Some Mideast Churches Vote to Ordain Women

Byhenry January 13, 2010

Read the full story on The Christian Post.

This is an interesting development, especially considering the region involved.

Christianity | Discipleship | Doctrines | Featured | Holy Spirit

Experiencing the (Baptism of the) Holy Spirit
Byhenry March 12, 2008June 10, 2025
This is a topic where I tend to make just about everyone uncomfortable. Long time readers may recall a previous discussion of speaking in tongues, and my own experience of it. Those who expect me to be intellectually oriented and rational are uncomfortable with mystical experiences, and many who are comfortable with the mystical experiences…
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Ouch!
Byhenry May 16, 2008
. . . but on target. I refer to this post on Pursuing Holiness. My own preference is that churches and religious organizations define marriage for their own constituents, and the state simply define households. Laura’s words about free speech destroying human rights committees are also on target.
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Christianity | End Times | Religion

October 22 and Eschatology
Byhenry October 22, 2012
October 22 probably doesn’t mean much to most of my readers, but for someone who grew up as a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA), it has great significance. It was on October 22, 1844 that early Adventists (before they were Seventh-day Adventists) expected Jesus to return. It was actually the second time they had expected that. first…
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Community and Inspiration
Byhenry January 5, 2006
I’m continuing a fairly long series of essays on inspiration. Some of this material will be included in my new book, When People Speak for God, though I haven’t scheduled a time yet when I’ll complete that manuscript. In my previous entry, The Heart of Inspiration, I said that inspiration starts from any experience of…
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Letting the Holy Spirit Teach
Byhenry September 21, 2013
I’ve been meditating a bit on letting the Holy Spirit be the teacher. There’s an interesting corollary to letting the Holy Spirit teach—letting other people learn. You see, what we often want to do is to “let” the Holy Spirit teach other people what we already know, and what we think they need to learn….
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Christian Carnival CCLXVI Posted
Byhenry March 4, 2009
… at C.Orthodoxy.
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