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Quote of the Day – On Accurate Doctrine

Byhenry September 8, 2010

From John Wesley, via John Meunier, where you can read more of the context:

But still a man may judge as accurately as the devil, and yet be as wicked as he.

Hmmm!

Christianity | Freedom of Speech | Politics | Religion

Small Offense Provokes Much Violence
Byhenry January 8, 2010
Yesterday I posted an aside regarding the attempted murder of the Danish cartoonist who drew the cartoon that provoked violent responses in the Muslim world. Today I saw this news story regarding reactions to a Malaysian court ruling that non-Muslims could use the word Allah. Behold how much violence a small matter kindles! I am…
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Football: I suspect God was indifferent to the ultimate outcome
Byhenry January 26, 2015
Bruce Epperly, author of the recently released book Finding God in Suffering: A Journey with Job, questions the view that God determines the outcome of football games (or, I suspect, any other sport), rewarding the faithful and punishing the unfaithful. The title to this post includes his money quote from his post, Is God a…
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2008 U. S. Presidential Election | Christianity | Politics | Violence | War

Another Jeremiah
Byhenry March 17, 2008
I recalled Micaiah before I thought of Jeremiah in this case, even though Dr. Jeremiah Wright shares the great prophet’s name. Micaiah is the prophet of who never prophesied anything good about Ahab (1 Kings 22). Jeremiah, on the other hand, was definitely an anti-patriot. Very little that he said was appreciated by the hierarchy…
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Christian Mission | Christianity | Religion

Losing Our Sense of Mission
Byhenry July 14, 2013
When it rains it pours, so I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about mission lately, and here’s another one that raises some very interesting points. (HT: Kouyanet). Having served on and led short-term mission teams, grown up with long-term missionary parents, and served on mission committees, I find that a great deal of this…
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Christianity | Politics

Freedom of Expression is Important
Byhenry August 2, 2006
Ed Brayton has a wonderful post today titled Answering Ancient Brit on Thought Crimes. I could not agree with Ed any more completely and forcefully. Europe’s response to “thought crimes” is itself extremely dangerous. I would add a note for my fellow-Christians. When you pursue religious liberty and the rights of religious expression, you need…
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Christianity | United Methodist Church

UMC Prejudice or Inertia
Byhenry December 26, 2008
I’ve watched with some concern the posts by John the Methodist, and more recent commentary by John Meunier on the same topic. There are things I would like to say, but I’m hampered by a complete lack of knowledge of the particulars. This morning I read Shane Raynor’s report, and he has some rather interesting…
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