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Byhenry October 6, 2010

Why a Missionary?
Because God says so…

This is from Michelle’s blog, And She Went Out …. It’s a good quote. Michelle is the host for this week’s Christian Carnival.

Christianity | Discipleship

Looking for a Good Sermon?
Byhenry June 29, 2008
OK, I’m blogging on a Sunday morning before I go to church, but I will use as my excuse the fact that I get up substantially earlier than the world, or so it seems, and thus I do reading and such well before it’s time to go to church. I expect to hear an excellent…
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Christianity | Uncategorized

A Good Paraphase
Byhenry January 13, 2010
It makes a good reminder!
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Author Related | Christian Ministry | Christianity

Abuse of Authority or Church Discipline?
Byhenry January 24, 2008
Someone on the Compuserve Religion Forum has posted a reference to an article about churches starting to try to discipline their congregations. I’m not going to try to summarize the article. Suffice it to say that the most extreme example involves a pastor calling the police to arrest a woman for trespassing. Her crime? She…
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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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Atonement | Christianity | Forgiveness

Focusing the Atonement
Byhenry April 26, 2007
Peter Kirk has been involved in some extended debates about the atonement, and you can read about it here and here. Peter has written some good stuff on understanding the atonement. I have generally just been saying that we must recognize our ways of explaining the atonement as metaphors, and not as the reality. A…
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Bible Backgrounds | Bible Books | Blog Carnivals | Christianity

New Biblical Studies Carnival
Byhenry August 2, 2010
Jim West has brought back the Biblical Studies Carnival. (HT: TCOJC)
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