Biblical Studies Carnival #45 Posted

Byhenry September 1, 2009

… at The Golden Rule, Bible Theme Park edition. Lots of good stuff here, and despite my usual delinquency in submitting anything, I got a link in there.

Christianity | Prayer | Religious Education

Prayer Training
Byhenry March 15, 2006
Over on the Pacesetters Bible School News blog I have posted an entry on prayer teams and prayer training. Prayer training seems to be quite rare in churches. Its possible that we generally feel that prayer isnt something that should be taught, but rather is something that just happens. Many pastors that Ive talked to…
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Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Religion

Disaster and Judgment
Byhenry August 22, 2009
John Piper has suggested that the tornado that struck Minneapolis was a judgment on the ELCA for the recent change in their statement on human sexuality. Piper is a great preacher, and despite some disagreements, I love to hear him present a good gospel message, but I find this, and other similar statements, quite disturbing….
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Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion | United Methodist Church

UMC Pastoral Accountability: What About Bishops?
Byhenry September 28, 2012
United Methodist Insight led me to Jeremy Smith’s article, Defeating the Dark Side of Church Metrics. I recommend the second link because of comments. Since one commenter talks about people who oppose accountability but who receive their paycheck from the church, let me note that I am a United Methodist layman, and I do not…
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Christianity | Politics

More on Military Chaplains
Byhenry January 5, 2006
As a follow-up to my prior comments on military chaplains, I’d like to call attention to the following article. I want to note as well that I found this link on the American Family Association web site, and I want to thank them for providing this link to balancing information. In this article, Navy rebuts…
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Christianity | Religion | Worship

I got goosebumps
Byhenry December 12, 2010
… during the closing song at church today, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. Perhaps this explains it! Or perhaps not.
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Christianity | Videos

A Robust Theodicy?
Byhenry November 8, 2022
As I conduct interviews on theodicy with various authors, I’d like to suggest this: We need a theodicy (and in fact a full theology) that is as comfortable in Job as in Deuteronomy. This would be the expression of a faith that isn’t forgotten in good times or repudiated in bad. Here again is the…
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