<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538</id><updated>2011-10-06T06:41:09.027-07:00</updated><category term='environmental'/><category term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><category term='emergent'/><category term='songs'/><category term='gospel'/><category term='church growth'/><category term='world peace?'/><category term='cults'/><category term='movies'/><category term='books'/><category term='post modernism'/><category term='labyrinth'/><category term='encouragement'/><category term='speakers'/><category term='persecuted church'/><category term='Israel'/><category term='prophecy'/><category term='strange things'/><category term='convicting'/><category term='contemplative spirituality'/><category term='angels'/><category term='authors'/><category term='psychology'/><category term='my book corner'/><category term='catholicism'/><category term='schools'/><category term='Bible'/><category term='false teachers'/><category term='youth'/><category term='discernment'/><category term='Bible versions'/><category term='interfaith'/><category term='New Age'/><category term='kids'/><category term='interesting things'/><category term='science'/><category term='prayer'/><category term='Ephesians'/><category term='weather'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='blog stuff'/><category term='emerging church'/><category term='testimonies'/><category term='personal'/><category term='apostasy'/><category term='creation'/><category term='the RW word'/><category term='freemasonry'/><category term='humour'/><category term='atheism'/><category term='weekend'/><category term='links'/><category term='church health'/><category term='conspiracies'/><category term='religious days'/><category term='tradition'/><category term='ancient'/><category term='religion'/><category term='persecuted by the church'/><category term='eastern religions'/><category term='biblical holidays'/><category term='ecumenism'/><category term='global things'/><title type='text'>More Books and Things...</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog is about examining today's books and things 
to see how they line up with the Bible.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1687</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-395083806734814500</id><published>2010-08-11T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T11:41:40.934-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>This Pretty Much Sums Everything Up</title><summary type='text'>This pretty much is the sum of things...He Has Overcome Words and Music by Denny CorrellAdditional lyrics by Darrell Mansfield and Skip Konte on Higher Power by Darrell Mansfield Copyright 1978 IAM MusicThere's a feeling going through the airQuestion is, where do we go from here?Revelation for mankind to seestudy into all the propheciesThere's some storm clouds gathering up aheadAnd the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/395083806734814500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=395083806734814500' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/395083806734814500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/395083806734814500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-pretty-much-sums-everything-up.html' title='This Pretty Much Sums Everything Up'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1082366702656423156</id><published>2010-08-11T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T11:27:25.303-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Cold Coffee</title><summary type='text'>“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”Louisa May Alcott, Author of Little Women. ~ ~ ~She had typed out a long flowery essay the week before. Not only typed it, but retyped, deleted, rewrote, added, changed, turned it up side down and back again, and then revised it a few more times than she would ever admit. In the end, the blogger was was not at all satisfied with her speech. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1082366702656423156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1082366702656423156' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1082366702656423156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1082366702656423156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/cold-coffee.html' title='Cold Coffee'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7823459010854111402</id><published>2010-08-11T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T10:28:56.565-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Second Cup of Coffee</title><summary type='text'>The blogger paused while she sipped the last half of her coffee, reminiscing about how she had come to such a clear decision. It had started long before she came across that other blog quite by accident that addressed some very relevant questions that she'd already been mulling over in her mind for quite some time...."Where are you with your blog? Do you need to reinvigorate your blog? Or maybe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7823459010854111402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7823459010854111402' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7823459010854111402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7823459010854111402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/second-cup-of-coffee.html' title='Second Cup of Coffee'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1560534365006296351</id><published>2010-08-11T08:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T08:30:04.016-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Morning Coffee</title><summary type='text'>Wednesday morning was like most other summer mornings. Traffic noise from the road was carried in on the cool breeze through the open windows. The brindled menace of a dog ran in circles around the house barking at crows until he was called back in, his brown and white paws soaked from the dewy grass. In the kitchen, the dishwasher hummed a cheery song accompanied by three high pitched beeps from</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1560534365006296351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1560534365006296351' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1560534365006296351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1560534365006296351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-morning-coffee.html' title='Wednesday Morning Coffee'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-733984735905316036</id><published>2010-08-11T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T05:00:04.697-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>It's Wednesday</title><summary type='text'>The thing I mentioned is going to happen today...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/733984735905316036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=733984735905316036' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/733984735905316036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/733984735905316036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/its-wednesday.html' title='It&apos;s Wednesday'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6481519777616021075</id><published>2010-08-10T22:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T22:55:00.169-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><title type='text'>Our Government Paid for a New Age Thing?</title><summary type='text'>I like the comments by Suspicious Berean on this thing...Canadian Auditor General's office pays for New Age "rebirth" for one of its employeessuspiciousberean.blogspot.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6481519777616021075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6481519777616021075' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6481519777616021075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6481519777616021075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/our-government-paid-for-new-age-thing.html' title='Our Government Paid for a New Age Thing?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5862385418316151392</id><published>2010-08-10T22:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T22:30:00.381-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global things'/><title type='text'>The One World Thing</title><summary type='text'>Listen up...Hiding in Plain Sight:The One-World Systemby Heidi Swanderwww.olivetreeviews.orgAugust 10, 2010"On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London."  So begins an article written by author and commentator Dick Morris on April 7, 2009, titled, "European Socialism to Run Our Financial System."  According to Morris, a communiqué from the meeting</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5862385418316151392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5862385418316151392' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5862385418316151392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5862385418316151392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-world-thing.html' title='The One World Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8724882036503578795</id><published>2010-08-10T22:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T22:22:33.450-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Some Interesting Things about The Tangled Web</title><summary type='text'>It appears the majority of people are addicted to their communication devices, blogs, and social networks. Are you?Here are some interesting things about that...Oh, what a tangled web we weavewww.wnd.comAs Christians, shouldn't we be "addicted" to communicating with God? The internet is a great tool to reach the world for God, but even Christians with the best intentions have become addicted to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8724882036503578795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8724882036503578795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8724882036503578795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8724882036503578795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/some-interesting-things-about-tangled.html' title='Some Interesting Things about The Tangled Web'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-9120203506994283803</id><published>2010-08-10T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T22:00:00.060-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interfaith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world peace?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post modernism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Postmodernism is Rebellion against God and His Word</title><summary type='text'>As suspected...Postmodernism is basically a revolution against the God of the Bible. His authority stands in the way of fallen humanity who wants to be in full control of its own affairs. People are no longer willing to comply with God’s guidelines and want to be free to do as they please. In Psalm 2, in which the Kingship of the Lord Jesus on earth is confirmed, world leaders urge one another to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/9120203506994283803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=9120203506994283803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9120203506994283803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9120203506994283803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/postmodernism-is-rebellion-against-god.html' title='Postmodernism is Rebellion against God and His Word'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3923451251658751351</id><published>2010-08-10T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T13:00:02.363-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schools'/><title type='text'>Today's Quote</title><summary type='text'>Quote of the day...Most homeschoolers don’t homeschool just to isolate their children from the public education system (as is often claimed), but they want to ensure their children are taught critical thinking skills (which by and large are sadly lacking in public education—particular in science when it comes to origins), and to teach them a Christian worldview. -Ken Ham, Homeschoolers Excelling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3923451251658751351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3923451251658751351' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3923451251658751351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3923451251658751351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/todays-quote_10.html' title='Today&apos;s Quote'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5724486071779048051</id><published>2010-08-10T06:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T07:10:10.153-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schools'/><title type='text'>Is More Contemplatve Spirituality about to be taught to Canadian School Teachers?</title><summary type='text'>First it was Tony Campolo, then Ruth Haley Barton, who recently came to train our Canadian Christian teachers in Roman Catholic contemplative spirituality. [See Look who's Teaching the Teachers and A Thing called The Great Silence (and who's talking about it)]Next month - it's Crest. If you check out the upcoming Christian Schools Canada conferences...Upcoming Conferenceshttp://www.cpabc.ca/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5724486071779048051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5724486071779048051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5724486071779048051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5724486071779048051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-more-contemplatve-spirituality-about.html' title='Is More Contemplatve Spirituality about to be taught to Canadian School Teachers?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6219933311507714409</id><published>2010-08-09T21:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T21:25:26.018-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><title type='text'>Is There Any Proof of Jesus Other Than the Bible?