC’s man in America, Justin Webb, writes some reflections on his time there as he prepares to leave after 8 years. I found them fascinating. I leave my American friends to tell me whether they’re perceptive or accurate.
One for Photoshop users or wannabes. John Nack (Photoshop’s Principal Product Manager) points to a top 40 series of tutorial videos by Deke McClelland, who certainly knows his stuff (though we don’t share a sense of humour).
A sharp-edged but important note on attitudes to sexuality from Dan (Poserorprophet) on his Journeying with those in Exile is well worth thinking about.
David Ker has started a new series of perspectives on reading the BIble: sharply characterized and entertainingly explored. It starts here with Alexander’s Sword.
Ben Byerly excerpts an important article on the common myths Westerners (perhaps especially mission minded Christian Westerners) hold about Africa.
Two posts this week from Scott Bailey come pretty much into the must-read category. First a serious post about fallen angels and demons. Second an example of the full hideousness of some of the practices that masquerade as Christian worship.
For would be bibliobloggers there’s a post of start-up advice from Mark Goodacre who prefers mainly uses Blogger, and a follow-up from Pat McCullough who things WordPress is where it’s at.
There’s a good critical review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from Ken Brown, I tend to disagree: I think too many reviewers are reviewing the fidelity of the film to the book, rather than the film itself. Nonetheless Ken makes some shrewd points.
Henry Neufeld has a useful reflection on people who claim to speak for God.
Finally, Josh Mann has a (at least to this person who hasn’t yet read it) helpful review of James Crossley’s Jesus in an Age of Terror. Note that James responds equally helpfully in the comments.
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Guilty as charged! Maybe the next time I watch it I’ll do better, but I love the book too much not to compare the film to it.
Thanks for the round-up, Doug. You always seem to find lots of stuff of interest.
Re. my post, actually I prefer Word Press now that I have been exposed to both, and I am regretting not using it for the NT Pod since there are some serious drawbacks with Blogger’s support for podcasting, especially its lack of an embeddable player. I continue with Blogger for the NT Blog simply because it would be so darned inconvenient to transfer the blog to Word Press.
I really enjoy these weekly roundups, Doug. You always point me to some great posts I would never see otherwise. You also get me to take a second look a few I skipped by too quickly.
Thanks too for giving that article a little extra press.
Glad to be of service
I read the Webb article with enjoyment. He’s a little to balanced for my taste and just slightly irked me with his caricatures. More interesting to me will be to see where he ends up next.
Thanks for the link to my series. I’m actually thinking in Portuguese while I write in English because the series is part of my organizing a text for exegesis.
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