When the Spirit Grabs You

Byhenry June 4, 2019

… and it’s not fun!

The temptation to domesticate God is strong. We say we are willing for the Spirit to use us, but are we willing to be used by the Spirit in ways we do not expect?
AllanRBevere.com

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Eschatology: Resurrection and Life after Death

Byhenry October 29, 2015

I’ll be tackling this rather intense topic tonight and likely failing to hold it down and get it under control! Following the event I will post more resources. Informational Link: What Does It Mean to Survive Death? Google+ Event Page

Christian Ministry | Christianity | United Methodist Church

Orbiting the Hairball

Byhenry April 13, 2010

United Methodist district superintendent (Grand Rapids District) Laurie Haller takes a cue from a book on surviving in a corporate environment to make some suggestions for United Methodist leadership in her post Orbiting the UMC Hairball 4-12-10. Amongst other things she notes: The whispered truth is that The United Methodist Church suppresses creativity and genius…

Christian Ministry | Christianity | Spiritual Gifts

Great Post on Gifting

Byhenry January 24, 2007

In preparing the Christian Carnival CLVIII, which I hosted this week on my Participatory Bible Study Blog, I found a real gem of a post on gifting. Dana, of Dana’s Avenue, wrote about Gifting, and the experience of discovering excitement in the gift of accounting. This really strikes a cord with me, because in my…

Bible Study | Biblical Criticism | Christianity

Tradition Criticism

Byhenry March 25, 2006

Tradition criticism is an overview method that encompasses all four of the critical tools I have discussed previously, textual, form, source, and redaction criticism. Tradition criticism differs in that it is an overview process of studying the entire history of the text, looking for ways in which the expressed tradition has changed, and the circumstances…

Christianity | Ecclesiology | United Methodist Church

Denominational vs Non-Denominational

Byhenry October 2, 2006

My wife and I have had several discussions recently about apportionments in the United Methodist Church. For those of you who are not Methodist, apportionments are funds paid by the local church to their conference or other higher authority to support the work of the broader church. Many of these funds go to administrative functions…

Christianity | Prayer

Why I Believe the Laws of Physics Will Continue Unabated

Byhenry September 9, 2017

It’s hurricane time, as Irma approaches Florida. Note here that I make again the error of many Americans, which is that the hurricane tends to become of interest when it’s arriving at our shores. It has already been quite destructive in a number of places and right now in Cuba. Yet the discussion intensifies, and…

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