Repelling Young People

Byhenry February 20, 2012

“So, in a spirit of Christian solidarity, I decided to help these churches expel young people once and for all.” This is too good! Read the rest.

Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Religion

The Fanatic Illustrated

Byhenry July 11, 2012

In a previous post I used the relationship between essentials and non-essentials to group ways in which Christians (and Christian groups) operate. One of these approaches to doctrine was labeled “the fanatic” (see image). With some help from Joel Watts, I’ve found a good illustration of this, and it’s The Berean Library, which lists as…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion

The Way That Seems Right

Byhenry May 17, 2011

(This post is written for the One Word at a Time Blog Carnival [Road].) The mission trip was off to a bad start. I had unwisely followed some “money saving” advice from a travel agent, which landed me in Atlanta with less than an hour to change planes, and the flights had been booked separately,…

Books | Christianity

Can Liberal and Conservative Christians Meet Anywhere?

Byhenry September 20, 2014

One of my goals as a publisher is to see people from various streams of Christianity talk to one another and learn from one another. I used the labels “liberal,” “charismatic,” and “evangelical” in the home video I made early in the history of my publishing company, Energion Publications. I’m embedding it here for those…

Bible Passages | Bible Study Method | Christianity

N. T. Wright on Women in Ministry

Byhenry July 8, 2009

It’s no surprise that I like this, considering it’s N. T. Wright. I like reading or listening to him even when I disagree. (HT: Allan Bevere) While I like his comments in general, I’m particularly interested in his approach to deriving his point from scripture. He goes first to the story. What was it that…

Christian Mission | Christianity | Discipleship

I Am Not Ashamed

Byhenry March 28, 2024

There might be many reasons why someone would be ashamed of the good news about God that is represented in what we call the “gospel.” Historically, the shame was in worshipping a convicted and executed criminal, calling him God and following his teachings. Very few people doubt that Jesus died, and that he was executed…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | United Methodist Church

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.