Value of Long and Short Term Missions

Byhenry October 21, 2013

Eddie Arthur comments with a link and provides some valuable advice. I grew up with my parents on long term missions, and have been on a number of short term missions myself, and this resonates.

Christianity | Doctrines

Gender Roles as Essential

Byhenry October 2, 2006

Peter Kirk has written an excellent post about the essentials of the Christian faith. I’ll let you go to his blog for the many references he has used in his discussion, and the reason for this post at this moment. My reason for commenting on it is simply that Peter has highlighted a number of…

Reading from the KJV

Byhenry March 25, 2008

I chose to do my lectionary reading today from the KJV, and specifically from an edition of the C. I. Scofield study Bible. This is an interesting exercise for me, since I grew up on the KJV. In fact, it’s no harder for me to do my reading from the KJV than from a very…

Author Related | Christianity | Religion

Annoyed at Certain Christian Labels

Byhenry January 30, 2009

On Wednesday I got snarky about a post by Jim West, dealing with “Biblical faith” and yesterday I wrote about a test that is alleged (incorrectly) to determine whether I have a “Biblical worldview.” There’s a common element here that annoys me, and it’s these multi-word or hyphenated Christian labels for things that might well…

Christian Ministry | Christianity

A Snake-Handling Baptist?

Byhenry January 21, 2010

Dave Black posts a picture of his colleague Alvin Reid (look for 6:56 AM, Thursday, January 21), who appears with Dave’s favorite reptile (and I assume Alvin’s as well, but what do I know?) It looks to me like the Baptists are descending into snake handling. Who could have predicted that? Actually, the occasion is…

Does God Care about 2% or 5%?

Byhenry August 31, 2008

Mike, at The Creation of an Evolutionist, calls attention to an article by Dinesh D’Souza on Townhall.com, in which D’Souza replies to an argument by Christopher Hitchens. Mike says this is worth thinking about, and I agree, but I’ve got some bones to pick with D’Souza’s approach. Hitchens’ argument is essentially that God has been…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | United Methodist Church | Women in Ministry

When One Issue Drowns Out Others

Byhenry November 26, 2018

After interviewing Allan R. Bevere a few days ago I discovered another video. First, here’s my interview with Allan. We were talking about the United Methodist Church General Conference in 2019 looking for a way forward as a denomination with regard to same-sex marriage and related issues. The new video is from the Adventist News…

Value of Long and Short Term Missions

Gender Roles as Essential

A Snake-Handling Baptist?

When One Issue Drowns Out Others

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