Marks of a Unified Church

Byhenry February 21, 2012

Walter Brueggemann suggests how we might avoid getting tangled up on secondary issues:

(HT: Allan R. Bevere)

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Connecting the Unhooked to the Word
Byhenry July 21, 2018
Dave has some interesting points here. Love for one another doesn’t disconnect us from the “other.” A genuine church might attract genuine people.
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Congratulations to James McGrath
Byhenry January 7, 2010
He has been appointed to the newly revived Clarence Goodwin chair of New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. My only question is how a university allows a chair like that to remain unfilled for 60 years. Thanks is very much due to the person who discovered the omission.
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From My Editing Work: I Grieve Like Everyone Else
Byhenry September 22, 2014
The first thing I acknowledge is that I grieve just like everyone else; I do not grieve as a minister. I have the very same emotions, the very same needs as all persons who experience loss. (p. 20) This is from the forthcoming book Surviving a Son’s Suicide by Ron Higdon. It’s interesting that I’m…
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Let Them Pray Together
Byhenry January 14, 2009
Bruce Alderman has a wonderful suggestion for Bishop Gene Robinson and Rev. Rick Warren: Personally, what I’d like to see is for Robinson and Warren to sit down and say a prayer together. This issue shouldn’t tear the church apart, regardless of who is right. If nothing else, we could call it loving enemies and…
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Thankful for the Gift of Suffering for Jesus?
Byhenry January 9, 2017
Because you have been graciously given this on behalf of Christ: not only in Him to believe, but also for Him to suffer. (Philippians 1:29, excessively literally) I’ve been meditating on two texts as the new year begins, Philippians 1:27-30, and Ephesians 5:1-2. I’ve been kind of ignoring this suffering thing so far. But last…
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Links on Biblical Inspiration
Byhenry June 25, 2007
A discussion of my book When People Speak for God is taking place on the Compuserve Religion Forum. At the same time, Amazon.com has dropped the price to $12.23 ($17.99 suggested retail). I have also just written some notes on Justin Holcomb’s book Christian Theologies of Scripture over on my Participatory Bible Study blog. While…
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2 Comments

Bob MacDonald says:

February 21, 2012 at 8:26 pm

Brilliant last line! – Love it – thanks.

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1. Henry Neufeld says:
  
  February 22, 2012 at 9:23 am
  
  That’s a powerful message for 2:22! I really enjoyed it as well.
  
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