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.

How NOT to Express Your Views

Byhenry July 10, 2007

I suppose it was inevitable, with all of the hype about the terrible evils supposedly caused by a belief in evolution, but it looks like some crackpots decided to express their views with threats. From the Denver Post: The first threat was e-mailed to the labs – part of CU’s ecology and evolutionary biology department…

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…

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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It’s right for God to slaughter women and children anytime he pleases

Byhenry February 7, 2012

The Christian Post has a portion of an interview with John Piper in response to the question: Why was it right for God to slaughter women and children in the Old Testament? How can that ever be right? And the first sentence of his answer is the title of this post. I can hardly tell…

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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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