Christian Carnival Posted

Byhenry September 7, 2011

… at Thinking in Christ. Find out about such diverse topics as Rowling’s ethics of magic and dating the synoptic gospels.

How to Keep Religion in the Public Square

Byhenry February 10, 2009

Every so often there’s another outburst of complaints about how religion is being suppressed in this country, and how it no longer has its place in the public square. And there are the occasional really silly incidents that actually support such a claim. I note, for example, that our local public library here in Pensacola,…

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Of Double Standards and Cesspools

Byhenry July 30, 2008

Steve Matheson at Quintessence of Dust notes regarding Dembski’s Uncommon Descent blog: Uncommon Descent is a moral cesspool, a festering intellectual ghetto that intoxicates and degrades its inhabitants. . . . C’mon Steve! Don’t hold back! Tell us how you really feel! While I lead with the controversial (and I agree with him about UcD),…

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History of the Bible for 3rd Graders

Byhenry January 30, 2011

I was surprised to be invited to teach a session on the history of the Bible to the third grade class at my home church. So what does one do with about a half an hour to talk about the history of the Bible with about 20 lively 3rd graders? I chose to create some…

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Inerrancy according to the Chicago Statement

Byhenry September 27, 2015

Tim Bulkeley is asking a question about the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. When I say that I reject biblical inerrancy, a frequent (and valid) follow-up is to ask what kind of inerrancy I reject. The answer, for me, is the inerrancy of the Chicago Statement. If you’re wondering what about that statement I reject,…

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Theological German Blog

Byhenry September 4, 2009

Dave Black linked to this post today for the Barth quote, but I will be visiting the site frequently, I think. To say that my theological German is rusty is an understatement, but I was surprised by how much I could get first pass. The word lists fill in. This could help scrape off some…

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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…