Christianity by Force or Manipulation

Byhenry August 23, 2010

There is very little that offends me more than the idea of manipulating people into Christian events or trying to convert them by force.

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On Evolutionary Christians
Byhenry January 15, 2011
The Christian Post has an article on a series of teleconferences that are available via evolutionarychristianity.com. The post uses scare quotes to set off the word “evolutionary” and in some ways I find the title troubling, just as I do the term theistic evolution. While I believe acceptance of the theory of evolution will have…
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On Using Titles in Church
Byhenry September 9, 2016
Titles for people, that is. Thomas Hudgins makes some important points on this issue in a post on the Energion Discussion Network. I tend not to be radical (well at least I think so), but on this it seems like Jesus was pushing us pretty strongly away from hierarchies and spiritual authority. There’s a great—and quite…
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Preachers: Respecting without Idolizing
Byhenry December 29, 2007
Eddie Arthur at Kouya Chronicle comments on recent debates about John Piper and justification. Amongst other things, he says this: It might surprise some of you that I recommend Dougs articles because in his review of Pipers criticism of Wright, Doug comes down fairly and squarely on the side of Wright, not Piper. For most…
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Establishment Clause Suits
Byhenry June 23, 2006
Ed Brayton has an excellent post over on Dispatches from the Culture Wars on a bill currently before the U. S. House of Representives, H. R. 2679. He argues, successfully I think, that this is an attempt by the religious right to tilt the playing field in their direction. Because they have failed so often…
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Revival, Faith Healing, and Healing Prayer
Byhenry May 26, 2008
Update (5/27/08): Before you conclude that I’m a deist and that I don’t believe in any miracles at all, please read the discussion in the comments, where, to put it briefly I affirm both healing miracles and the bodily resurrection of Jesus. These are things I accept by faith, however, whilst doubting one’s ability to…
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Not Looking for the Perfect Church, but …
Byhenry October 17, 2014
Via Allan Bevere I located this interview with Scot McKnight, in which McKnight makes a number of interesting statements. The one that caught my attention most was: … A proper kingdom theology leads people to the middle of the church, not away from it. So it makes a difference when church is on the decline…
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