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Stuff Christians Say

Byhenry March 4, 2013

Well, sort of …

If you talk like this, consider a change!

HT: The Internet Monk

Christianity | Ethics | Religion

Mistakes Leading to Death
Byhenry November 23, 2009
This article certainly raises some troubling issues, though I have yet to understand why one should equate ceasing to artificially sustain life with euthanasia or assisted suicide. What I wonder, however, is if the same people who are so concerned about erroneously identifying someone as in a vegetative state are similarly concerned about the possibility…
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Christianity | Religion | Worship

The Worship Service is Worship Too
Byhenry January 15, 2011
Some time ago I read a post by Arthur Sido on The Voice of One Crying Out in Suburbia titled What is Worship? and I’ve been intending to respond ever since. The problem is that the topic brings up so many different issues that it threatens to become an incredibly long blog post. Those of…
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Christian Ministry | Christianity | Discipleship | Religion | Worship

Church as a Social Occasion
Byhenry January 1, 2016
Or perhaps as the social occasion. Thom Rainer has a post titled Seven Things Church Members Should Say to Guests in a Worship Service. It comes complete with a header picture of people who, to me, look like they’re forcing excessive smiles. I probably see it that way because I’m an introvert. I suppose that…
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Bible Backgrounds | Christianity

The Value of Theological Disagreement
Byhenry May 12, 2018
Earlier today I posted links to a video by Andy Stanley and a response by Michael Brown. Some people have commented on this issue indicating that it was unfair to “attack” Andy Stanley about his views. (These were not on my blog post or its Facebook link; the controversy is widespread.) I have a few…
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Martin Luther King Day 2010
Byhenry January 18, 2010
Two personal experiences shape my thoughts each day on Martin Luther King day. The first was the memory of those in our small north Georgia community who were gratified that he had died. Few of the young folk had any idea why they should think that way, though we had regularly had “scares” that there…
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Bible Study | Biblical Criticism | Christianity

Tradition Criticism
Byhenry March 25, 2006
Tradition criticism is an overview method that encompasses all four of the critical tools I have discussed previously, textual, form, source, and redaction criticism. Tradition criticism differs in that it is an overview process of studying the entire history of the text, looking for ways in which the expressed tradition has changed, and the circumstances…
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