According to John: Who Is This Son of Man?

Byhenry March 5, 2015

I’m running a little behind today, so I’m just going to give you the link. You can check out the details via the event on Google+. The YouTube viewer is embedded below.

Christianity

God Reducing Machine

Byhenry October 19, 2007

Check it out here. Reduce your God to a manageable size! HT: 42.

Bible Study | Biblical Inerrancy | Christianity | Doctrines

Doctrinal Statements and Bible Use

Byhenry January 21, 2007

A friend e-mailed me about a post which caught my attention. It seems that a blogger wanted to use the feed of the ESV Bible from the official web site, but found that the terms of service required him to accept a doctrinal statement first (relevant links are in his entry). Personally, I think that…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Religion

Different People See Different Things in Acts

Byhenry September 22, 2015

In my current series on the church, starting from my interview with Dr. David Alan Black about his book Seven Marks of a New Testament Church, I’m bringing in material from two other authors: Bruce Epperly (Transforming Acts: Acts of the Apostles as a 21st Century Gospel) and Ruth Fletcher (Thrive: Spiritual Habits of Transforming…

Bible Books | Bible Commentary | Bible Passages | Bible Study Method

Lectionary Notes

Byhenry July 27, 2009

One of my devotional practices is to keep track of the weekly lectionary texts (not the daily and often not special days during the week), and read them through daily using different versions and different reference sources. I keep notes online when I have time. I haven’t publicized this very much because I have been…

Bible Study | Biblical Criticism

Form Criticism

Byhenry March 18, 2006

We’ll begin our discussion of specific tools within the historical-critical method by looking at form criticism. I’m going to try to present this in a way that will be useful to lay students of the Bible, so note that I will be ignoring the more obscure forms and some technicalities of the method. The general…

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Thankful for the Gift of Suffering for Jesus?

Byhenry January 9, 2017

Because you have been graciously given this on behalf of Christ: not only in Him to believe, but also for Him to suffer. (Philippians 1:29, excessively literally) I’ve been meditating on two texts as the new year begins, Philippians 1:27-30, and Ephesians 5:1-2. I’ve been kind of ignoring this suffering thing so far. But last…