</title><summary type='text'>Here's a good thing to watch and pass on...Is There Any Proof of Jesus Other Than the Bible?www.youtube.comThis one's about Myth #1, the "historical Jesus" is different from the Jesus of the Bible. I discovered that you can watch not only this, but lots more myths busted (i.e. that Jesus did not claim to be God, the Gospels contradict one another and contain fiction, Jesus never really rose from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6219933311507714409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6219933311507714409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6219933311507714409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6219933311507714409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-there-any-proof-of-jesus-other-than.html' title='Is There Any Proof of Jesus Other Than the Bible?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6147894824124486460</id><published>2010-08-09T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T21:34:38.372-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting things'/><title type='text'>Nice Thing of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Awww...this has got to be one of the nicest things I've ever seen on a Monday...Molly the most famous owlFor all you who who are bird watchers out there. :)And that was not a typo.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6147894824124486460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6147894824124486460' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6147894824124486460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6147894824124486460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/nice-thing-of-week.html' title='Nice Thing of the Week'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5067216684946172395</id><published>2010-08-09T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T19:54:00.264-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Something is going to happen</title><summary type='text'>Something is happening this Wednesday. I have to say it or it will not happen. No, I am not speaking anything into existence...just keeping myself accountable. Now there is no turning back.Curious?You'll see.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5067216684946172395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5067216684946172395' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5067216684946172395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5067216684946172395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/something-is-going-to-happen.html' title='Something is going to happen'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-615531351368513839</id><published>2010-08-09T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T09:22:35.700-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='persecuted church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eastern religions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Julia Roberts Converted to What?</title><summary type='text'>Ahhhh...seriously? Is it true that Hollywood star Julia Roberts, the daughter of a Baptist and a Catholic, has converted to Hinduism after filming ‘Eat, Pray, Love'?  Yes, it's true, says Julia Roberts: "I'm Definitely A Practicing Hindu"!Go figure! I guess it's no different than George Harrison converting to Hinduism in the 60's which was instrumental in bringing Eastern religion to the West (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/615531351368513839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=615531351368513839' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/615531351368513839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/615531351368513839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/julia-roberts-converted-to-what.html' title='Julia Roberts Converted to What?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6576982621347818482</id><published>2010-08-09T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T07:41:33.579-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='persecuted by the church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='persecuted church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Foxe's Book of Martyrs</title><summary type='text'>A few things about that Foxe's Book of Martyrs book:"What I find is ironic, no, in fact pathetic, is how little attention this work receives in Christian churches, colleges and seminaries today (of the Protestant perspective). I have talked with numerous students and professors from a variety of Christian educational institutions and find that, for the most part, the work commonly called Foxe’s </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6576982621347818482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6576982621347818482' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6576982621347818482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6576982621347818482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/foxes-book-of-martyrs.html' title='Foxe&apos;s Book of Martyrs'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1883514962054088624</id><published>2010-08-08T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T07:33:47.367-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interfaith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world peace?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global things'/><title type='text'>Carl Teichrib Interview</title><summary type='text'>Here's a thing that all Christians have GOT to listen to. That goes for all of you who just drop in here every day and but rarely bother to click on the links.July 31, 2010 - Hour 1Carl Teichrib is Jan's guest. He was an "observer" at the "G8 World Religions Summit" in Winnipeg in late June. Even evangelicals gathered there to praise "mother earth," invoke spirits, and focus on "social justice." </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1883514962054088624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1883514962054088624' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1883514962054088624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1883514962054088624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/carl-teichrib-interview.html' title='Carl Teichrib Interview'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4784393899108475547</id><published>2010-08-08T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T06:00:05.254-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Beautiful Thing</title><summary type='text'>Check out this incredible painting of the resurrection by Christian artist Ron DiCianni.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4784393899108475547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4784393899108475547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4784393899108475547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4784393899108475547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/beautiful-thing.html' title='A Beautiful Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5377255352250848886</id><published>2010-08-07T22:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-07T23:05:27.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>The 2010 Willow Creek Leadership Summit Thing is Over</title><summary type='text'>This past week it's been rather sad to see that a local church in our city hosted the 2010 Willow Creek Leadership Summit via satellite. There have been more than a few problems with the speaker lineups of these summits right from the start. While there are sometimes a few good speakers at these things, there are always just as many questionable choices thrown into the compromising mixture. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5377255352250848886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5377255352250848886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5377255352250848886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5377255352250848886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-willow-creek-leadership-summit.html' title='The 2010 Willow Creek Leadership Summit Thing is Over'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7257218543985283545</id><published>2010-08-06T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T09:00:00.795-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>The Giant Skeleton Thing</title><summary type='text'>The first time I saw these pictures, I wanted to believe them. Then I learned about the deceiving qualities of photoshop. Now I can't count how many times over the last few months that I've been sent the same e-mail forward thingy from well meaning Christians with pictures of giant skeletons that have been found in the Saudi Arabian desert, 'proving' the existence of giants in Bible times.But </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7257218543985283545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7257218543985283545' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7257218543985283545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7257218543985283545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/giant-skeleton-thing.html' title='The Giant Skeleton Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4227067511428432474</id><published>2010-08-06T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T08:42:35.087-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Christian Reviews for Teen Fiction?</title><summary type='text'>A reader who has a teenager that loves to read (mostly fiction) needs help with a question, so I thought I'd toss it out there... Do you know of a good source that reviews from a solid Christian perspective?Does anyone have an answer? So far the only thing I've been able to find for Christian reviews of teen fiction is this:Novel Teennovelteen.wordpress.comAnd other suggestions will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4227067511428432474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4227067511428432474' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4227067511428432474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4227067511428432474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/christian-reviews-for-teen-fiction.html' title='Christian Reviews for Teen Fiction?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5845760765610594988</id><published>2010-08-04T06:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T06:25:00.569-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Apostates in the Church</title><summary type='text'>This is why we have the McLarens, Pagitts, and Bells..."not all apostates leave the church. Some remain in it. Some remain in it for a time and eventually leave. But many remain in the church to propagate their corrupting heresies to destroy the church and its message and its impact. This is precisely what Satan desires to do. I think this is his priority operation. That's why Satan himself is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5845760765610594988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5845760765610594988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5845760765610594988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5845760765610594988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/apostates-in-church.html' title='Apostates in the Church'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8004642991392500542</id><published>2010-08-03T22:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T22:11:22.712-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='testimonies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><title type='text'>The Power of God's Written Word over Mystical Experiences</title><summary type='text'>I just read a very good testimony at Sola Sisters blog by someone who was deceived by mysticism. It's preceded by this note:Note: this testimony was written for Sola Sisters by a friend and sister in Christ, guest writer Valerie Leone, after I urged her to write down her harrowing experiences with mysticism.  Valerie had these experiences as a believer.  Her testimony is a wonderful exhortation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8004642991392500542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8004642991392500542' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8004642991392500542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8004642991392500542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/power-of-gods-written-word-over.html' title='The Power of God&apos;s Written Word over Mystical Experiences'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5623273155780134085</id><published>2010-08-03T07:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T08:08:15.896-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Un-Christian Books at Parable Christian Stores</title><summary type='text'>As far as I know, there are two Scott’s Parable Christian Stores in Canada – Red Deer (Alberta), and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan). (There are quite a few more US Parable Christian Stores locations.) The shopincanada.com ad for both stores says:Buy Scott's Parable Christian Stores. We are your trusted source for Bibles, Christian books, Christian music, videos, gifts and accompaniment tapes.Here are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5623273155780134085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5623273155780134085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5623273155780134085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5623273155780134085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/un-christian-books-at-parable-christian.html' title='Un-Christian Books at Parable Christian Stores'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-650945748681685306</id><published>2010-08-03T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T06:30:00.403-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><title type='text'>Today's Quote</title><summary type='text'>A good thing to remember..."We should not be followers of other people, as the chances are good that we will be deceived. Rather do intensive Bible study and allow the Holy Spirit to be your Tutor."