Connecting the Unhooked to the Word

Byhenry July 21, 2018

Dave has some interesting points here. Love for one another doesn’t disconnect us from the “other.” A genuine church might attract genuine people.

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And Now About Church Success
Byhenry August 28, 2012
It’s interesting that just after reading an article that suggests we’re misreading school success I find one that questions our measure of church success. I find all of the points in Five American Myths of Successful Churches and Ministries (CharismaNews) by Joseph Mattera. In my reading of the Word of God over the past 34…
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Organizing Small Groups
Byhenry January 15, 2011
Will Rice, Discipleship Pastor at University United Methodist Church in San Antonio, is suggesting retiring the term “small group” because he thinks it is not well enough defined (HT: Dave Black Online). It is hard to know precisely what one is talking about when one says “small group.” He’s right–it is hard. He also has…
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Discipleship Not About Numbers
Byhenry October 12, 2011
… so says Dan Dick. All I can say is I agree. Go read!
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Christian Perfection – Not So Plain to Me!
Byhenry July 2, 2010
One of my early experiences teaching in a United Methodist Church involved giving a series on the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection. That may seem surprising for a new member of a United Methodist congregation, but my background in the Seventh-day Adventist Church involved a good deal of Wesleyan talk (though not the doctrine of…
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Cooperative Missions
Byhenry February 20, 2012
Dave Black wants us to do church planting cooperatively. We should!
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A Note on the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Byhenry March 5, 2020
I had occasion to discuss this passage a couple of days ago, and it reminded me of many discussions I have had regarding this parable. (It’s Matthew 20:1-16, by the way.) This is a short note and not an extended discussion. The most common response I hear to this is that it isn’t fair. My…
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