Essence Restored on the Repeal of Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell

Byhenry February 2, 2010

He thinks Christians should support the repeal, and explains his position very clearly.

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Ignoring the Biblical Teaching about Greed

Byhenry December 22, 2016

On a variety of subjects I regularly hear about how people ignore the plain teaching of scripture. I’d like to take away the phrases “the Bible clearly teaches” and “the plain teaching of scripture” from conservatives, while taking “we don’t take that literally” away from liberals. Then maybe we could get around to discussing the…

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Now Rick Warren is in REAL Trouble

Byhenry January 16, 2009

According to OneNewsNow, an organization only slightly less paranoid than WorldNetDaily, Rick Warren is praising President-Elect Obama for inviting Bishop Gene Robinson to pray at the inauguration as well. After supporting Proposition 8 in California and then accepting the President-Elect’s invitation, it’s possible that nobody will be happy with Rick Warren any more. They note…

Christianity | Discipleship | Religion | United Methodist Church

Christian Perfection – Not So Plain to Me!

Byhenry July 2, 2010

One of my early experiences teaching in a United Methodist Church involved giving a series on the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection. That may seem surprising for a new member of a United Methodist congregation, but my background in the Seventh-day Adventist Church involved a good deal of Wesleyan talk (though not the doctrine of…

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Of Virgin Births and Whale’s Bellies

Byhenry December 15, 2011

Allan Bevere asks an interesting question today on his blog: Just how important is the doctrine of the virgin birth to you? He titles the post Must One Believe in the Virgin Birth to Be a Christian? I tend to annoy people on both sides of the spectrum (belief in miracles spectrum, of course) because…

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Quote of the Day – Judging the Experience of Others

Byhenry October 23, 2015

Since I’ve been talking about Seventh-day Adventists starting yesterday, due to the date, I thought I’d use an Ellen G. White quote. A friend called my attention to this today in a phone conversation. Every association of life calls for the exercise of self-control, forbearance, and sympathy. We differ so widely in disposition, habits, education,…