-Instant Conversions and the Absence of SanctificationProf. Johan Malanwww.bibleguidance.co.za</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/650945748681685306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=650945748681685306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/650945748681685306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/650945748681685306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/todays-quote.html' title='Today&apos;s Quote'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-9110118292375875904</id><published>2010-08-02T07:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T16:12:47.500-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><title type='text'>The Problem with Discernment</title><summary type='text'>An important part of having biblical discernment is using it to warn others who don’t have discernment, or are not using discernment because they are not spending time in the Word (either they don’t have time, or are not interested, don’t know how to, and would rather listen to chewed cud). Either way, true discernment a rare thing these days, and it takes discernment to know how to use </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/9110118292375875904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=9110118292375875904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9110118292375875904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9110118292375875904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/problem-with-discernment.html' title='The Problem with Discernment'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1709425753822138120</id><published>2010-08-01T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T05:00:01.835-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post modernism'/><title type='text'>Books in the Light of God's Word</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever thought about this...If Jesus came to our Churches today, what would He find?“And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1709425753822138120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1709425753822138120' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1709425753822138120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1709425753822138120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/books-in-light-of-gods-word.html' title='Books in the Light of God&apos;s Word'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-511527750689271582</id><published>2010-07-31T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-31T07:04:00.488-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Undocumented Claims of the Horus/Osiris/Jesus Thing</title><summary type='text'>Remember the Zeitgeist movie that was devoted to allegations of Jesus being nothing more than a combination of pagan deities? Here's another interesting thing that counters the claims that the attributes of Jesus were copied from Egyptian deities by the gospel writers to create their own new god.Of all the pagan copycat candidates, Osiris and Horus are two that look if any to be a major threat. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/511527750689271582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=511527750689271582' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/511527750689271582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/511527750689271582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/undocumented-claims-of-horusosirisjesus.html' title='Undocumented Claims of the Horus/Osiris/Jesus Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3631535839204662502</id><published>2010-07-30T08:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-30T08:56:49.288-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emerging church'/><title type='text'>Books at the Bible Gateway General Store</title><summary type='text'>So it's like this. I clicked on the 'General Store' at Biblegateway.com and, using the search engine, I discovered that you can buy just about any book there that calls itself Christian. Not only can you buy The Shack (the ad started popping up on the main page when their store opened last October), they also sell anything Rick Warren, Richard Foster, Henri Nouwen, Rob Bell, Brian McLaren, Peter </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3631535839204662502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3631535839204662502' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3631535839204662502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3631535839204662502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/books-at-bible-gateway-general-store.html' title='Books at the Bible Gateway General Store'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1278668835788429617</id><published>2010-07-29T08:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T08:31:01.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>Dinosaurs and Men Together?</title><summary type='text'>Did you know...According to most contemporary geologists and paleontologists, the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period. We can see them today, certainly, as petrified remains in the rock walls at Dinosaur National Monument or on display at The Field Museum in Chicago. We can buy bits and pieces of them in little plastic bags at roadside fossil shops in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1278668835788429617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1278668835788429617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1278668835788429617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1278668835788429617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/dinosaurs-and-men-together.html' title='Dinosaurs and Men Together?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8795972900994528134</id><published>2010-07-29T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T06:30:01.454-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emerging church'/><title type='text'>Emergent Christianity isn't really Christian at all!</title><summary type='text'>What do Doug Pagitt, Rob Bell, and Brian McLaren have in common?Heaven, Hell, and Emergent HeresyBy Eric BargerTake A Stand! MinistriesWhen one does a careful evaluation of the teachings of Emergent leaders, such as Doug Pagitt, Rob Bell, and Brian McLaren, it becomes apparent that they do not believe that Heaven, as described in the Bible, actually exists. Even clearer is their denunciation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8795972900994528134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8795972900994528134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8795972900994528134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8795972900994528134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/emergent-christianity-isnt-really.html' title='Emergent Christianity isn&apos;t really Christian at all!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5410251687627026091</id><published>2010-07-28T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T22:38:02.529-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the RW word'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world peace?'/><title type='text'>New books you won't find in your local store</title><summary type='text'>A few weeks ago I was quite pleasantly surprised to find a book published by ~gasp~ Lighthouse Trails Publishing in our local Christian book store! Out of India by Caryl Matrisciana is not only a biography, but also an expose on the New Age movement and how eastern spirituality crossed over to the west through yoga and transcendental meditation and the Beatles, so you can imagine how happy I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5410251687627026091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5410251687627026091' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5410251687627026091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5410251687627026091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-books-you-wont-find-in-your-local.html' title='New books you won&apos;t find in your local store'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4202401312830209206</id><published>2010-07-28T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T20:03:35.969-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>A New Thing - How to Guarantee Blog Traffic and Comments!</title><summary type='text'>Eureka! I'm onto a new thing. I have just discovered how to get more readers to comment on this blog - I mean, I know you are out there, my stats tell me so, but I read somewhere once that only 1% of blog readers actually comment. But that is all going to change. It seems I have apparently stumbled upon the golden secret to getting blog reader feedback! Perhaps, if it works, I should write a book</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4202401312830209206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4202401312830209206' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4202401312830209206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4202401312830209206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-thing-how-to-gurantee-blog-traffic.html' title='A New Thing - How to Guarantee Blog Traffic and Comments!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8310417998985091305</id><published>2010-07-28T07:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T07:42:08.550-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecumenism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emerging church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catholicism'/><title type='text'>The Pentecostals and the Monks</title><summary type='text'>The other day I came across this thing about the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary's Mr. Taylor and the monks. This article (Bridges across the divide: Protestants are adopting elements of Catholic spirituality) originally appeared in the National Catholic Reporter (Dec 15, 2006), and this is what we read about half way into it (links at the end)...~ ~ ~The Pentecostals and the monksA small </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8310417998985091305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8310417998985091305' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8310417998985091305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8310417998985091305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/pentecostals-and-monks.html' title='The Pentecostals and the Monks'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5848842005740991810</id><published>2010-07-27T07:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T07:32:54.385-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><title type='text'>Assemblies of God Seminary Promoting Contemplative Books and Things</title><summary type='text'>I read about it last week...This Assemblies of God Theological Seminary course was taught in Fall of 2009 by Jay Taylor, D. Min., and Melody Palm, Psy.D.It is titled, Emotional and Spiritual Formation of the Leader, but is also termed as Emotional and Spiritual Formation of the Minister.Here are three of the required textbooks:Kenneth Boa, Conformed to His Image: Biblical and Practical Approaches</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5848842005740991810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5848842005740991810' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5848842005740991810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5848842005740991810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/assemblies-of-god-seminary-promoting.html' title='Assemblies of God Seminary Promoting Contemplative Books and Things'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4089126139251773743</id><published>2010-07-26T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-03T08:35:30.358-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>The Contemplative Way according to Kenneth Boa</title><summary type='text'>In Chapter 14 (called Devotional Spirituality The Contemplative Way) in ‘Conformed to His Image: Biblical and Practical Approaches to Spiritual Formation,’ contemplative author Kenneth Boa writes:
“Because some people have negative associations with the idea of contemplation, let me make three points that should help reduce confusion."
