Christian Carnival CCLXIV Posted

How Not to Make Your Point

Byhenry November 5, 2009

In his post next time, don’t invite the baptists, Bruce Alderman provides a link to a very unfortunate case in which a Lutheran pastor is put down by a local Baptist church because she is a woman. Let me note here that I am personally acquainted with Baptists who oppose women in pastoral ministry and…

Christianity | Religion

The Problem with Eschatology

Byhenry July 15, 2013

I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is very interested in eschatology. We didn’t learn the term all that early, but we were subjected constantly to sermons about it. SDA eschatology is one of the key reasons I’m not SDA any more, but when I first joined a United Methodist congregation, I was…

Christian Ministry | Christianity

Finding a Church Through a Blog

Byhenry April 18, 2009

The Internet Monk is providing a post for exchanging ideas about church congregations. Though I wonder about a church search done via blog comments, I’ve already commented on the post indicating that if that’s where people are searching, perhaps that’s where you have to help. I’ll be interested in seeing which traditions are represented in…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion | Worship

Weekly Communion

Byhenry September 10, 2012

I’m delighted that my church, First United Methodist Church of Pensacola has started offering Holy Communion at all services. For several years this has been offered at the ICON service and at the 9:30 service, but was only offered monthly at the others. Now this will be consistent, and I think closer to the way…

Christian Ministry | Complementarianism | Egalitarianism | Women in Ministry

Church Planting Body Count

Byhenry April 29, 2007

I regularly find myself surprised at how surprised some folks are at the unsurprising. We should, after all, expect people to be the people they are, and Mark Driscoll is Mark Driscoll. Shocking, isn’t it? Well, Mark Driscoll prepared a video for a conference on church planting in which he was very much himself, and…

Bible Commentary | Bible Passages | Bible Study | Discipleship

Psalm 119:1 – Living According to God’s Law

Byhenry November 24, 2024

Introductory Note I’ve been meditating on Psalm 119 recently after a conversation with an author regarding a forthcoming book reminded me of it. I’m going to write a few short devotionals. I’m not sure how many I’ll write, but reading this Psalm does make me think. For any devotional on Psalm 119, please remember that…