Christianity | Religion

Clayboy on Bell and Hell

Byhenry March 18, 2011

He makes some random observations.

Blog Carnivals | Christianity

Christian Carnival #257 Posted
Byhenry December 31, 2008
. . . at Ancient Hebrew Poetry. It’s short–I wonder if there’s some sort of holiday around this time of year!–but still has some interesting posts. Hopefully more people will submit their best work for the next one. It’s painless, and it gets you links!
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Bible Study | Bible Study Method | Christianity | Religion

When the Bible Story Shocks
Byhenry January 25, 2017
I read Joshua 24, including Joshua’s farewell speech today. There are quite a number of texts in this chapter that are quoted regularly without any knowledge of their source or of the circumstances. One is Joshua 24:15 “… as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Now there’s a pink elephant in…
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Atonement | Christianity | Soteriology

Substitutionary Atonement: One of Many Perspectives
Byhenry January 12, 2019
I have often annoyed people by saying both that I believe in substitutionary atonement, though I prefer not to use “penal substitutionary atonement,” and also do not believe it is the sole reason for, view of, or metaphor to describe what God did in the atonement. So it’s nice to link to Roger Olson, who…
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Christianity | Religion

Defining Christian
Byhenry October 24, 2012
Adrian Warnock recently wrote a post on defining what is a Christian. I commented on that post, and largely had no problem with it. I’m looking forward to Adrian’s definition of an evangelical. Now Dave Warnock (no relation that I know of) has written a post critical of Adrian’s effort. Since I usually agree with…
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Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity | Doctrines | Women in Ministry

Role of Women
Byhenry December 10, 2006
I thought I was just about done with this topic after commenting on <a href="textual issues, but there have been some additional comments that called attention to some additional information. Molly commented and through her comment I found her very thoughtful entry Jesus/Women: Equal Worth, Unequal Role (?), and her link to another thoughtful article,…
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Bible Passages | Christianity

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany
Byhenry December 24, 2017
From time to time I hear Christians, particularly pastors, lament the neglect of the Advent season. As a religious celebration Christmas comes best after the season of Advent in which we study and meditate on expectation. Then comes Christmas. Because of the commercialization of Christmas as a secular holiday (I believe one can commemorate the…
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