Christian Carnival #250 Is Posted

Finding God in Suffering: A Journey with Job

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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Same-Sex Marriage, Moving Candlesticks, and the Judgment of God

Byhenry February 5, 2016

My instinctive reaction when I disagree with people on major issues is to come out swinging. Despite this instinct, I believe I am called to be a facilitator, to try to help people talk intelligently and communicate effectively about controversial topics. So if you’re looking for a statement about what I believe regarding same-sex marriage,…

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Bad Theology and ID

Byhenry October 30, 2007

Quite frequently in the debate over intelligent design someone mentions that ID is “bad theology.” That someone might even be me! The problem is that it is not all that easy to delineate just what is bad theology. My bad theology may well be someone else’s belief system. Of course, the reverse may also be…

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Biblical Studies Carnival XXXV Posted

Byhenry November 1, 2008

. . . at Abnormal Interests. Besides the fact that I have a post from my Threads blog listed, there are a couple of major sections that are particularly worth taking a look. First, there are numerous posts relating to recent discoveries relating to the history of Israel. Duane did a great job of showing…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion

For Gospel Preachers

Byhenry August 20, 2012

Scot McKnight has some excellent advice.

Bible Study | Christianity

Choosing a Pew Bible

Byhenry January 25, 2006

Sometimes choosing a pew Bible is a kind of afterthought. I grew up in churches that didn’t even have pew Bibles. It was expected that all the church members would have their own and would bring them to church. But for many churches the pew Bible can have a major impact both on worship and…