What Dennis Venema Would Like to Hear a Young Earth Creationist Say

Byhenry October 20, 2012

I think this post at BioLogos makes some important points. Besides, Dennis Venema does some excellent writing (not in this post, it’s about him).

Christian Ministry | Christian Mission | Christianity | Discipleship | Religion

What Have They Seen in Your House?

Byhenry September 19, 2016

Yesterday the Scripture for my Sunday School class was Isaiah 40:21-31. The daily readings in the student guide included the first 20 verses of the chapter as well. Those acquainted with critical scholarship on the book of Isaiah recognize this as the opening of 2nd Isaiah, chapters 40-55. At first I was going to avoid…

Creation and Evolution | Education Policy | Intelligent Design | Science Education

Brownback on Faith and Science

Byhenry June 2, 2007

There have been quite a number of responses to Senator and presidential candidate Sam Brownback’s discussion of faith and science. These have varied from extremely favorable, from some Christians who think Brownback has managed an extraordinarily good balance between faith and science, while others are quite angry because Brownback has clearly injected faith into science….

Christianity | Religion

Dismissing as Wrong

Byhenry July 3, 2010

In an article that I find very agreeable, Chaplain Mike of the Internet Monk site discusses the way in which some churches major on the minors, making people who disagree with specific doctrinal positions uncomfortable. But I want to object to one line in that post, and it’s one I hear frequently in real life…

Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design

A Note on Evolution, ID, and Ethical Behavior

Byhenry November 21, 2007

No, this isn’t going to be an extended discussion of the ethics of intelligent design advocates, though one of their number does come into it. One of the frequent charges made against evolutionary theory is that it undermines the basis for morals. Various anti-evolutionists have blamed evolutionary theory for everything from the holocaust to bad…

Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Politics | Religion

Defensive Christianity

Byhenry September 5, 2012

I’ve seen a great number of words from Christians here in America recently, some of them coming from Facebook or Twitter, some in blog posts, some in words spoken directly to me, or on Television or the Radio. I’m not going to cite specific sources, because I’m not writing about what some particular person said….