Christianity

On Reading the Old Testament

Byhenry December 23, 2010

A note from The Reluctant Evangelist.

Christianity | Religion

First Century Church – Wanting and Doing
Byhenry July 21, 2011
My wife said some important things in her devotional yesterday, First Century Church Wanted. If I might summarize, many of us want what the early church had, but we don’t want to do what the early church did.
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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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How Was Jesus Portrayed as Crucified to the Galatians?
Byhenry February 11, 2017
You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified? 2 I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the Law or by believing what you heard? (Galatians 3:1-2, ISV, from…
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Christianity | Politics

And Yet Christians Speak of Persecution
Byhenry February 17, 2007
I am continually annoyed when Christians claim to be persecuted in this country. I know that we are, from time to time, inconvenienced and troubled, but it seems to me that calling ourselves persecuted simply devalues the term. I’ve lived where persecution was a reality, as in fleeing ahead of someone intent on killing you…
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Christian Mission | Christianity

Link: A Messy Incarnation
Byhenry December 9, 2019
Energion author Bruce Epperly talks about the messiness of the incarnation in God’s Birth: It’s Fragile and Messy. I consider the incarnation to be the center of good Christian theology.
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What’s Old about the Old Testament?
Byhenry November 14, 2018
Many years ago, more years than I will admit to, I went into a Jewish book and supply store and requested a copy of the “Hebrew Old Testament.” I recall vividly the look on the store clerk’s face, and I apologized, but it’s not an error that you can recover from easily. To a Jew,…
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