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Christian Carnival CCXXXVI Posted

Byhenry August 7, 2008

. . . at Brain Cramps for God. Lots of food for thought. Oh for more reading time!

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What About the Election?

Byhenry November 5, 2014

I’m both unsurprised and unconcerned. Why do I say that when I urged people to vote? I believe in participation. I believe in doing our best with the political system we have available to us. I don’t believe in getting worried about it. In addition, by following good polling data, and avoiding partisan inflation of…

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Link: The Gospel and Social Justice

Byhenry April 29, 2013

T. E. Hanna (discovered via Facebook) has a guest post by Dana Bruxvoort titled Why the Gospel Without Justice Isn’t the Gospel. While the title caught my attention, phrases like “filling in the holes in my gospel” and “doing nothing was no longer an option.” Missions not optional? Let’s spread that idea far and wide!…

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Quick Thought: Stewardship

Byhenry January 1, 2017

Preachers and teachers, myself included, frequently talk about how all that you own belongs to God, but most commonly it is in the context of getting more money for a particular church or ministry. Having led a non-profit ministry, I understand the pressures here. So: What if we talked about stewardship not less often, but…

When One Issue Drowns Out Others

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When One Issue Drowns Out Others

Byhenry November 26, 2018

After interviewing Allan R. Bevere a few days ago I discovered another video. First, here’s my interview with Allan. We were talking about the United Methodist Church General Conference in 2019 looking for a way forward as a denomination with regard to same-sex marriage and related issues. The new video is from the Adventist News…

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Eschatology: Daniel Verse-by-Verse II

Byhenry February 11, 2016

I’m continuing with the dream of Daniel 2 and hopefully connecting it to the golden image of Daniel 3. I’m grotesquely short of time, so will spend it both reading and doing what has to be done! Google+ Event Page YouTube:

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Another Reason to Hate Study Bibles

Byhenry May 6, 2009

Thomas Nelson has release The American Patriot’s Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America*, which is a Bible so lousy in concept that one can dislike it without even bothering to read it. (HT: Christ my righteousness.) You’ve probably heard the cliche, “It’s a really bad book, that’s why I never read…