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Byhenry September 17, 2009

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Christian Mission | Christianity | Doctrines | Spong

What Embarrasses me About Christianity
Byhenry April 16, 2007
A discussion has been raging over on the Religion Forum, and Tom Sims has taken it up on his blog regarding Bishop Spong and a quote (Rochester, MN Post-Bulletin) in which he says: “Religion in America today embarrasses me,” said Spong, 75, who will speak in Rochester next week. “If that’s what Christianity is all…
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Bible Study Method | Christianity | Uncategorized

Of United Methodists and Beth Moore
Byhenry April 12, 2013
From time to time various Methodists get very worked up about the idea that members of United Methodist congregations are using Beth Moore studies in their study groups and Sunday School classes. Via Facebook I encountered an older post regarding Methodists and Beth Moore. That article is actually quite restrained and gentle by comparison to…
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Christianity | Discipleship

Legislating Morality
Byhenry November 6, 2007
Have you ever heard a conversation like this? “You can’t legislate morality,” says one person. “Oh yes you can! We do it all the time. Murder is immoral and we legislate against it.” Interesting, no? For me, this gets combined with separation of church and state. I’m an advocate of separation. People will frequently ask…
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Author Related | Bible Translation | Bible Versions | Christianity | Energion.com

Loving, but not Recommending, the REB
Byhenry December 22, 2008
There has been a good deal of talk in the biblioblogosphere about translation theory, and in connection with that support for the REB. In particular, I would note John Hobbins post Why the REB is a Great Translation, and to his earlier posts (not directly on the REB but very relevant to this post), You…
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Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion

The Wrong Reason for Church Growth – Quote of the Day
Byhenry February 2, 2011
From Allan Bevere: And one more thing– as long as the church wants to grow only in order to pay the bills; if we see new people not as persons made in the image of God who need God’s transforming grace as much as the rest of us; if we only see them as instruments…
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Bible Passages | Christianity | Religion

From My Editing Work: Faith, Hope, and Love Together
Byhenry January 8, 2016
From the forthcoming book Meditations on the Letters of Paul by Herold Weiss: The mind does not operate in a vacuum. As it operates it expresses itself in a concrete environment through the body. Faith and hope may be thought as purely intellectual activities – but Paul says “Not quite!” Christian faith and hope cannot…
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