Top 50 Christian Blogs, Ship of Fools et alia

[Da Blob]

Tripped across this via maggiesfarm.com. The Ship of Fools site seems to be an INTPian type of people(?)
EDIT: lol, although I might be better served by visiting the "Answer the Skeptic" site...



http://biblecollege.org/2010/top-50-evangelical-christian-blogs/

You might think that evangelical Christian blogs would be filled with doom and gloom. While some of those blogs do exist, most of the best blogs today — or, at least the most popular evangelical Christian blogs today — focus on teaching, humor, news from a Christian perspective and daily living. Those tops blogs are listed below in categories that range from education to ministries and from personal blogs to a couple blogs with off-beat perspectives.


Each link within the categories below is listed in alphabetical order to show readers that we do not favor one blog over another.

Educational Blogs

Alpha & Omega Ministries: This blog is housed at a site that also carries a Webcast, chat, articles and store, and is maintained by James R. White, an elder at Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church.
Answer the Skeptic: The sole purpose of this site is to help Christians answer objections raised by skeptics and atheists.
Christian History Blog: ChristianHistory.net works to connect contemporary Christians to their spiritual heritage by communicating church history.
Contend Earnestly: Seth McBee offers a blog that serves up opinion, history and Christian biographies.
Evangelical Ephemera: You can find ephemeral and idiosyncratic nature of evangelical print networks on this blog, with interesting excerpts and resources.
Stand to Reason: Stand to Reason trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public square.
Standing on Shoulders: This blog focuses on the historical lessons in Christianity to learn from the past.

Ministers’ and Ministries Blogs

Adrian Warnock: Adrian is part of the leadership team of Jubilee Church in London, where he has preached for more than a decade. His book, Raised With Christ – How The Resurrection Changes Everything was published by Crossway January 2010.
Emmanuel Evangelical Church: This church blog offers a constant stream of questions that pushes the faithful to reading their Bibles.
George Bullard’s Journey: Learn more about the Strategic Leadership Coaching program for Christian ministry with The Columbia Partnership in this blog.
Gospel.com: A community of online ministries offers a continuous stream of blog entries from a faith-based perspective. The goal is to make the resources of the Community–online articles, music, podcasts, Bible studies, devotionals, and much more as easy as possible to find.
Internet Monk: Michael Spencer is the primary writer and editor of Internet Monk, Jesus Shaped Spirituality, and the moderator of the Boar’s Head Tavern. This is his blog.
JollyBlogger: Enjoy this blog written by a Christian, husband, father, pasor and “all-around goof who believes that God is at His best when man is at his worst.”
Mark D. Roberts: This blog focuses on evangelical ministry and the connections between work and God.
Ministrymaker: This blog offers a valuable service, with sermon outlines, church planting ideas, worship resources and more.
Rhett Smith: Rhett is a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as pastor to youth and families.
The Barnabas Project: The Barnabas Project (formerly known as ‘No Plan B’) is a blog for Evangelicals who intend to remain within the Episcopal Church.
Transforming Sermons: This blog is focused on preachers, helping them to hear and proclaim the Word of God.
Truthbomb Apologetics: Faith Christian Fellowship in Williamsport, Maryland analyzes philosophical, theological, historical, ethical, and scientific claims as they relate to God.
World of Your Making: Rick Lord, currently the Rector of Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia, talks about life and ministry and sharing that journey.

Missionaries

Jim’s Missionary Blog: Jim is licensed and ordained through RHEMA Ministerial Association International and currently is a teacher at RHEMA Bible Training Center, Germany.
Missionary Confidential: This blog is a place where evangelical missionaries from all over the globe can discuss why there are lows, challenges and difficulties experienced in the field, from fund raising to communication back home.
Missionary-Blogs.com: This is the place to go to find Christian missionaries around the world who write online journals on an updated basis.
TechMission: This site connects people with the poor, and includes pages filled with information about urban ministry, Christian volunteering, city vision college projects and more.
The Stay-At-Home Missionary: The tagline for this blog is “reaching the world for Christ, beginning in the home.”
Under the Acacias: A riveting missionary blog from Burkina Faso.

News and Journal Blogs

Christian Clarity Review: This blog provides current events as viewed through the Word of God and Jesus Christ in various formats. There is a large emphasis on Calvinism.
First Things: First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an inter-religious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.
Richmond Evangelical Examiner: Funds generated through page views of this evangelical news blog will be donated to a charitable organization to be determined before Christmas 2010.
SmartChristian.com: This blog provides an outlet for information and breaking news on religion, politics, including numerous resources, references, and relational connection. It does not reflect the views or positions of any church or organization.
The Evangelical Outpost: This blog offers reflections on culture, politics and religion from an evangelical worldview.
Urban Christian News: Look to this site for constantly updated world news reported from an evangelical perspective.
WorldMag: Today’s news with Christian views, with community and commentary.

