Is the American Church in Prison?

Byhenry December 29, 2011

Christians in many countries face imprisonment, but is it possible the American is imprisoned metaphorically by our way of thinking? Eric Carpenter thinks we are, and suggests some things to rethink.

Do We Live What We Believe

Byhenry July 14, 2009

When one edits a book, one has an extraordinary opportunity to think multiple times about some of the statements. In the case of a revolutionary book such as The Jesus Paradigm, which is in the final stages before release, there are quite a number of such sentences. One of these impressed me enough that I…

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Perspectives on Paul: Date and Authorship of the Epistles

Byhenry November 3, 2016

I will review how date and authorship is determined (or not) and how that relates to the way we will answer the question of Paul’s gospel.

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Jubilee and Care for the Poor

Byhenry January 14, 2010

I was struck by a comment made by David W. Baker in his commentary on Leviticus (Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy [Cornerstone Biblical Commentary]), p. 194-195: … Protection of life and dignity through a shared distribution of wealth was also known and practiced in the early church at Jerusalem (Acts 2:44-45), though not in relation to any…

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Adventists, Other Christians, and The Great Disappointment

Byhenry October 21, 2015

Clipart Credit Substantially changing beliefs have been a defining characteristic of my life. That may be hard to comprehend. It’s even hard to write in a grammatical form. This admission makes some people uncomfortable. Why should they listen to me now, if I have already changed what I may have believed and advocated decades, years,…

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Worship and a Broadcast Sermon

Byhenry August 13, 2011

John Meunier asks if he can be replaced by a video screen. It’s a good question, considering the number of megachurches that are broadcasting a sermon to multiple locations. I have several objections to the idea of a broadcast sermon: I think our worship services are already too far from the idea of active participation….

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Sky McCracken on Change in the UMC

Byhenry November 13, 2012

A great quote: We Americans aren’t very good at absolute authority, but we presently have the opposite of it in the UMC – we have an episcopacy shackled to lead, but convenient to blame. It’s a great system to play armchair quarterback in, but it doesn’t make disciples. Go read the rest. It’s thought provoking.