What the Bible and the U. S. Constitution Have in Common
Find out at A Pilgrim’s Progress. (HT: Dave Black Online.)
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ByhenryThe joint blog through the book Almost Christian by John Meunier and his daughter continues with Parents Matter Most. I must recommend this series again, because both participants are making excellent points and being quite open about spirituality. You can follow the links in the various posts. A key takeaway line this time: Neither grows…
In Which I Am Completely Unhelpful about UMC General Conference
ByhenryAllan Bevere has carried on a discussion about the 2016 UMC General Conference, in which he is partially responding to another Energion author, Joel Watts. I have to agree with Allan that closing the floor is unlikely to help. I’m not sure anything will. I see individual United Methodist churches accomplishing things for the gospel….
When Theology Overrides Story
ByhenryJody and I were reading the Lectionary passages for next Sunday this afternoon, and I was reminded about how our theology can keep us from reading Bible stories. I think it’s also easy to let our theology trump the theology of a Bible writer, but stories don’t have a one-to-one relationship to theology in the…
Gray Areas
ByhenryHere’s a good post/discussion on complexity and the gray areas. HT: Kouya Chronicle.
The (other party) in Your Head
ByhenryThe (other party) in your head may not be like the one in reality.
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The Problem with Revenge
ByhenryIt’s 9/11 and the events eight years ago are on most people’s minds. Many Christians will be praying today, as my wife wrote in her devotional. What will those prayers consist of? What is a Christian response? Shortly before the second gulf war began, I wrote an essay simply titled Revenge! I want to quote…