Sumerians Witness Creation

Byhenry December 15, 2009

This is too funny (from The Onion). HT: Exploring Our Matrix.

Christianity | Historical Jesus | Religion | Spiritual Gifts

Was Jesus Really a Healer?

Byhenry February 27, 2015

By this question, I meant to ask whether Jesus actually cured people of illnesses, not whether he accomplished spiritual healing. I asked the question of Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of the book Healing Marks, when I interviewed him last night in an excursus to my series of studies on the gospel According to John. Here’s…

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Seeking a Bible Topic

Byhenry February 6, 2017

Franklin Graham is quoted by the Huffington Post as saying that the President Trump’s refugee ban is not a Bible topic. He actually said a bit more, but “not a Bible topic” is going to be the quote that follows him all the (remaining) days of his life. And well it should, though I think…

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Follow-up on According to John: Making Himself Equal with God

Byhenry January 24, 2015

There are a number of points I need to write about to follow up on my hangout from last Thursday night, but first, here’s the YouTube video of the event. I would like to remind you that you can ask questions or comment during the event using the Google Hangouts Q&A feature. Normally I’m also…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion

Choosing Pastors and Church Continuity

Byhenry July 14, 2015

Last week I encounter two posts that got me wanting to say something about the same topic: pastoral leadership and church mission and continuity. The first was The United Methodist Church Should Give Up Its Game of Musical Chairs, and the second was not obviously related, 5 Reasons Why the Sunday Sermon Is Boring (both…

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Quote: Philosophers Talk in Obscure Ways

Byhenry January 15, 2015

I thought of this quote as I was preparing for my study on John tonight: Philosophers sometimes appear to talk in obscure ways. They do so because they take into consideration what people often overlook. If a poet (Longfellow) can say, ‘things are not what they seem’, the philosopher will give reasons why. The fact…

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Fences: Mending or Rending

Byhenry August 9, 2011

The following is a sermon I presented at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Pensacola on September 11,2005 and originally posted here on September 13, 2005. I’m reposting it because when I went to look for it, I found that the original post had somehow been truncated, and also because there is a one word at a…