Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup # 47

Here's the week in review in the Methodist blogosphere:

Adam Roberts wrote about how people are reacting to Baby Noor.

Andy Bryan blogged about static and elastic thinking in church.

At Bandits No More, Richard Heyduck examined the brand of Christianity practiced by a megachurch that closed on Christmas and found both good and bad aspects.

Ben Witherington reviewed the movie Munich and wrote about the "consider it all joy" passage from the epistle of James.

Beth Quick reviewed the movie Brokeback Mountain and wrote about baptismal affirmation and the spiritual discipline of journaling.

Betty Newman wrote about the experience of finding something new in the Scriptures.

Will Willimon blogged about redistricting.

Brian Russell wrote about how read the Bible missiologically and what it means to live a missiological lifestyle.

Bruce Alderman blogged about following Jesus readily and without question and reading the Bible out of context (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!).

Chett Pritchett wrote about Fred Phelps.

Dave Warnock wrote about Firefox, Python, an important new UK Methodist website, an obscure English rendering of a Bible verse, and TurboGears.

Derek Tang wrote about the Rose Bowl and the NFL playoffs.

Steve Heyduck blogged about The Book of Daniel, helping the elderly who have entered nursing homes, the Rose Bowl, and that even when you are talking scientifically, there is no constant except for God.

Gavin Richardson participated in an evangelism conference and blogged about it. He also participated in lewd polka contest and was subsequently arrested, but strangely did not blog about it.

Gerry Charlotte Phelps wrote about Ariel Sharon, New Year's Resolutions, and found fresh meaning in a reading of Nehemiah.

Greg Crofford wrote about the international problem of hunger, the theology of the Narnia movie, and reviewed in-flight movies.

Greg Hazelrig called for submissions to his blogging awards.

Inside Mike's Head wrote about the relational impact of sin (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!).

John Battern wrote about learning from the Narnia character Edmond, what the UMC can learn from the Rose Bowl, trends discerned by the Barna Group, and the value of the New Year holiday.

John Wilks blogged about the communitarian nature of the message of Jesus, his new blogging template, the significance of baptism, and found conviction of his life in the judgment of Jesus.

Like Gavin, Jonathon Norman attended the evangelism conference.

Josh Tinley wrote about Abramoff's scandalous dealings in the Marianas.

Just as I Am wrote about praying for people that you don't like.

Ken Carter blogged about the significance of baptism and living by the Christian calendar.

Larry Hollon wrote about law and order in the Philippines.

Lawson Stone blogged about experiencing Biblical archaeology.

Maobi wrote about animal sacrifice in Islam, compared McDonalds and KFC, and public health risks from the hajj.

Michael Daniel blogged about the politics of public education in Arkansas, consumerism in worship, being buried under pastoral work, and asked why pastors do what they do.

Mike Lamson wrote about the unimportance of being right (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!) and that Christians are supposed to be naked (rhetorically).

Joe Tiedemann requested prayers for his church plant.

Dan Gates insisted that he is not focuses exclusively on homosexuality and that conservative Methodists are not backward, ignorant hicks.

Patti Wagner is disorganized.

Lorna Koskela is praying her way through the Northumbrian Office, reading the Bible in 90 days, baptism in Finland, and God's selection of Judah as special.

Sky Lowe-McCracken wrote about contemporary vs. traditional worship styles and dealing with the filth of politics.

Smallest Angel blogged about the Sago mining disaster.

Steve Mulford asked a group of small children what love means.

Steven Webster looked at baptismal sunday from a LGBT point of view and reviewed the movie Brokeback Mountain, and wrote about the doctrine of the Virgin Birth.

Movable Theoblogical wrote about The Book of Daniel.

Thoughts from a Clay Pot blogged about Bible translations.

Tony Mitchell wrote about infant baptism.

Jim McKay made NFL predictions and wrote about the Sago mining disaster.

Andy Stoddard wrote about The Book of Daniel.

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