Personal Blogs

21st Century Reformation: This blog is dedicated to the task of “making disciples and building morally beautiful community.”
Amy’s Humble Musings: Amy Scott writes about life musings, with the underlying factor a goal to live simply to God’s glory.
Challies: Tim Challies, blogger, author and web designer has an intense Web site as well as a book entitled, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.
Christian Intellectualism and Aplogetics Research: CIAR is is devoted to exploring apologetic truths of Christianity while, at the same time, “spreading the music talent of acoustic punk singer Randy Hardman.” Randy Hardman holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Appalachian State University. He is pursuing an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary.
eChurchWebsites Christian Blog: A personal take on the world view, colored by the lens of evangelical commitment.
Gadfly’s Muse: A lovely blog filled with images, meditations and humor.
La Shawn Barber’s Corner: La Shawn Barber is a freelance writer, blogger, and blog consultant, and her work has appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Times, The National Jurist, Christian Research Journal, Christianity Today, Today’s Christian Woman, Beliefnet.com and many other publications.
New Covenant: This construction manager writes on everything from ID to homeschooling, culture and evangelicalism — including apologetics and theology.
Rantings of a Lord of the Rings Fanatic: This software developer shares his world perspective through the lens of a conservative Christian.
Reasonable Christian: Charlie Ray presents a defense of the Gospel from an evangelical and reformed Anglican perspective.
Rebecca Writes: Rebecca Stark writes primarily about faith and theology from Whitehorse, Yukon; but, shealso about other things that interest her, like headless chickens.
Reconciliation Blog: Edward Gilbreath is a writer, editor, and speaker mostly on issues of diversity and race relations in the church. His latest book is Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside View of White Christianity.
The Christian Monist: This blogger focuses on Biblical-philosophical roots of Christianity, leaning toward Monistic rather than Dualistic.
The G Sides: Although billed as “the randomness of a distracted existential tour guide,” this blog is very focused on every day life from a Christian evangelical perspective.
The Reformed Evangelist: Preaching in the streets, confronting skeptics and spreading The Word is the focus of this three-year-old blog.

Off-Beat Perspectives

The Wittenburg Door: This off-beat look at evangelicalism is sponsored by the Trinity Foundation, a group that helps the helpless and that sponsors several nondenominational home church groups and Bible studies in Texas.

Ship of Fools: “We’re here for people who prefer their religion disorganized,” says the Ship’s editor and designer, Simon Jenkins. “Our aim is to help Christians be self-critical and honest about the failings of Christianity, as we believe honesty can only strengthen faith.”

 

[Da Blob]

Well here's one more, I think that there is at least one forum member who thinks that Boyd is worth listening to (?)

http://www.gregboyd.org/

 

[Jennywocky]

The Door is pretty cool. I've had something published there before. I particularly like the interviews.

 

[lightspeed]

Mr. Robinson? I wanted to know about you: No disrespect, but could someone of your genius really take the word of the bible as absolute truth? Do you just agree with what it symbolizes? There is just so much astounding doubt that consumes me when I read the bible, and so many contradictions and the possibility of countless subjective translations.

If you are serious, than I apologize for questioning a man's faith. I too believe in a great creator, but it seems like such a plethora of outdated imposed morality of the past.


How do you read the bible, and what do you get out of it? I'm sincerely curious as to how an INTP would interpret the bible. I'm not asking for a debate at all.

I just want to know if I'm reading it the wrong way, perhaps?

 

[Da Blob]

Mr. Robinson? I wanted to know about you: No disrespect, but could someone of your genius really take the word of the bible as absolute truth?
I don't, as a human I am not capable of comprehending "Absolute Truth" and I know it - so I do not try. All the absloutes human talk about, are just abstract figments of imagination in any event...

Do you just agree with what it symbolizes?
No, my relationship/POV with/of the contents of the Bible are predicated upon personal experiences of a 'spiritual' nature. If I do not have experiences relating to certain scripture, I do not invest a great deal of time trying to interpret that particular scripture, I mean I do formulate a possible explanation, but I do not 'religious' about that 'rough draft' interpretation

There is just so much astounding doubt that consumes me when I read the bible, and so many contradictions and the possibility of countless subjective translations.
This is understandable, again the role of Satan from the Garden onward was/is to offer false witness to the Truth of the Word of God. The Serpent is the source for confusion, doubt and selfish interpretations.

