Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Making all things new

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Making all things new

In this new year, I wanted to ponder the Scriptures that talk about new things. While the book of Ecclesiastes may mention "There is nothing new under the sun," the Bible's overarching theme is about renewal, as the Bible's finale is the promise of a new beginning with a new heaven, a new earth, and God making all things new. Here is a quick look at the main "new" things that are discussed in scripture:

a new house is dedicated to God
with the new moon there would be feasts
new wine was a cause for rejoicing, and needed special handling
a new covenant, with a new heart and a new commandment
singing to the Lord a new song
a new heaven and a new earth
in which we are given a new name

Here is a word cloud of verses discussing "new":

created at TagCrowd.com

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Christian Reconciliation Carnival / Mission

The original Carnival format drew some loyal and thoughtful participants, but did not draw enough participants for the Carnival to be the right format in the long run. The original Carnival links are below.

The Reconciliation Mission is currently taking the form of cataloging the controversies that divide the church and trying to advance reconciliation by first aiming at understanding. The index page for this effort is here:

Controversies in the Church

--- Carnival Information ---

Carnival #1: Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength 01/31/2007
Carnival #2: Dr. Platypus; posts through 02/28/2007
Carnival #3: Pacesetters Bible School; posts through 03/31/2007
Carnival #4: Pseudo-Polymath: posts through 04/30/2007.
Carnival #5: The Cross-Reference: posts through 05/31/2007.
Carnival #6: Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: posts through 06/30/2007.
Carnival #7: Connected Christianity: posts through 08/05/2007.
Carnival #8: Proclaiming Softly: posts through 09/07/2007.
Carnival #9: Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: posts through 10/21/2007.
Carnival #10: Hyperekperissou: posts through 12/19/2007.
Carnival #11: Dr. Platypus: posts through 03/31/2008.
Carnival #12: Pseudo-Polymath: posts through 06/29/2008.
Carnival #13: The Cross-Reference: posts through 09/30/2008.
Carnival #14: Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: posts through 12/31/2008.

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