Apparently by the time this post is up, Jim Nutt of A Nutt’s View is fast asleep, but the guy has been laboring most of today to put up this week’s Christian Carnival. There are 51 posts in all, so there is probably something for everyone to savor.

As Jim puts it he labored hard to put the carnival together for this week. With much pomp and enthusiasm, he presents the carnival for your “amazement, amusement and edification” for you …”to watch”, “to gasp”, “to marvel” and “to weep”.

My own submission this week is a Read the rest of this entry »

From DJ Chuang: Rick Warren is going to spend the whole of Tuesday AND Wednesday on not one, or two or three but ten different shows nationally! Wow!

I can feel the heads shaking and the chins wagging already.

But I join DJ in asking that all those who see this as an opportunity for the gospel to pray for our brother.

Moreover, perhaps we need to see this an opportunity for all of us to talk to our friends and neighbors about what he wrote about, to pray that we are able to use this as a means to talk a little more about our faith with our friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Just received a personality profile report from one of the job opportunities that I am chasing.

It is a 27-page manifesto-like report on my personality trait profile, and the potential match between what I am as a person and how I might perform in a sales position.

Very interesting read.

Here is what it says in part:

…consistently meets the challenge of persuading people to his point of view. Some buyers may desire less talk and more facts…Inclined to talk smoothly, readily and at length, he loves the opportunity to verbalize… He becomes highly excited about selling something that he really likes. He can become emotional about the product or service that he provides to his clients or customers.

Perhaps I should be a preacher? Read the rest of this entry »

A few days ago, I wrote about some criticisms, unjustified in my view, of Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life.

Apparently there are many who share such critical assessments of the book, and some are even questioning his teachings, his beliefs and that of his church, the Saddleback Church.

It seems that people are also finding further evidence of his theological non-orthodoxy in the column that he has begun to write in the Ladies Home Journal Read the rest of this entry »

Recently I was musing about whether or not it is right to negotiate the highest possible price for a commodity when one is selling on EBay.

At the time that I was asking the question my daughter had come to me to inquire about a situation in which she was offered a price much higher than what she had paid for an item which she was auctioning off. She was wondering if it was morally right to sell an item so much above her asking price.

Although we decided that the selling price of an item at an auction was totally negotiable with the both seller and buyer attempting to get the most value for their money, I had some doubts about morality of the whole process/system Read the rest of this entry »