Christian Carnival CCLIX Posted

Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament – Isaiah 7:14 and Hosea 11:1

Byhenry December 8, 2009

With a recent flurry of posts regarding the way in which the Old Testament is used in the New, at least peripherally, I wanted to call attention to one written from a different perspective. The post is Isaiah 7, Nativity, and the Theotokos, written by Mark Olson, who speaks from an Orthodox perspective. He discusses…

Christianity | Creation and Evolution | Diversity | Religious Education | Science Education

Creation and Evolution Summer Camps

Byhenry July 16, 2006

Summer camps to indoctrinate children on creationism? Look at this article: Beliefwatch: Camping. I certainly have no objection to churches teaching their beliefs at summer camp, and I congratulate the Unitarian-Universalist church on having a camp on discoveries in science. What I sincerely wish we would see would be a Christian camp that would teach…

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Um, No Thanks, Not like You

Byhenry November 28, 2008

Al Qaeda’s #2 has called on Americans to embrace Islam, presumably his version. Um, no thanks. Even melting down, we’re better off. Oh, and by the way, Muslim calls to embrace Islam bring memories of Muslim conquest, not to mention recent terror attacks, just as Christian calls to convert the whole Muslim world bring back…

Christianity | Historical Jesus

The Historical Virgin Mary – I

Byhenry February 25, 2008

After discussing Simon Peter, Ben Witherington, in his book What Have They Done with Jesus? proceeds to deal with the information we have available on the Mary, the mother of Jesus. This continues with chapter 5. (Previous entry in this series is Search for the Historical Simon Peter – II.) I should make it clear…

Christianity | Living | Religion

Is Marriage a Partnership of Equals

Byhenry October 6, 2014

Those who know me, will know my answer. I’m egalitarian. My wife and I do two “yesses” and one “no” and either of us can provide the “no.” Bob Cornwall is working on a study guide on marriage and blogging as he goes. Today he begins to address this topic. I think one of the…