(page 166)The first thing Boa brings up is that the practice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4089126139251773743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4089126139251773743' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4089126139251773743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4089126139251773743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/contemplative-way-according-to-kenneth.html' title='The Contemplative Way according to Kenneth Boa'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4754717437217142891</id><published>2010-07-26T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T10:18:03.501-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><title type='text'>It began in the garden...</title><summary type='text'>"The war against truth is nothing new, of course. It began in the garden when the serpent said to the woman, “Has God indeed said . . . ?” (Genesis 3:1). A relentless battle has raged ever since between truth and falsehood, good and evil, light and dark­ness, assurance and doubt, belief and scepticism, righteousness and sin. It is a savage spiritual conflict that literally spans all of human </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4754717437217142891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4754717437217142891' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4754717437217142891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4754717437217142891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/it-began-in-garden.html' title='It began in the garden...'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7287022132731107919</id><published>2010-07-20T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-20T11:07:17.449-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting things'/><title type='text'>Interesting things of the week</title><summary type='text'>I'm still officially on a summer blogging break, but that doesn't mean I've stopped doing some summer surfing on the web now and then. Here are a few interesting things I've read that I didn't want to let slip by...I shall quickly blog them and get back to my summer...First of all, if you've been following the one world religion thing, you will definitely want to read this amazing report by Carl </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7287022132731107919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7287022132731107919' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7287022132731107919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7287022132731107919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/interesting-things-of-week.html' title='Interesting things of the week'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7466008752698412100</id><published>2010-07-11T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T08:25:36.255-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Summer Break</title><summary type='text'>As summer has finally arrived here in the great rainy north, I've been spending a good part of the week in the garden, raking, planting, watering and getting sun burnt. It's my favorite way of getting away from technology and noise and everything else that robs our time. Aside from the back breaking work, I love having time to just talk with God. By the way, do you know that God is really into </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7466008752698412100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7466008752698412100' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7466008752698412100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7466008752698412100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-break.html' title='Summer Break'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uXmrrJIuuIk/TDniP1N6EoI/AAAAAAAAGJo/6GURRxXdkas/s72-c/DSCN6583.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5297564527129221052</id><published>2010-07-10T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T13:38:29.881-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>Old Earth View Book Influences well known Pastor</title><summary type='text'>The book is called Genesis Unbound: A Provocative New Look at the Creation Account by John Sailhamer. A review at Answers in Genesis tells us that while this author is among the first rank of Hebrew and Old Testament scholars, in this book he holds to a kind of modified gap theory with many fanciful ideas, absurd claims, and theological problems. The book review concludes...While there are some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5297564527129221052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5297564527129221052' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5297564527129221052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5297564527129221052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/old-earth-view-book-influences-well.html' title='Old Earth View Book Influences well known Pastor'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7721823032322805059</id><published>2010-07-10T06:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-10T07:08:04.705-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>Book Review: Present Perfect</title><summary type='text'>Present PerfectPublished by Zondervan 2010[I]n their scheme of spirituality, in one way or another, contemplatives are forced to deny the sin nature … Any denial of a sin nature affirms the “self” and the “self” neither wants nor needs a Savior!Book Review by Larry DeBruynThe “Spiritual Secret” of Greg Boyd.“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7721823032322805059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7721823032322805059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7721823032322805059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7721823032322805059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/book-review-present-perfect.html' title='Book Review: Present Perfect'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1998995887596952773</id><published>2010-07-09T21:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T08:12:46.067-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><title type='text'>Just some things the Bible answer man said...</title><summary type='text'>As I was driving home today I finally finished listening to the uplifting end of an MP3 set on the book of Revelation by David Hocking (it's taken months), when I made the mistake of switching on AM radio. The Bible Answer Man program just happened to be on. Aghast, I was too stupified to turn it off as I actually heard the so called Bible answer man say that the church has always existed, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1998995887596952773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1998995887596952773' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1998995887596952773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1998995887596952773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/just-some-things-bible-answer-man-said.html' title='Just some things the Bible answer man said...'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7036273889817909795</id><published>2010-07-09T08:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T07:36:51.694-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interfaith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecumenism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global things'/><title type='text'>Latest Interfaith Green Thing</title><summary type='text'>Have you heard about the latest interfaith green thing? Thanks to the oil disaster and organizations such as the Evangelical Environmental Network (remember the "What Would Jesus Drive" campaign), the Action Center of Reform Judaism, the Sierra Club and the National Council of Churches and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, there is a  push for an interfaith ecological 'Great Awakening.'</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7036273889817909795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7036273889817909795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7036273889817909795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7036273889817909795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/latest-interfaith-green-thing.html' title='Latest Interfaith Green Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8424908770546882555</id><published>2010-07-09T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:31:23.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speakers'/><title type='text'>Some Summer Conferences</title><summary type='text'>Tired of hearing about the same old church leadership conference thing...the same old summits, gatherings and conferences with the same old speakers, or new ones with the same 'next level,' 'creative,' grow your church/CEO message repackaged, with maybe a few false teachers and politicians thrown in (to boost bookings and ticket sales)?Well, here are some free Christian conferences that people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8424908770546882555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8424908770546882555' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8424908770546882555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8424908770546882555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-summer-conferences.html' title='Some Summer Conferences'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7018300622104121018</id><published>2010-07-08T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T09:45:00.520-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><title type='text'>50 things that make you wonder...</title><summary type='text'>Here's a thing I read last night that really does make one wonder what has happened to America...50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To Americatheeconomiccollapseblog.comAt the same time, another interesting poll I found says that...Many Americans expect Jesus' return by 2050www.ynetnews.com(Plus some other interesting results.)</summary><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6777712677680965840</id><published>2010-07-08T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T07:06:14.007-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><title type='text'>The books and things of John Paul Jackson</title><summary type='text'>I was recently e-mailed by a reader who has concerns about John Paul Jackson’s Association of Bridge Churches (www.bridgechurches.com) and his books and teachings that seem to be flying under the radar. As I looked into it, I was amazed how it was like opening a Pandora's box, so to speak, of false teaching. (Note: due to the length of his name, I will refer to John Paul Jackson in the rest of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6777712677680965840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6777712677680965840' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6777712677680965840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6777712677680965840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/books-and-things-of-john-paul-jackson.html' title='The books and things of John Paul Jackson'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7903013540580005386</id><published>2010-07-07T08:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T08:58:00.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><title type='text'>The HUing Thing</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that people all over the globe are singing or chanting the HU? No? I had never heard of this thing either, but it sounds like a form of contemplative prayer. If you are curious, check it out here:To HU or not to HU, that is the questionwww.renewamerica.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7903013540580005386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7903013540580005386' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7903013540580005386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7903013540580005386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/huing-thing.html' title='The HUing Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6963565292212195293</id><published>2010-07-07T04:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T07:49:41.499-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>Shame on Pastors who invite The Shack's Author to their Churches</title><summary type='text'>In Appendix 5 of Burning Down the Shack, James B. De Young writes that the author of The Shack, Paul Young, is clearly..."...hiding the fact that he does not attend or belong to a local church, and hasn't for many years. By his views he has also influenced people to bring about church splits near his home town. And how could he belong to a local church? It would violate what he believes - that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6963565292212195293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6963565292212195293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6963565292212195293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6963565292212195293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/shame-on-pastors-who-invite-shacks.html' title='Shame on Pastors who invite The Shack&apos;s Author to their Churches'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8255981743721008023</id><published>2010-07-06T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T21:49:51.709-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speakers'/><title type='text'>If it's not one thing it's another!</title><summary type='text'>As if it's not bad enough that Bill Hybels has invited word of faith prosperity teacher TD Jakes to his upcoming Global Leadership Summit (see here), and that Rick Warren is now endorsing an upcoming book by a word of faith prosperity 'doctor of destiny,' now there's another kooky word of faith thing in the works.Todd Bentley to do a Reality Show for the Discovery Channel?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8255981743721008023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8255981743721008023' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8255981743721008023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8255981743721008023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/if-its-not-one-thing-its-another.html' title='If it&apos;s not one thing it&apos;s another!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1591249230853996632</id><published>2010-07-06T16:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T08:57:29.040-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the RW word'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>It's Your Destiny</title><summary type='text'>Dr. LaVerne Adams, The Doctor of Destiny, says..."DON'T WAIT FOR FATE TO JUST HAPPEN TO YOU!THIS COULD BE FATAL! MAKE A DESTINY DECISION TO ADVANCE TOWARD MAKING YOUR DESTINY DREAM YOUR CURRENT REALITY!  CONTACT ME TODAY! I CAN HELP YOU GET STARTED ON THE JOURNEY OF LIVING THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS!"