What if Church Was Like

| Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Energion.com | United Methodist Church

On Being a Liberal Charismatic Believer

Byhenry January 4, 2009

I found a new blog (for me) this week via John Meunier—To Him Which is Yes. I was particularly attracted by the post John linked to, Bringing back belief. Jack Burden, the blogger, tells the story of how he silenced a committee meeting, doubtless an extremely useful skill under any circumstances, but the point is…

Politics | Religion

The Dominionism Debate Continues

Byhenry September 19, 2011

Joel Watts and Peter Kirk are at it about dominionism, and now a book I publish, The Politics of Witness, is getting a place in the debate. I have a couple of problems with the title “dominionist.” First, in response to Joel, I think it is important to make distinctions between different viewpoints, even when…

Books | Christianity | Worship

A Morbid and Boring Christianity

Byhenry March 6, 2019

The quote above comes from chapter 1 of S. J. Hill’s book, What’s God Really Like?, and I’d like to spend some time with this, looking at it from different angles. The first angle is one of worship. I was in a church committee meeting some years back where a room full of people were…

| Bible Backgrounds | Christianity

Can the Bible Be Alone?

Byhenry February 24, 2010

Clayboy asks whether “the Bible alone” is an oxymoron. Now I sympathize with the question, because I have been dealing in another forum (the issue arises in the last 100 messages or so) with someone who seems to think that a text can have meaning with no context at all, or more precisely that the…

Christianity

Believing Stuff is not Enough

Byhenry April 19, 2006

My early morning reading brought two things together that led me to this post. The first was a blog entry by Shane Raynor on The Wesley Blog, titled What’s Missing from Our Christianity?. In it Shane makes a very important point: Many of us intellectually believe all the right stuff. Or at least most of…

Academic Freedom | Christian Ministry | Christianity | Education | Religion

Why both Bock and Borg are on my Ready-Reading Shelf

Byhenry December 2, 2009

I have been wanting to respond further to the excellent discussion over at Reclaiming the Mind, to which I linked a couple of days ago, but I’m not really an academic, and Karl Barth notwithstanding, I’m not really a theologian either. (I now am close to 100 comments behind on keeping up with the thread…

| Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Energion.com | United Methodist Church

On Being a Liberal Charismatic Believer

Byhenry January 4, 2009

I found a new blog (for me) this week via John Meunier—To Him Which is Yes. I was particularly attracted by the post John linked to, Bringing back belief. Jack Burden, the blogger, tells the story of how he silenced a committee meeting, doubtless an extremely useful skill under any circumstances, but the point is…

Politics | Religion

The Dominionism Debate Continues

Byhenry September 19, 2011

Joel Watts and Peter Kirk are at it about dominionism, and now a book I publish, The Politics of Witness, is getting a place in the debate. I have a couple of problems with the title “dominionist.” First, in response to Joel, I think it is important to make distinctions between different viewpoints, even when…

Books | Christianity | Worship

A Morbid and Boring Christianity

Byhenry March 6, 2019

The quote above comes from chapter 1 of S. J. Hill’s book, What’s God Really Like?, and I’d like to spend some time with this, looking at it from different angles. The first angle is one of worship. I was in a church committee meeting some years back where a room full of people were…

| Bible Backgrounds | Christianity

Can the Bible Be Alone?

Byhenry February 24, 2010

Clayboy asks whether “the Bible alone” is an oxymoron. Now I sympathize with the question, because I have been dealing in another forum (the issue arises in the last 100 messages or so) with someone who seems to think that a text can have meaning with no context at all, or more precisely that the…

Christianity

Believing Stuff is not Enough

Byhenry April 19, 2006

My early morning reading brought two things together that led me to this post. The first was a blog entry by Shane Raynor on The Wesley Blog, titled What’s Missing from Our Christianity?. In it Shane makes a very important point: Many of us intellectually believe all the right stuff. Or at least most of…

Academic Freedom | Christian Ministry | Christianity | Education | Religion

Why both Bock and Borg are on my Ready-Reading Shelf

Byhenry December 2, 2009

I have been wanting to respond further to the excellent discussion over at Reclaiming the Mind, to which I linked a couple of days ago, but I’m not really an academic, and Karl Barth notwithstanding, I’m not really a theologian either. (I now am close to 100 comments behind on keeping up with the thread…

| Christian Apologetics | Christianity | Energion.com | United Methodist Church

On Being a Liberal Charismatic Believer

Byhenry January 4, 2009

I found a new blog (for me) this week via John Meunier—To Him Which is Yes. I was particularly attracted by the post John linked to, Bringing back belief. Jack Burden, the blogger, tells the story of how he silenced a committee meeting, doubtless an extremely useful skill under any circumstances, but the point is…

Politics | Religion

The Dominionism Debate Continues

Byhenry September 19, 2011

Joel Watts and Peter Kirk are at it about dominionism, and now a book I publish, The Politics of Witness, is getting a place in the debate. I have a couple of problems with the title “dominionist.” First, in response to Joel, I think it is important to make distinctions between different viewpoints, even when…