Celebration

Vault of Humor #11

Vault of Humor #10

Vault of Humor #9

Free Book in Kindle Time!

The lyrics of our favorite hymns are rich in images that can help us in our daily walk with God–they are miniature Bible studies that lead us effortlessly toward worship, testimony, exhortation, prayer, and praise. They’re bursts of devotional richness with rhyme and rhythm. They clear our minds, soothe our nerves, verbalize our worship, summarize our faith, and sing our great Redeemer’s praise. Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan has gathered 366 hymns, including favorites such as “Amazing Grace” and “Rock of Ages,” as well as classic, lesser-known gems such as “In the Garden” and “Teach Me to Pray.”

Each devotional begins with Scripture, includes a story about the hymn or its writer and the lyrics to the hymn, and ends with a prayer. An index of hymn titles and first lines is included. What better way to end your devotional reading than with a song in your heart?

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On the Nature of the Triune God

Vault of Humor #8

Vault of Humor #7

Fun and Free for Kindlers

This SECOND EDITION of The Instant Genius: An Indispensable Handbook for Know-It-Alls is off-beat, sometimes bizarre, even irreverent trivia at its best. With a snappy Q&A format and humorous clip art this book will amuse, enlighten and entertain. A great way to learn interesting factoids as well as a bit of just plain nonsense, you'll often find yourself smiling and even laughing out loud. 

The Instant Genius is not only a perfect party starter but a terrific companion with which to pass the time no matter where you are. Enjoy. It's a great ride.

From the Back Cover

The Instant Genius: An Indispensable Handbook for Know-It-Alls is a great way to learn interesting factoids and a bit of just plain nonsense. As you read it, you'll find yourself smiling and even laughing out loud.  It's a great gift book and party starter.  It's also a terrific companion to pass the time wherever you are.

A sampling of the off-beat, even bizarre, but always thought-provoking trivia you'll read about:

    Did Hitler once own property in the U.S.?

    What poet came up with the first vampire tale?

    How do headhunters shrink a human head?

    What macho writer loved cats?

    What English King exploded at his own funeral?

    How does Corky Velveeta travel through time? (just kidding)

You can gets it rat CHEER!

Vault of Humor #6

AC/DC

Vault of Humor #5

Mint Condition

This is real...click HERE and see for yourself.

Vault of Humor #4.5

I guess if you're going to get a tattoo, you should

at least get one that is meaningful.

Vault of Humor #4

Vault of Humor #3

Vault of Humor #2.5

Live for Him

Best Homepage Ever

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Just wanted to throw this your way. My son-in-law, Fadel, showed me this site the other day. I was sold (though, it's free) at it's amazing functions. You can create your own icons for your favorite bookmarks. Take a look and see if you don't agree that it is one of the best homepages you've seen. If you know of a better one, just let me know. Hey...it's my early Christmas gift to you!

Interested? Click HERE

(let me know if this link works...when I test it I get my own homepage staring back at me)

Vault of Humor #2

Vault of Humor #1

A Short Announcement

Since December is a slower month for bloggers and everyone else is on vacation, I have decided to take some time off for myself. For the next few weeks I have scheduled a bunch of "cartoons" from the early days of CC. This will give me time to begin the new posts for the year 2014. Arminian Antics will return the early part of January. I will continue to post any free books Kindle might have to offer, so keep checking in.
Speaking of books, I want to recommend Kevin DeYoung's The Hole in Our Holiness. It shakes up your complacency and gives you a push in the right direction. It's not free, but worth every penny.
Next week my wife and I will be headed for Istanbul. (Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's spiritual sight on a moonlit night) and will be spending Christmas in Kiev, Ukraine. (Yes, that's where all the protesting is presently going on - so pray for us if God puts it on your heart. I'm interested in sharing the Gospel with a few Ukrainians - God willing - and He is) This will be the first New Year's eve where I will be in the air, returning to Kuwait, when the new year ushers in. Don't really think a countdown on an airliner is a good idea.
Express your love for Jesus during the Christmas season, then consider making the rest of your life a Christmas season. We could all use that kind of "seasoning".

Corky Goes to the Fair

Corky visits his old friend, Nikola Tesla, at the World's Fair of 1893.

Just for Laughs #280

Caption needed so we know what's goin' on.