-http://www.divinedestinydoctor.com/The website also says that Ms. Adams, Doctor of Destiny, has "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1591249230853996632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1591249230853996632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1591249230853996632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1591249230853996632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-your-destiny.html' title='It&apos;s Your Destiny'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2021877269628731592</id><published>2010-07-06T08:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T09:07:28.309-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Why Discernment Ministries Are Not Having a Huge Effect</title><summary type='text'>It's not often that while I am reading an article about this subject on a Christian website that I am inwardly jumping up and down and yelling "Yes, yes, YES, and AMEN!" This is one such article, and here's what it addresses:"With the huge number of “discernment ministries” filling cyberspace who  daily document and warn about these and an embarrassingly large host of  others, why is it that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2021877269628731592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2021877269628731592' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2021877269628731592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2021877269628731592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-discernment-ministries-are-not.html' title='Why Discernment Ministries Are Not Having a Huge Effect'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1280194041998011921</id><published>2010-07-06T01:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T01:50:00.446-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>Things we should expect to see in a Christian novel</title><summary type='text'>In Appendix 2 of Burning Down the Shack, James B. De Young answers a common question that people ask of those criticizing The Shack: Isn't it Just Fiction Anyway?De Young says that even in fiction that is professed to be a Christian work there are some things we should expect to see..."...we expect a Christian writer to write in accord with truth already revealed and not contradict what is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1280194041998011921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1280194041998011921' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1280194041998011921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1280194041998011921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/things-we-should-expect-to-see-in.html' title='Things we should expect to see in a Christian novel'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-376506048280154403</id><published>2010-07-05T07:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T07:42:03.710-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>The Shack's Father Co-Crucified with the Son</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that The Shack's author depicts the Father as co-crucified with Jesus?  The book not only asserts that the Father (Papa) died with Jesus but also assumes that the scars of the crucifixion are still both on his hands and on the hands of Jesus (p 95, 102). In Burning Down The Shack, quite a few pages are devoted to examining the true nature of God and the death of Christ. On page 27 we</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/376506048280154403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=376506048280154403' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/376506048280154403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/376506048280154403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/shacks-father-co-crucified-with-son.html' title='The Shack&apos;s Father Co-Crucified with the Son'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-166588731324329812</id><published>2010-07-05T06:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T07:13:22.337-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global things'/><title type='text'>Is this something Christians are instructed to do? [updated]</title><summary type='text'>Are we as Christians instructed in the Bible to join with people of all faiths (and Jim Wallis and politicians and the UN) to reach the Millennium goals and eradicate poverty and malaria? Or put it like this...if you are a Christian, would you have a sense of unity and purpose with the folks in this room...G8 Interfaith Summithttp://100huntley.com/video.php?id=qzkmxh45k24UPDATED:Uniting Religions</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/166588731324329812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=166588731324329812' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/166588731324329812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/166588731324329812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-this-something-christians-are.html' title='Is this something Christians are instructed to do? [updated]'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3946839856741457611</id><published>2010-07-04T20:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T14:22:25.505-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><title type='text'>The Canada Awakening Thing</title><summary type='text'>Faytene Kryskow has been promoting the latest thing she's all fired up about called the Canada Awakening Conference which is happening this month in Toronto (July 22-24). [See youtube here.]Faytene (www.faytene.ca) is an energetic, highly motivated young lady who sincerely (but incorrectly) believes God has called this generation to change the face of  the earth, and that He is raising up a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3946839856741457611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3946839856741457611' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3946839856741457611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3946839856741457611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/canada-awakening-thing.html' title='The Canada Awakening Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8873817455332005685</id><published>2010-07-03T01:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T07:37:02.183-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>No Devil in The Shack</title><summary type='text'>It's not always what a person says that reveals their beliefs, but also what they don't say.In Burning Down the Shack, James B. De Young addresses Paul Young's distorted view of sin and evil in The Shack. Not only is this view a distortion of the role of our enemy Satan and the spiritual battle which the Bible says we are in, it is a complete omission of his existence."For Paul Young to fail to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8873817455332005685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8873817455332005685' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8873817455332005685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8873817455332005685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-devil-in-shack.html' title='No Devil in The Shack'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6042882745960801824</id><published>2010-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T10:06:40.462-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the RW word'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Saddleback's Esoteric Book Promotion</title><summary type='text'>It's no news that for several years now certain contemplative books have been promoted on the website of the church of America's favorite, most influential pastor. One such book is the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun (2005 InterVarsity Press). {To see the Saddleback church promotion of this book, click here.}This is a book that is given over completely to a very heavy dose</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6042882745960801824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6042882745960801824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6042882745960801824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6042882745960801824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/saddlebacks-esoteric-book-promotion.html' title='Saddleback&apos;s Esoteric Book Promotion'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6961086823139100989</id><published>2010-07-02T01:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T07:33:08.989-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>The Shack  - Based on Truth or Emotions?</title><summary type='text'>Is The Shack based on biblical truth or emotions?On page 175 of Burning Down The Shack, author James De Young writes that..."Paul Young's initial belief in or conviction of universal reconciliation...leads him to the perception that much in evangelical faith is false or distorted and should be questioned. In interviews he asserts that he questions virtually everything. This perception fuels his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6961086823139100989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6961086823139100989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6961086823139100989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6961086823139100989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/shack-based-on-truth-or-emotions.html' title='The Shack  - Based on Truth or Emotions?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4992974221763920083</id><published>2010-07-01T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T11:33:14.492-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Good Things about Today</title><summary type='text'>Today is Canada Day and it's a great day!It's also that time of year when our big bills are paid up - income taxes, fire insurance, property tax, etc. And now, to make it even more expensive to live here, today is also the day that the long awaited, dreaded HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) comes into effect here in B.C. This means that from now on, there will be a a combined tax of the 5% GST and 7% </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4992974221763920083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4992974221763920083' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4992974221763920083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4992974221763920083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-good-things-about-today.html' title='Some Good Things about Today'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3658043502028937463</id><published>2010-06-30T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T16:40:51.575-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interfaith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>The Things they are saying about the Cross these days!</title><summary type='text'>Here are some things they are saying about the Cross these days...Brian McLaren says the Cross is false advertising for God.His friend Marcus Borg has said that the worst distortion of the Cross is the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, and the "Jesus died for our sin" interpretation (that the whole purpose of Jesus was to die a bloody death for us). Borg was reported to have said that this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3658043502028937463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3658043502028937463' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3658043502028937463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3658043502028937463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/things-they-are-saying-about-cross.html' title='The Things they are saying about the Cross these days!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8779636680051950794</id><published>2010-06-30T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T09:05:12.313-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interesting things'/><title type='text'>Music - a Powerful and Mystical Thing</title><summary type='text'>If music possesses a mysterious power to sway the soul, does the musical preferences of Christians hinder or facilitate the Holy Spirit’s work in their souls? Larry DeBruyn answers this important question here:The Music and the Mysticalguardinghisflock.comThere is a difference between Godly worship music and simply emotional music. Music that is truly worshipful turns your thoughts toward God. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8779636680051950794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8779636680051950794' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8779636680051950794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8779636680051950794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/music-powerful-and-mystical-thing.html' title='Music - a Powerful and Mystical Thing'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1617162527169802081</id><published>2010-06-30T00:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T09:31:56.464-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><title type='text'>Five Things to help you Meditate like Monks, from Willow Creek</title><summary type='text'>For all those who balk at the pesky warnings from discernment ministries that mainstream evangelical protestant church leadership in general has left biblical discernment and is turning to Roman Catholic contemplative mysticism, here's a prime example for proof; The Daily Office, brought to you by leadership idolizer Bill Hybels and Willow Creek (June 10):5 things to include in the Daily Office </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1617162527169802081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1617162527169802081' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1617162527169802081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1617162527169802081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/five-things-to-help-you-meditate-like.html' title='Five Things to help you Meditate like Monks, from Willow Creek'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3429806699195779512</id><published>2010-06-29T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T09:15:27.774-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Test All Things and Recognize Apostasy</title><summary type='text'>Test All ThingsOne such command is, “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (1 Thess. 