Pete Enns Reviews Inerrant Wisdom

Byhenry May 4, 2009

This is a very worthwhile review to read. I haven’t yet read the book, but the key points noted are interesting in themselves.

Christianity | Grief | Religion

Explaining Tragedy (Or Not)

Byhenry May 26, 2013

There have been a large number of blog posts following John Piper’s pair of tweets regarding the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Examples include Rachel Held Evans, Chaplain Mike, and Energion author Joel Watts (From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls). (Energion is my company, so that’s my commercial plug for the day/week/etc.) I want…

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Dave Black: Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek

Byhenry November 24, 2010

David Alan Black has posted a new essay, Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek. The majority are books I have read and/or are on my shelves, but there are a couple that are just on my “need to read this list” and a couple more I’m going to add. I note that when…

Christian Mission | Christianity | Interfaith Dialogue

Comic Sues Jews for Jesus

Byhenry August 25, 2006

Today CNN.com reports (an AP story) that Jackie Mason is suing Jews for Jesus over the use of his image and name in one of their pamphlets. (See the Jews for Jesus press release in response here.) I haven’t seen the pamphlet itself, but this action seems over the line to me. The only thing…

Christianity | Historical Jesus | Religion

Coloring Outside the Lines

Byhenry September 28, 2010

I’m borrowing my title from Dave Black’s latest essay, because I’m talking about the same subject and I’m about to publish the second edition of his book, Why Four Gospels?. (I suggest reading Dave’s essay first. It’s short!) I just spent a weekend with Dave as he spoke at First United Methodist Church here in…

Bible Study | Christianity

Divine Wisdom and Discernment

Byhenry January 21, 2006

I’m back to my discussion of inspiration, dealing with the issue of how one determines whether someone can speak for God. In this entry I’m going to look at the last two items on my list, divine widom, and the gift of discernment, which are closely related. As a preliminary, let me comment that I…

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity

If You’re Nice, Diversity Will Take Care of Itself

Byhenry January 7, 2025January 17, 2025

Bad Ideas I Learned from Good Leaders #2 I’ve heard this one from so many people that I would hardly know who to blame for it if I wanted to blame someone. I’ve been told that if you will just be nice and positive, you can ignore the differences in your congregation and everything will…