Secular Heckler

Live Long and Look at This Little Dog

Tesla's Task

"...Tesla set himself the task of reading the whole Bible, and took two months to do this, reading full time. He never made clear to others what he actually found in the Book of Revelation, but, from then on, became fascinated with the workings of natural forces - something that would eventually lead him to harness the power of the Niagara Falls and much more." - from The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Robert Lomas (you can purchase the book HERE)

FREE Book for a Limited Time (Kindle)

This book is written by a man dying of ALS (or commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). In what may be his final publication, the author uses his own life experiences to share with readers how he is able to see through the fog of grief and despair, with the eyes of hope. Ed Donson loves being a pastor. He loves caring for people, praying with them, and simply being there for them. ALS changes all that as doctors estimate him having only about 3-5 years left to live. It is a terrible news from an unwanted diagnosis. This leads to a disappointing decision to quit the pastoral job he loves, and to sink into a time of despair and loss. It causes him to reflect upon the people he has previously ministered to, who were going through chronic illness and dying situations themselves. Now he has joined the ranks. ALS is one of the worst diseases to have. It is difficult to diagnose. It is incurable. It leads to slow decay and eventual death. Dobson seeks to see life from the eyes of Jesus, grabbing at any straws of hope he can get. Thanksgiving is particularly hard. Yet, he experiences profound understanding of the suffering of Jesus. He learns to connect with other ALS people like never before. After all, he can still do pastoral care with fellow ALS sufferers. Scripture reading becomes more intentional. Yet, feeling a loss of purpose haunts him constantly.

Dobson does three things to try to live like Jesus. Inspired by the hilarious book by AJ Jacobs, for a year, he tries to live like a Jew. Then, he tries to think like Jesus, using the gospels as a guide. Finally, he tries to obey the teachings of Christ as literally as possible. It becomes a huge blessing for him. His gratitude extends to every simple thing he is able to do. He struggles with the discussion and thoughts about healing. Why is heaven silent? If God so loves him, why is he not healed? Is there life after ALS?

Dobson makes a decision to seek forgiveness from people that he has offended in the past. From Bob Jones University to the Moral Majority movement; from Jerry Falwell to James Dobson, he puts relationship above the level of arguing whether something is right/wrong. The rest of the book covers his thoughts about worry, about healing, about God, heaven, and many more.

What makes this book special is how Ed Dobson lays out his final journey through intentional working out of his relationships with people. Any theologizing or reasoning out the philosophies of life, suffering, fairness, and death, are secondary. Relationships with people are primary. Instead of a question and answer format, Dobson relays his thoughts, his struggles, his questions, and his actions through the book, giving readers a glimpse of his inner life wanting to live meaningfully in his remaining years. Though the book is entitled "seeing through the fog," it is essentially a bold attempt to live meaningfully THROUGH the fog of life. What makes this book very warm and encouraging is Dobson's courage to do his best with whatever that is left. It reminds me of the parable of the shrewd manager, who learns about his master's impending return, seeking to build up relationships at the expense of discounting the monies owed to his master.

Sensitively written, this book will tug at the heart. ---reviewed by Dr. Conrade Yap

With Forward by Joni Eareckson Tada

Don't delay - get it today!

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Corky Velveeta Museum Opens Today

The Corky Velveeta Museum will be open to the public at 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Monday through Saturday. Admission is a 9 dollar donation to the Calvinistic Cartoons Theological Library. If the museum looks familiar, it's because Pixar used this house as a model for the UP animated film. The CV Museum is located in NOwhere, Oklahoma. (not to be confused with NOWhere, Oklahoma)

Hostile Intentions

Arminian Antics #121

FREE Wierbe Book on Isaiah

The book of Isaiah has been called “the Bible in miniature.” Both are comprised of sixty-six sections—chapters in Isaiah, books in the Bible. Isaiah first chronicles a holy God’s need to judge sin, reflecting the Old Testament, as latter chapters preface the New Testament, revealing the mercy to come through God’s Son. This study examines a sweeping narrative of Israel, and explores the very arch of God’s redemptive story, as sin and judgment are defeated through the grace of our Savior.

The Wiersbe Bible Studies Series explores timeless wisdom found in God’s word. Based on Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe’s popular “BE” series, each study provides topical, relevant insights from selected books of the Bible. Designed for small groups, this eight-week study features selected commentaries from BE Comforted, engaging questions, and practical applications, all designed to help you connect God’s word with your life.

Want it? Really? Click HERE!

