Violence

No greater love . . .

Byhenry April 17, 2007

Professor Liviu Librescu gave his life for his students (Jerusalem Post). It’s worth remembering. I’m sure there were many others. In the midst of this terrible act, there are also people who showed true heroism.

HT: Breaking Christian News.

Christianity | Islam | Violence

My (Alleged) Hatred of Fundamentalists

Byhenry December 4, 2007

Well, as I usually do when I try to be brief (a very rare event!), I stepped in it again and managed to set off some warning bells for some people when I posted about the teacher who was arrested in the Sudan for naming a teddy bear “Mohammed.” Actually, nobody accused me of hatred,…

Bible Backgrounds | Biblical Inspiration | Christianity | Old Testament | Religion

Preaching from the Old Testament

Byhenry June 27, 2015

No, I’m not going to do it, but I’m going to ask Dr. Bob Cornwall some questions about it. He’s currently preaching a series in his church from 1st & 2nd Samuel. Bob is one of my Energion authors (see his book list here), and is editor of the two book series we publish in…

Bible Passages | Bible Study | Bible Study Method | Biblical Inspiration

Numbers 31 – An Unsatisfactory Response

Byhenry June 20, 2016

Since I have been reading the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy along with the text, I wanted to place a short note about the response to this passage in that commentary. (The author of the Leviticus portion is Dale A Brueggemann.) He notes the command to slaughter all the males, including the…

Media | Politics | Violence

Responding to Tragedy

Byhenry April 16, 2007

Many of us right now are thinking about and praying for the folks at Virginia Tech. Others closer to the scene are responding as their duty calls them. But it’s an ill wind that blows no one good, and there are two groups of people who thrive on this sort of thing: The news media,…

Civil Liberties | Tolerance | Violence

Salman Rushdie Knighted / Violent Reaction in Muslim World

Byhenry June 19, 2007

Update: Or really, just a better reference. I think this story from MSNBC covers the ground better in a single article. I believe very strongly that we need to distinguish between radicals who want to kill us, and the very large number of Muslims who are peaceful people. But with the reaction to the knighting…

War

Why I am Not a Pacifist

Byhenry November 11, 2007

Recently there have been a number of articles on pacifism in the Methodist blogosphere, and not a few elsewhere. The most recent set started on Locusts and Honey with his recommendation of this article by Dave Kopel. Another of my blog favorites, Mark Warnock, has challenged the foundation of Kopel’s arguments in Pacifism Got Wrong….

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Kievas Fargo says:

April 17, 2007 at 3:38 pm

Even in the midst of darkness, there are always a few lights.

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