5:21). How do believers “test all things”? One of the greatest gifts given to us by God is a reliable standard of divine truth through the closed canon of Scripture. The Holy Spirit, who authored the Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20-21), is not schizophrenic. It is impossible for the Holy Spirit to say one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3429806699195779512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3429806699195779512' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3429806699195779512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3429806699195779512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/test-all-things-and-recognize-apostasy.html' title='Test All Things and Recognize Apostasy'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4717919609226432092</id><published>2010-06-29T08:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T08:59:00.317-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Are you devoted to the Bible or The Shack?</title><summary type='text'>"Every reader of the novel needs to reflect on this question: Does my devotion to the story of the novel and what it tells me about relationship with God exceed my devotion to God as presented in the Bible? In other words, would I rather read "The Shack" instead of the Bible? Or, if I discover a conflict between what the Bible says and what "The Shack" says, do I choose to go with Paul Young and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4717919609226432092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4717919609226432092' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4717919609226432092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4717919609226432092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/are-you-devoted-to-bible-or-shack.html' title='Are you devoted to the Bible or The Shack?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4272015988547790604</id><published>2010-06-28T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T12:39:16.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>The Shack's Author said What?</title><summary type='text'>Has the author of The Shack just spelled out his own doom and demise, or will his gullible fans continue to follow this author and his dangerous book down the wide path to destruction?On Friday night, author and researcher Ray Yungen attended a lecture at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon to hear The Shack author William Paul Young. The name of Young’s talk was “Can God Really Be That Good</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4272015988547790604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4272015988547790604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4272015988547790604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4272015988547790604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/shacks-author-said-what.html' title='The Shack&apos;s Author said What?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8393009754397785472</id><published>2010-06-28T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T10:47:19.188-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>The Culture or the Cross?</title><summary type='text'>I read an article at The Christian Post this morning by a well known pastor (who learned his methods from RW, who learned his methods from Robert Schuller) who says that in order to reach people today, the church has to interpret and define the culture, identify idols and understand the ways in which sin has destroyed the community (1). This kind of thinking in North America typically involves </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8393009754397785472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8393009754397785472' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8393009754397785472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8393009754397785472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/culture-or-cross.html' title='The Culture or the Cross?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-526851923160875435</id><published>2010-06-28T08:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T08:39:39.767-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><title type='text'>The Problem with Christian Leadership Today</title><summary type='text'>One of the ministries on the previous chart that gets a big fat zero for overall rating is that of Benny Hinn. Part of the reason might be the tacky things they sell, as you can read about in the following article, but the main reason why Hinn and leaders like him have a bad reputation is this:There are many ways in which the church in the Western world has assimilated the methods and thinking of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/526851923160875435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=526851923160875435' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/526851923160875435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/526851923160875435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/problem-with-christian-leadership-today.html' title='The Problem with Christian Leadership Today'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2923053173421686166</id><published>2010-06-27T00:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T00:45:00.804-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='angels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Angel Book</title><summary type='text'>I think Todd Bentley might like this book...Author Sees Angels, and Her Book's a Bestsellerwww.foxnews.comHT: christianresearchnetwork.comHere's the truth about angels...Close Encounters of the Celestial Kind:Evaluating Today's Angel Crazeby Ron Rhodeshttp://www.ronrhodes.org/AngelsArticle.htmlBut though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2923053173421686166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2923053173421686166' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2923053173421686166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2923053173421686166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/angel-book.html' title='Angel Book'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1593880042285927664</id><published>2010-06-26T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T19:45:10.615-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecumenism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speakers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>Some things I jotted down while watching Epicenter</title><summary type='text'>Okay, so I just listened to General Boykin speak this morning live at the Epicenter Conference. He spoke on nine principals of spiritual warfare (which he based on Carl von Clausewitz and his book "On War"). I heartily agree with some very good things he said about prayer and sharing the gospel, and staying focused on the ministry God has called each one of us to, and not getting focused on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1593880042285927664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1593880042285927664' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1593880042285927664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1593880042285927664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-things-i-jotted-down-while.html' title='Some things I jotted down while watching Epicenter'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-767207489068509472</id><published>2010-06-26T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-26T09:19:36.097-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='persecuted church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eastern religions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Wake Up</title><summary type='text'>Since there are more Americans reading this blog than Canadians, I would like to say, wakey wakey America...Dearborn Police: Defending Islam against the Constitution www.youtube.com[HT: While You Were Sleepingdefendingcontending.com]Related:Islamic Law Comes to Dearborn www.humanevents.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/767207489068509472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=767207489068509472' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/767207489068509472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/767207489068509472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/wake-up.html' title='Wake Up'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6311839570337636237</id><published>2010-06-25T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T13:47:22.763-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freemasonry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conspiracies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speakers'/><title type='text'>What's with this thing?</title><summary type='text'>In regards to the Epicenter Conference, I came across something quite interesting the other day. One of the speakers is (retired) General Boykin, a nice gentleman who has also spoken over the last several years at various Calvary Chapel conferences, which is the main reason this thing caught my eye and made me say, huh?It's something that is linked to, oddly enough, Todd Bentley and the man-made </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6311839570337636237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6311839570337636237' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6311839570337636237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6311839570337636237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/whats-with-this-thing.html' title='What&apos;s with this thing?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4068724165025194940</id><published>2010-06-25T06:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T07:06:16.810-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Burning Down The Shack</title><summary type='text'>Because life has been so very busy, I’ve not been able to finish the book I’m reading called Burning Down The Shack. I had hoped to have written a review by now, but I would like to at least get started as this is a very important book to read, especially for those who have already read The Shack. The author of this excellent critique, James B. De Young, does not mess around. Frankly, I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4068724165025194940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4068724165025194940' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4068724165025194940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4068724165025194940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/burning-down-shack.html' title='Burning Down The Shack'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7847669550030407078</id><published>2010-06-24T14:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T14:45:07.545-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contemplative spirituality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apostasy'/><title type='text'>Evangelical Leaders and Mysticism</title><summary type='text'>Hmmm...the common thread seems to always be Richard Foster and his books...Anyways, what I am listening to while I have my afternoon coffee break is a very fascinating interview on Crosstalk Radio of Christine Pack from Sola Sisters. It's a good one. Listen here:Evangelical Leaders Pushing MysticismJune 24www.crosstalkamerica.comOooh...I just can't tell you how much I can relate to this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7847669550030407078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7847669550030407078' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7847669550030407078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7847669550030407078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/evangelical-leaders-and-mysticism.html' title='Evangelical Leaders and Mysticism'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2975293727956344326</id><published>2010-06-24T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T10:59:19.588-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><title type='text'>Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 4)</title><summary type='text'>We may have finished our fourth and final Way of the Master evangelism class last night, but that was only the beginning. After we were done, we put into practice what we learned. Of course there's way too much to write down, but here's how it went...The truth is, I didn't want to go last night. It's been a very busy week (and month) and yesterday I was particularly exhausted, so much so that I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2975293727956344326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2975293727956344326' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2975293727956344326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2975293727956344326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/way-of-master-evangelism-course-and_24.html' title='Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 4)'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3499763321878351144</id><published>2010-06-23T08:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T08:12:01.601-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cults'/><title type='text'>Some Things about the Watchtower</title><summary type='text'>The following is an excerpt from Fast Facts on False Teachings, a book written by Ed Decker and Dr. Ron Carlson...There are five important facts to remember about the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Organization.1. They have accepted the Organization as the