Someone is Not Paying Attention in Class

CC Receives Award

Corky Finds a Super Neighborhood

A Page from a Golden Book

One new follower of Calvinistic Cartoons, Mr. Wombat Barton, sent us this page from the classic Golden Book story, Marshal Law Gets Saved. This children's story was the basis for a TV movie that was never filmed. 

Just for Laughs #279

Explain this scene with a Calvinistic Cartoons K.I.T. (Keep it Theological)

FREE BOOK for the Kindle Crowd

In A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture, Dr. Keith Mathison tackles a topic that has long been a subject of debate, aiming to enable believers to approach questions pertaining to science and Scripture with grace, humility, and patience.

This 50 page book is FREE to you Kindle users if you just click HERE (time is running out) 

There's an APP for that #4

This is my take on the line "there's an app for that". APP interpreted by Calvinistic Cartoons means "Appropriate Particular Passage (of Scripture)". I need your help in finding a verse or two from the Bible to help explain or illustrate the photo above. Thanks in advance for your participation.

FREE BOOK on Marriage from Kindle

Winston Smith show us how the transcendent purposes of God are at work in the midst of the seemingly mundane moments of our marriage. There is perhaps no greater garden in which the fruit of the Spirit grows in our lives than the garden of our marriage. Winston helps us see how God is at work in every aspect of our marriage to bring our need for His grace in our lives to the surface and in the process, to conform us to the image of His Son. --Bob Lepine Co-Host, FamilyLife Today

Winston Smith reminds us that there are no ordinary moments in a marriage. With a wonderful understanding of the grace the Lord exhibits in small things, Smith gives us the resources to understand our heart s response to ordinary moments with our spouse in order to create an extraordinary marriage. --Bryan Chapell, Ph.D. President and Professor Practical Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri; author of Each for the Other: Marriage as It's Meant to Be

Winston Smith reminds us that there are no ordinary moments in a marriage. With a wonderful understanding of the grace the Lord exhibits in small things, Smith gives us the resources to understand our heart s response to ordinary moments with our spouse in order to create an extraordinary marriage. --Bryan Chapell, Ph.D. President and Professor Practical Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri; author of Each for the Other: Marriage as It's Meant to Be

Marriage Matters is a biblical look at the spiritually formative aspects of marriage; true to Scripture, insightful, and convicting in all the right ways. Winston Smith has written a fine volume on the way God uses marriage to shape our souls. --Gary Thomas Author of Sacred Marriage and Pure Pleasure --Gary Thomas - Author of Sacred Marriage and Pure Pleasure

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FREE 55 Page Book from Kindle!

"Many miracles surround Christmas—the angels, the star, the dreams, the prophecies, and most of all, the virgin birth. But those miracles are just signs pointing to the greatest miracle of all: That we who live in this world have been visited by Someone from the “other world.” Someone from the world of light came to the world of darkness. Someone from the eternal came to the temporary. Someone from heaven came to live with us on earth. The angels bring good news of great joy, the best news the world has ever heard."

"But if Christmas means anything, it is this: God wins in the end. At Bethlehem he launched a mighty counteroffensive that continues to this very day. It all started with a tiny baby boy named Jesus, born in a scandalous way, in a barn, to unmarried teenagers who were homeless and alone. The world had no idea what God was up to. Only in retrospect do we understand."

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Do the Math

Victory!

Delight of the Emerging Holiday

What would Joel Osteen do?

Is This the Beginning of the End for Calvinistic Cartoons?

I felt like I was hijacked. What I thought would improve my blog and create more comments turned out to steal the control of my blog. Thinking I could set things back in original order I deleted the Google Plus profile and services only to find out that I have not only blocked my long-time friends comments, but the Google Plus subscribers are ALSO blocked. I have received a few e-mails letting me know how Google Plus won't let them comment until they join Google Plus. I am trying to find a solution, but it might take a while. Worst case scenario - I start all over again with a new title (which I really don't want to do). I will try to contact Google and see if they will help. In the meantime, if anyone out there has gone through this, or knows exactly what will fix things, then drop me a line at: calvinist12345@gmail.com
Abraham Lincoln said it best..."Blogging without comments is like living alone on Mars and throwing yourself a daily birthday party".
...it's a nightmare, I tells ya!

A T-Shirt and a Cup

December 2013 Calendar

Enlarge to find Corky