David Ker – Gay Africa

Byhenry January 4, 2010

David Ker has taken on the world at ThinkChristian.net, or so it probably seems to him. The comments provide some additional links and some vigorous comment.

Bible Backgrounds | Bible Books | Christianity

Reading the Bible Chronologically

Byhenry September 3, 2012

A number of bloggers have responded to Marcus Borg’s article at the Huffington Post on reading the New Testament chronologically. Responses include Gaudete Theology, Bill Heroman, and Philip J. Long. I’d suggest reading those responses before reading my few comments. Here are some points that struck me: Borg contends that there is a trajectory of…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Education | Religion | United Methodist Church

On a Virtual Seminary Education

Byhenry March 3, 2011

Jason Byassee explains why he voted to allow up to 2/3 of seminary credits to be taken online in his United Methodist conference (HT: Joel Watts). Readers of this blog will already be aware that I believe it’s inevitable that the majority of education is delivered by virtual means. Not only that, I think this…

Christianity | Worship

Is Your Worship a Joy

Byhenry January 26, 2019

As I’ve been setting up a series of posts on thinking about God, I’ve discussed a little bit what our theology can do, and what it cannot. For example, in a video yesterday, I talked about how our theological knowledge cannot save us. Yet at the same time it can mess us up. I was…

Christianity | Doctrines | Ecclesiology | Women in Ministry

Grudem Interview #8 – Arguing from Numbers

Byhenry December 18, 2006

I’ve had a day or so delay in responding to sections of Adrian Warnock’s interview with Wayne Grudem, so I’ll take on the last couple of sections and do my own reflections post today. This post takes a small sample from Part Eight – What Does the Future Hold for the Church? The main part…

Christianity | Ethics | Politics

Public Policy and Prophecy

Byhenry April 23, 2007

John has an interesting post over at Locusts and Honey titled The Bible, Politics, and Pseudoprophecy. Though there have clearly been some extended exchanges, I haven’t followed them closely, so I’m not 100% certain what John means by Pseudoprophecy, but I think he makes a number of good points. I’d like to comment a bit…