Prophet of God.2. They have accepted the Organization as God's sole channel for His truth.3. They believe that to reject the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3499763321878351144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3499763321878351144' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3499763321878351144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3499763321878351144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-things-about-watchtower.html' title='Some Things about the Watchtower'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4320635684547925631</id><published>2010-06-23T07:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T07:45:09.179-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>Physics, the Bible and the Flood</title><summary type='text'>Do you know that Noah's Ark landed on the very same day of the Hebrew calendar that Jesus Christ would be raised from the dead about three millennia later in history? Read this and other interesting things about the flood here:Physics and the Bible: The Terrible Flood of Noahwww.khouse.org</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4320635684547925631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4320635684547925631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4320635684547925631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4320635684547925631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/physics-bible-and-flood.html' title='Physics, the Bible and the Flood'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-542429713165727713</id><published>2010-06-23T07:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T07:37:46.465-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible versions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><title type='text'>A Bible in Every Language by 2025</title><summary type='text'>An interesting speculation...A Christian endeavor of almost 2,000 years could be substantially completed by 2025.Protestant translators expect to have the Bible — or at least some of it — written in every one of the world's 6,909 spoken languages."We're in the greatest period of acceleration in 20 centuries of Bible translation," said Morrison resident Paul Edwards, who heads up Wycliffe Bible </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/542429713165727713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=542429713165727713' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/542429713165727713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/542429713165727713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/bible-in-every-language-by-2025.html' title='A Bible in Every Language by 2025'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1994774312816602663</id><published>2010-06-22T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T09:34:14.092-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ancient'/><title type='text'>Ancient History and the Bible</title><summary type='text'>This is a totally fascinating thing to read for any history buff...Egypt or Babel: Which Came First?Reconciling Ancient History with the Biblewww.answersingenesis.org</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1994774312816602663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1994774312816602663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1994774312816602663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1994774312816602663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/ancient-history-and-bible.html' title='Ancient History and the Bible'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-564926863572210851</id><published>2010-06-22T00:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T00:07:00.416-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emerging church'/><title type='text'>Drops Like Stars Drops more like a Rock</title><summary type='text'>I was in our enormous Christian book store yesterday and was walking past the used and discount book section when I saw it. You couldn't really miss this big black stack as it was about a dozen high, and the bright orange stickers revealed that these books weren't going anywhere fast. Looks like Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell has already dropped to less than half price.Surprise surprise.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/564926863572210851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=564926863572210851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/564926863572210851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/564926863572210851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/drops-like-stars-drops-more-like-rock.html' title='Drops Like Stars Drops more like a Rock'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8128892708701780517</id><published>2010-06-21T22:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T09:23:54.303-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emerging church'/><title type='text'>A Thing called 'Christian' Reiki</title><summary type='text'>Yes, you heard  right. First there was yoga, then there was 'Christian' yoga, and now there’s ...drum roll please...'Christian' Reiki! This is what Reiki/pastor Katherine “Kate” Epperly says...Christian Reiki HealingChristian reiki healing  touch is a form of hands-on holistic healing for body, mind, spirit, and  relationships…. Although perseived by some as “esoteric” in its  East-West origins </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8128892708701780517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8128892708701780517' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8128892708701780517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8128892708701780517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/thing-called-christian-reiki.html' title='A Thing called &apos;Christian&apos; Reiki'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7254220518775563075</id><published>2010-06-21T08:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T08:30:39.921-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Mindful of the things of God or the things of men...</title><summary type='text'>Do you lack spiritual motivation or do you walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit? Are you mindful of the things of God, or the things of men? If you want to know how to receive the power to be a witness for Christ, have spiritual knowledge and discernment, and remain standing in the midst of your circumstances, read about Peter:Peter’s Life Before and After Pentecostby Prof. Johan Malan, Mossel</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7254220518775563075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7254220518775563075' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7254220518775563075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7254220518775563075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/mindful-of-things-of-god-or-things-of.html' title='Mindful of the things of God or the things of men...'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2845051126023377017</id><published>2010-06-19T14:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T14:19:50.552-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>Is the Christian Right Wrong?</title><summary type='text'>This is from an e-mail update I just opened:If we just followed what Jesus commanded about preaching the His gospel of the Kingdom, along with what all the apostles taught (including Paul) which fit hand in glove with what Christ taught, many of these problems would not exist because people would be getting saved by a powerful, Spirit filled message of the good news of salvation based on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2845051126023377017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2845051126023377017' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2845051126023377017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2845051126023377017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/is-christian-right-wrong.html' title='Is the Christian Right Wrong?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-9028611340607958477</id><published>2010-06-19T08:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T08:54:57.068-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church health'/><title type='text'>Some Things about Narcissism and Ted Haggard</title><summary type='text'>Bill Walthall, author of the book The Love Revelation has written some very interesting things regarding Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Ted Haggard, who has recently planted a new church in spite of his promise not to...Ted Haggard and Ted Bundy: More in Common Than a First Namemoriel.orgWhile narcissism is basically human nature, some have more severe cases of it than others, but as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/9028611340607958477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=9028611340607958477' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9028611340607958477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/9028611340607958477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-things-about-narcissism-and-ted.html' title='Some Things about Narcissism and Ted Haggard'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8924630990896919756</id><published>2010-06-18T00:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T00:46:00.381-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><title type='text'>The Bible - T &amp; P</title><summary type='text'>Your hunger and thirst for God's Word is an indicator of whether you are a true or false convert..."Others there be who read the Bible; but when they read it, they say it is so horribly dry. That young man over there says it is a "bore;" that is the words he uses. He says, "My mother says to me, when you go up to town, read a chapter every day. Well, I thought I would please her, and I said I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8924630990896919756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8924630990896919756' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8924630990896919756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8924630990896919756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/bible-t-p.html' title='The Bible - T &amp; P'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6191073581129416177</id><published>2010-06-17T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T09:48:22.080-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><title type='text'>Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 3)</title><summary type='text'>Last night at our third Way of the Master class using the book Conquer You Fear Share Your Faith we learned about fruit bearing Christians and true and false converts. In the Parable of the Sower, the characteristics of the false convert, or stony ground hearer, are these...has no depth of understanding (there are immediate results, but falls away)lacks moisture (lacks thirst for the Word of God)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6191073581129416177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6191073581129416177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6191073581129416177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6191073581129416177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/way-of-master-evangelism-course-and_17.html' title='Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 3)'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2176876776476282104</id><published>2010-06-16T06:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-16T07:44:44.098-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='false teachers'/><title type='text'>Wino Watch</title><summary type='text'>Here's the latest wino watch. Someone sent me this link of Matt Ford from the Wine Barrel church in Australia (www.winebarrelchurch.com). And I thought Todd Bentley's shenanigans were hard to watch - I can't decide if this man has a severe case of Tourette's Syndrome or a stray spirit (or legion) from the Toronto Blessing...Church - Not as Boring as you think! www.youtube.comOthers who have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2176876776476282104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2176876776476282104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2176876776476282104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2176876776476282104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/wino-watch.html' title='Wino Watch'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2178664890944594700</id><published>2010-06-15T22:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T22:34:59.671-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strange things'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Flaring, Exploding and Collapsing Things, oh my!</title><summary type='text'>Nasa is saying that when the sun wakes from its nap in 2013 its going to be very grumpy. They are expecting this to look like a space storm with unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from solar flares that will hit the Earth...Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastationwww.telegraph.co.ukIf the solar flares don't get us, the after effects of an EMP will...Electronic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2178664890944594700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2178664890944594700' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2178664890944594700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2178664890944594700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/flaring-exploding-and-collapsing-things.html' title='Flaring, Exploding and Collapsing Things, oh my!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-1516829389354451306</id><published>2010-06-15T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T16:12:57.