Church (From My Twitter Fee

Byhenry July 25, 2016

"Church" has become an organization that devours time and resources rather than a way of living that structures and empowers everything.

— Henry Neufeld (@hneufeld) July 25, 2016

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On Camping: Do Errors Result from Lack of Theological Education?

Byhenry June 5, 2011

Dr. W. Robert Godfrey, president of Westminster Seminary California, says that it does, according to the Christian Post. Dr. Godfrey, who was in the youth group taught by Camping at Alameda Christian Reformed Church, says that Camping reads the Bible like an engineer, lacks knowledge of the original languages, and doesn’t know how to read…

Bible Study | Biblical Criticism | Biblical Inerrancy | Christianity | Religious Education

High School Bible Classes Again

Byhenry May 1, 2006

In a previous post, The Best Place to Teach the Bible, I discussed my view that home and church or other private organizations were the best way to teach the Bible. I’ve had a couple of comments to that post that I think deserve some comment, and since I don’t like to make post-length comments…

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Introduction to Perspectives on Paul

Byhenry September 15, 2016

Tonight I begin my new series of Thursday night studies on the apostle Paul. My approach will be a bit different than usual. I’m more interested in developing the background, particularly in Israelite religion and Judaism and looking at the way Paul draws from his theological sources. I’ll also introduce my approach to the subject….

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Book Notes – Revelation: The Way It Happened

Byhenry May 13, 2011

When I encountered Lee Harmon in cyberspace, or more precisely he encountered me, and I learned that he’d written a book about Revelation, I was immediately hooked. Besides, Revelation – The Way it Happened is such an interesting and suggestive title. Let me warn you that, as usual, this will be less a review and…

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The Beautiful Gate

Byhenry October 22, 2006

I’ve been meditating a bit on Acts 3:1-10, the story of the healing of the lame man at the Beautiful gate of the temple. Often we look at stories like this and just think it’s a nice story of miraculous healing. But I believe that miracles are intended to communicate a message, and when they…

Atheism | Christianity | Religion

O’Reilly vs Dawkins and Mocking God

Byhenry October 13, 2011

The video below is a short exchange between Richard Dawkins and Bill O’Reilly. I’ve come to expect nonsense from O’Reilly, and I have a fairly low opinion of what Dawkins writes regarding theology, while considering his science writing second to none. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com What caught my attention here was the accusation…