If you are serious, than I apologize for questioning a man's faith. I too believe in a great creator, but it seems like such a plethora of outdated imposed morality of the past.
I believed in an Intelligent Designer/Creator of the Universe long before I became Christian. At that time, I did not think that Humanity had any particular role in that design or that the Creator would take personal interest in the single species of mankind - much less take personal interest in individuals of that species. There did not seem to be much logic underlying God as I perceived Christianity to be portraying Him.

I am a heretic in that I agree that the morality seemingly presented in the Bible is outmoded, but that is the fault of power hungry men and not the Bible itself.

How do you read the bible, and what do you get out of it?
I read the Bible as it being a symbol of reality. What is a single generic word but a tiny representation of an aspect of experience? One can not put Experiences into words, they do not fit. What I get out of it is a sense of Self that can not be found elsewhere, to me the Bible is a Mirror, not only of my Self, but of a all humanity as well.

I REFLECT IN THE BIBLE.

I'm sincerely curious as to how an INTP would interpret the bible. I'm not asking for a debate at all.
I read the Bible from a POV of Justifying and Rationalizing God's actions and words and not my own or those of humanity. I think there is a saying "Let every man be found a liar, but every word of God be True" Plus, I know that the Bible is written in "Code", which makes it a challenging read...

I just want to know if I'm reading it the wrong way, perhaps?
Perhaps, the best way to read the Bible is to have its Author read it to you...

 

[lightspeed]

That's relative to what you said about the reptilian desires. Since I've been young, snakes have followed me. They used to make their way in our home, lick the back of my foot (two snakes: black racers mating, had their heads poking through a hole by the toilet) in the bathroom. One climbed upon my lamp...a rattle snake. This occured in many homes we moved into. My mother got fed up with them, and would cut them in pieces, and burn them. She told me they probably followed me because I listened to really dark, and heavy music from a very young age.

That alone would justify my horrible fear of snakes. However, it doesn't end there. Each time, before someone close to me dies, I dream of a snake, or a lot of snakes biting my legs or feet. It happened with my grandmother, my father, and several of my friends. With my dad, who I was very close to: It was a long, white twisted and knotted snake that I tripped over in my dream.

I do believe in evil, in the most primal and ancient kind. It's easy for people like Nietzsche to say things go beyond "good and evil" however, witnessing nothing other than both, I am quite sure they are both there, and that there is a middle ground.

Perhaps there is something I could find in there about the serpent, that might help with this struggle. I know there are others that have visions like I do. There's more than just the snakes...


I'll stop derailing, but it has never been a more appropriate place to discuss this. Thank you for your insight.

Again, if you know or find anything about battling the serpent, I'd like to know it.

 

[lightspeed]

And for the record, I hate skeptics, and doubt most modern science. My mind is truly open to any possibility. It happens when you've experienced the impossible.

I was very disappointed with mythbusters, when they would try to "bust" things, simply because they couldn't re-create it.

A good example is lighters exploding in the dryer. They said the myth was busted, but I've had it happen dozens of times, and always forget to take lighters out of my pockets before washing my clothes. Anyway, they used the real expensive durable plastic bics, while I usually have cheap, flimsy lighters. I've heard them explode, and my clothes would be kind of crisped, and have a faint burnt smell, and I'd find pieces of the lighter, busted up in my clothes. How else would you explain that?


I figure that a lot of science works that way. That things are deemed "impossible" because people were unable to produce it in a labratory. We haven't come very far in that aspect of civilization, yet we've been to the moon, and sent a land rover to mars...That doesn't mean that every scientific discovery makes any belief or spiritual influence less likely.


I will check out the blogs. I am always interested in new ideas, though I wouldn't say I am at all christian. It can't all be wrong though, as nothing is all wrong or right, at any time...ever.

 

[lightspeed]

I'm at answertheskeptic.com now. :-P


I've also heard that it has been discovered that we all have programming code (our dna) that is much like an operating system. Maybe God is an INTP, computer programmer type, and Humanity was a major upgrade, and he's still trying to patch us for bugs.

 

[Da Blob]

You should have listened to your Mother regarding the music (and it is still not too late to change tastes in music... lol). Music is a very, very powerful psychological force. I think I have tried to start a thread or two on the topic, but members simply do not want to hear that the music they like to listen to may be destroying their lives or at least contributing to a process of self-destruction. And on the flip side, music can be a very positive force on the unconscious level. This is simple, psychological fact, the spiritual aspects of music, of course, would be seen as a controversial issue on this forum, so i don't think i have even broached that subject...(?)

Concerning snakes, even though they are just another type of reptile in the RW, symbolically, they have been associated with Evil as dream symbols etc. However, I would like to point out that the Bible is rather neutral, or at least ambiguous, concerning snakes for they have been associated with both Healing and wisdom. i could reference those passages, but i am a bit short on time at the moment. However, i will close with a question "What is the wisdom of a snake?"