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catholicism'/><title type='text'>A 'New' Thing for Protestants</title><summary type='text'>Professor Rick Sheridan of Wilberforce University (Ohio) has come up with a new twist on an old thing. He's designed a rosary for protestants that is 'respectfully' based on the original Catholic Rosary (the use of beads to mark the repetitions of set prayers). Besides this new Protestant Rosary containing only 10 beads to mark the stages of prayer, there are a few other things that are different</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/1516829389354451306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=1516829389354451306' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1516829389354451306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/1516829389354451306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-thing-for-protestants.html' title='A &apos;New&apos; Thing for Protestants'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-2613390585593371390</id><published>2010-06-14T22:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T00:07:33.163-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Book of Remembrance</title><summary type='text'>Does God remember and write down all the good things we say about Him to others? Does He really listen when people speak about the Him? Well check this out...A Book of Remembrance16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another,     And the LORD listened and heard them;     So a book of remembrance was written before Him     For those who fear the LORD     And who meditate on His </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/2613390585593371390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=2613390585593371390' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2613390585593371390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/2613390585593371390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/book-of-remembrance.html' title='Book of Remembrance'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3244405208948634427</id><published>2010-06-13T07:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T07:14:57.755-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Focusing on Things that are Visible can Make us Blind</title><summary type='text'>Some days I start focusing on things that are visible. How about you? This devotional shows how our sight can actually blind us.The Invisible [From a site I found (called Relevant Bible Teaching) after reading today's devotional by Brent Barnett called The Narrow Way that I found on Study Light.]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3244405208948634427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3244405208948634427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3244405208948634427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3244405208948634427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/focusing-on-things-that-are-visible-can.html' title='Focusing on Things that are Visible can Make us Blind'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-4846289086906653983</id><published>2010-06-12T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T22:00:32.107-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog stuff'/><title type='text'>Some Blog Things</title><summary type='text'>Just a couple blog things...I'm not sure when it happened, but the web counter thingy on this blog seems to have bit the dust this week. Not that it matters, but for some strange reason I was looking forward to watching it turn to a certain milestone number (which doesn't need to be named), but it would have happened sometime around now. I told myself that when the counter hit such a number, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/4846289086906653983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=4846289086906653983' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4846289086906653983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/4846289086906653983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-blog-things.html' title='Some Blog Things'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-3474931427619327059</id><published>2010-06-12T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T08:31:45.871-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='something is very wrong with this picture'/><title type='text'>When Evil Seems Normal</title><summary type='text'>I just read this and sighed...Acting Like Evil Is NormalEric BargerI can totally relate to what he said in the article.It was only yesterday that I was stopped at a red light across from a middleschool with my windows rolled down, when I heard the most awful language being yelled by one of the school boys beside me on the sidewalk who looked a bit too big for his age. He was directing his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/3474931427619327059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=3474931427619327059' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3474931427619327059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/3474931427619327059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/when-evil-seems-normal.html' title='When Evil Seems Normal'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-5428356993814471732</id><published>2010-06-10T22:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T23:02:12.479-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interfaith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schools'/><title type='text'>An Interreligious Seminary?</title><summary type='text'>Who ever heard of such a thing...Seminary plans cross-training with other faithswww.onenewsnow.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/5428356993814471732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=5428356993814471732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5428356993814471732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/5428356993814471732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/interreligious-seminary.html' title='An Interreligious Seminary?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8051020197033240001</id><published>2010-06-10T12:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T12:31:59.738-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><title type='text'>Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 2)</title><summary type='text'>Last night at our second Way of the Master evangelism class, we watched a video (1) and learned the parachute analogy. There were two men in a plane, and both were given a parachute. One was told that it would improve his flight, the other was told that at any moment he would have to jump from the airplane. The first man grew uncomfortable under the heavy pack and soon became disillusioned and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8051020197033240001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8051020197033240001' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8051020197033240001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8051020197033240001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/way-of-master-evangelism-course-and_10.html' title='Way of the Master Evangelism Course and Book (Part 2)'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-8144451039485200530</id><published>2010-06-10T06:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T09:40:57.945-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discernment'/><title type='text'>Ché Ahn's Books and Things</title><summary type='text'>I was surprised (or maybe not) to see that one of our few Canadian Christian TV programs called It's a New Day is promoting something called the Glory Bundle.Glory BundleThe Glory Bundle is a bundle of Che Ahn's book "When Heaven Comes Down"  and his five programs edited down to three CDs or DVDs.  When you send  in a donation of $75 or more in the months of May or June, receive at  your request </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/8144451039485200530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=8144451039485200530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8144451039485200530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/8144451039485200530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/che-ahns-books-and-things.html' title='Ché Ahn&apos;s Books and Things'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6861088582364704729</id><published>2010-06-09T08:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T08:54:25.700-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>Some Good Things to Read</title><summary type='text'>Here are some nice things I read this morning. First of all, fresh off the cyber press, this newsletter reminds us that there are angels all around us, and also mentions a few books about this unseen realm that the Bible tells us about...Nearer Than You Think -- Angels Are WatchingOlive Tree MinistriesAnd speaking of angels watching over us, here is a remarkable thing to read...Miracle Boy: How a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6861088582364704729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6861088582364704729' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6861088582364704729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6861088582364704729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-good-things-to-read.html' title='Some Good Things to Read'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-7615276275084621990</id><published>2010-06-09T08:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T08:23:42.167-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freemasonry'/><title type='text'>Is Freemasonry Compatible with Biblical Christianity?</title><summary type='text'>I'm watching a fascinating thing:Freemasonry, Masonic Lodge and the Shriners: Are They Compatible with Biblical Christianity?By Dr. Ron CarlsonAfter hearing this presentation, several men in attendance repented of their involvement with the Masonic Lodge, cancelled their membership, and committed to returning home to reveal to their friends and family members the need to also reject the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/7615276275084621990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=7615276275084621990' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7615276275084621990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/7615276275084621990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/is-freemasonry-compatible-with-biblical.html' title='Is Freemasonry Compatible with Biblical Christianity?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-660665894897829115</id><published>2010-06-08T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T09:32:47.631-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>Frankly, Viola is a Contemplative</title><summary type='text'>Regular readers of this blog know about the recent controversy concerning that new book by Frank Viola and Leonard Sweet. You've all read ad nauseum about the Sweet quotes and the whole bizarre "new light" leadership thing. But what you might not know is that it's been discovered that Frank Viola seems to be a stealth practitioner of contemplative spirituality. In fact, it is so NOT well known </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/660665894897829115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=660665894897829115' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/660665894897829115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/660665894897829115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/frankly-viola-is-contemplative.html' title='Frankly, Viola is a Contemplative'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-6997539507385591481</id><published>2010-06-06T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-06T15:33:18.547-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Why 66 Books?</title><summary type='text'>Being the 6th day of the 6th month today, how's this for an appropriate thing to post...How can we be sure that we have the correct 66 books in our Bible? The  Bible is a unique volume. It is composed of 66 books by 40 different  writers over 1,500 years. But what makes it unique is that it has one  consistent storyline running all the way through, and it has just one  ultimate author—God. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/6997539507385591481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=6997539507385591481' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6997539507385591481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/6997539507385591481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-66-books.html' title='Why 66 Books?'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675657606980214538.post-939340905146136529</id><published>2010-06-05T09:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-05T10:41:10.236-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><title type='text'>I Got a Book in the Mail!</title><summary type='text'>Brown paper packages tied up with string...these are a few of my favorite things...I opened up a package that came in the mail this week, and what did I find? A brand new book! When I've finished reading it, I'll review it here. It's called Burning Down 'The Shack', by James B De Young. So far, it's VERY interesting!I hope to be able to blog about it sometime next week.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/feeds/939340905146136529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3675657606980214538&amp;postID=939340905146136529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/939340905146136529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3675657606980214538/posts/default/939340905146136529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morebooksandthings.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-got-book-in-mail.html' title='I Got a Book in the Mail!'/><author><name>carla</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
