On Merry Christmas from Last Year

Darksyde on Bill Dembski

Byhenry April 1, 2006

There’s a new post on The Daily Kos, Know Your Creationists: Bill Dembski, that readers may find interesting. It provides some background, and there are some links to some work on the math in the comments. I appreciate those mathematicians who have deconstructed Dembski’s math. When I first read something by him, it occurred to…

Christianity | Humor

Picture = 1000 Words = Book?

Byhenry August 20, 2009

Here I went and wrote an entire book on the subject, and Jon Birch gets it in one picture: HT: Kouya Chronicle

Atheism | Christianity | Church and State | First Amendment | Religion

Christians Behaving Vilely (Rhode Island Edition)

Byhenry January 14, 2012

43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the…

Christianity | Politics

Freedom of Expression is Important

Byhenry August 2, 2006

Ed Brayton has a wonderful post today titled Answering Ancient Brit on Thought Crimes. I could not agree with Ed any more completely and forcefully. Europe’s response to “thought crimes” is itself extremely dangerous. I would add a note for my fellow-Christians. When you pursue religious liberty and the rights of religious expression, you need…

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity | Discipleship | Religion

Keys to a Church Following Jesus

Byhenry September 13, 2015

Before I dig into this series organized around Dave Black’s book Seven Marks of a New Testament Church, I want to make a couple of off-the-cuff remarks. Over the last few years I’ve come to believe that we have two key elements that need to be changed, but more fundamentally, we keep talking about the…

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity

So Why Not Change?

Byhenry January 19, 2023

Sojourners has an article titled SEVEN LIES ABOUT CHRISTIANITY — WHICH CHRISTIANS BELIEVE. There’s a great deal here that I resonate with, especially in the seventh point: The problem with romanticizing Christianity is that we turn our faith into a product, using various selling points to make it look more attractive. Sojo.net But what I’m…

Christianity | Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design | Religious Education | Science Education

Darksyde on Bill Dembski

Byhenry April 1, 2006

There’s a new post on The Daily Kos, Know Your Creationists: Bill Dembski, that readers may find interesting. It provides some background, and there are some links to some work on the math in the comments. I appreciate those mathematicians who have deconstructed Dembski’s math. When I first read something by him, it occurred to…

Christianity | Humor

Picture = 1000 Words = Book?

Byhenry August 20, 2009

Here I went and wrote an entire book on the subject, and Jon Birch gets it in one picture: HT: Kouya Chronicle

Atheism | Christianity | Church and State | First Amendment | Religion

Christians Behaving Vilely (Rhode Island Edition)

Byhenry January 14, 2012

43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the…

Christianity | Politics

Freedom of Expression is Important

Byhenry August 2, 2006

Ed Brayton has a wonderful post today titled Answering Ancient Brit on Thought Crimes. I could not agree with Ed any more completely and forcefully. Europe’s response to “thought crimes” is itself extremely dangerous. I would add a note for my fellow-Christians. When you pursue religious liberty and the rights of religious expression, you need…

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity | Discipleship | Religion

Keys to a Church Following Jesus

Byhenry September 13, 2015

Before I dig into this series organized around Dave Black’s book Seven Marks of a New Testament Church, I want to make a couple of off-the-cuff remarks. Over the last few years I’ve come to believe that we have two key elements that need to be changed, but more fundamentally, we keep talking about the…

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity

So Why Not Change?

Byhenry January 19, 2023

Sojourners has an article titled SEVEN LIES ABOUT CHRISTIANITY — WHICH CHRISTIANS BELIEVE. There’s a great deal here that I resonate with, especially in the seventh point: The problem with romanticizing Christianity is that we turn our faith into a product, using various selling points to make it look more attractive. Sojo.net But what I’m…

Christianity | Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design | Religious Education | Science Education

Darksyde on Bill Dembski

Byhenry April 1, 2006

There’s a new post on The Daily Kos, Know Your Creationists: Bill Dembski, that readers may find interesting. It provides some background, and there are some links to some work on the math in the comments. I appreciate those mathematicians who have deconstructed Dembski’s math. When I first read something by him, it occurred to…