I Wanted to Post Something about the Search for the Ark

Byhenry February 11, 2009

… but the Internet Monk already did it and did it better. That’s Noah’s ark, by the way, not the Ark of the Covenant.

Congratulations to James McGrath

Byhenry January 7, 2010

He has been appointed to the newly revived Clarence Goodwin chair of New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. My only question is how a university allows a chair like that to remain unfilled for 60 years. Thanks is very much due to the person who discovered the omission.

Bible Study | Biblical Criticism | Old Testament | Religion

On Character, Discontent, and the Old Testament

Byhenry April 20, 2010

I have somewhat of a tradition of reflecting somewhere on my blogs about books I am about to publish. So today I want to look at Allan R. Bevere’s new book The Character of Our Discontent. Allan is a primarily New Testament trained preacher who has decided to take on some major passages in the…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion | Spiritual Gifts

Cessation and Continuation

Byhenry August 2, 2013

Dave Black posted some notes on the difference between being a cessationist and a continualist (his term). I agree with his comments. Most commonly when we talk about “cessationism” we are talking about the gifts of the Spirit. Do these gifts, particularly the more spectacular of them, continue to operate in the church today? (I…