Could You Use This Video about YOUR Church?

Byhenry August 6, 2009

Though I think I might ask myself the next question. Will I grow spiritually after I get there? The atmosphere of grace is, I believe, most conducive to growth!

(HT: Kouya Chronicle)

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Christian Music at Skating Rink
Byhenry June 24, 2006
One of the many e-mail newsletters I get is from the Traditional Values Coalition. Often it seems that the most traditional value from their point of view is overreaction. Recently I got an e-mail from them telling me of the perfidy of the New York Human Relations Commission, which has apparently decided to investigate a…
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Bible Study Method | Bible Study Tools | Christianity | Exegesis

Dave Black: 13 Things Greek Teachers Won’t Tell You
Byhenry April 6, 2013
Dave lists 13 things Greek teachers won’t tell you, but I must say that most of mine did. And Dave does admit that many Greek teachers do say these things. But do students listen? Do people in the pews and those who read books get the message? My experience is that many do not. Not…
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A Classic Quote from My Blog: Being Wrong
Byhenry April 14, 2016
I’ve been wrong before, am quite probably wrong about many things right now, and I suspect I will go right on being wrong until I die. From What Embarrasses Me about Christianity. Yep. Just checked. No reason to believe I’m not still wrong about bunches of things.
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Measuring Liberal Christianity
Byhenry July 16, 2012
There have been a number of posts around the web regarding the decline of liberal Christianity. It got started by Ross Douthat in the New York Times. There have been a number of good responses, including Rachel Held Evans (which connected best with me), Chaplain Mike, and Diana Butler Bass. All these responses are good….
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The Scandal of Unprepared Pastors
Byhenry January 31, 2014
In an article titled Why Do So Many Pastors Leave the Church? The Answer Will Shock You, one paragraph stood out to me: 90% feel they are inadequately trained to cope with the ministry demands and 90% of pastors said the ministry was completely different than what they thought it would be like before they…
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Why I Believe in Dialogue, Respect, and the Gospel Commission
Byhenry September 10, 2016
I’ve recently said and written a few things about the gospel commission, including my claim in my concluding presentation for my video series on eschatology that eschatology is all about the gospel commission. You’ll hear more about this in my foreword to Dave Black’s new book Running My Race. It’s in the final stages of…
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