Quote: Prayers Make a Difference, But

Byhenry January 19, 2015

“I think my prayers make a difference, but they’re not omnipotent.”

Listen to the whole interview by Doug Pagitt with Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of the recently released book Finding God in Suffering.

| Christianity | Philosophy

Unseemly Glee at the Unknown

Byhenry April 12, 2008

What is it that makes Christians frequently rejoice when told that something is unknown? I received an e-mail today from Breaking Christian News, which discusses odd coincidences or perhaps weird happenings amongst organ transplant recipients. Now bluntly I don’t see that there is enough here to get excited about. I think the writers grossly underestimate…

Christianity | Education | Religious Education

Staying Alive in Seminary

Byhenry August 27, 2010

For many, cemeteryseminary is a difficult spiritual experience. That’s why many refer to it as cemetery. Danny at Boston Bible Geeks is on his second post of a three parter (I think) regarding improving seminary. I want to underline one of his points, which is his #1 in the second post of the series. It’s…

Bible Study | Biblical Inerrancy | Christianity

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?

Byhenry March 25, 2006

Ed Brayton, on his blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars, started a bit of an exchange over slavery and the Bible with his post Slavery and the Bible, which was answered over on In The Agora by Eric Seymour in his post Does the Bible condone slavery?. Just so you have the whole story, Ed…

Bible Passages | Bible Study | Old Testament

Reading Stories: Jonah, Ruth, and Esther

Byhenry October 10, 2016

I just posted my interview with Bruce Epperly about his new book Jonah: When God Changes on the Energion Discussion Network. I’m going to embed it here as well. I want to call attention to it along with Bruce’s next most recent (!) book Ruth & Esther: Women of Agency and Adventure. Sometimes we get…

Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | Christianity | Doctrines

Conceptual Idolatry

Byhenry November 21, 2006

Paul tells us that we now “see dimly in a mrror” (1 Corinthians 13:12), but some of us are quite certain that we see clearly. While I believe we should make every effort to get closer to the truth, it’s important that we understand that God’s ways are not our ways, and thus we will…