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.

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NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible
Byhenry September 8, 2016
A little over a week ago I reviewed the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible using the Olive Tree electronic edition. On Tuesday I received my hardcover copy from the publisher. (Note: I received this copy free of charge in exchange for an honest review. No other strings were attached!) This is not an extraordinarily new…
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Blessings!
Byhenry December 14, 2011
Despite this I think I’ll still use it. Sort of like “Peace!” or “Joy!”
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Priesthood, Sacrifice, and Christian Theology
Byhenry May 4, 2006
I want to call the attention of the readers of this blog to some posts I’m starting in the Participatory Bible Study blog. I’m looking at the nature of priesthood and sacrifice in connection with views of the atonement. This portion of my blogging through the book of Hebrews will take me a number of…
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Jesus Is Not on Your Side
Byhenry October 10, 2013
I’ve been watching the responses to Bill O’Reilly’s book Killing Jesus. Note that I said I was following the responses. I haven’t read the book and don’t intend to. I can’t stand listening to its author and I don’t feel any obligation to subject myself to reading his words. My attitude parallels Allan Bevere’s. I…
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Being Other Worldly or Being Christian
Byhenry June 27, 2007
The Evangelical Ecologist has an excellent post titled Closing Credibility Gaps. I think that I’m in a good position to underline his post, as a member of a congregation of the United Methodist Church, one of those declining mainline denominations. Just so the error seekers know that I saw it, I will quibble slightly over…
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A Muslim Comment on the Mariam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag Case
Byhenry May 19, 2014
From time to time I hear the question regarding some act of terrorism, or by some act of a Muslim government: Where is the Muslim outrage? I first want to note that I find measuring online outrage to be a somewhat hopeless task. I am outraged at many things that I never manage to mention…
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