Such a Prayer – Jody’s Devotionals

Byhenry September 20, 2012

I want to call attention to my wife’s excellent devotional on prayer.

Christianity | Ecclesiology | Religion

Some Thoughts on Ecclesiology from Someone Utterly Unqualified
Byhenry November 17, 2014
Several things I’ve written lately lead to thoughts on ecclesiology, though that is hardly one of my subjects. People do sometimes make assumptions because I’m a member of a United Methodist congregation. So I’m going to make this personal, first saying why I am in a United Methodist congregation and second saying what I see…
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A Personal and Biblical Relationship
Byhenry March 29, 2006
My ChristianityToday.com “Connection” e-mail brought me a link yesterday to their blog Out of Ur. The specific entry was an excerpt from an article by John Suk from an essay in Perspectives, A Personal Relationship with Jesus?. The Christianity Today discussion is at Your Own Personal Jesus: Is the language of “a personal relationship” biblical?,…
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Link: Is the Trinity Biblical?
Byhenry February 6, 2015
In my study of John last night I referred people to a post by Michael F. Bird, author of the book Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction. I have been using his book as one of my theological references for the study. He responded to a review in which he discussed some of the…
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From My Editing Work: Personal Salvation vs the Social Gospel
Byhenry June 20, 2014
From Seven Marks of a New Testament Church by David Alan Black, p. 6: In the fourth place, evangelism in the New Testament was always characterized by genuine concern for the social needs of the lost. When I was in seminary, a good deal of distrust existed between those who emphasized personal salvation in evangelism…
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Christianity | Politics

Reacting to a Gay Candidate
Byhenry August 28, 2006
One of the many things that annoys me about sports broadcasters is their tendency to create a trend out of every slight turn of the game. My stepson is a professional pitcher, and if he throws a strike the announcer is sure to start talking about the strong performance and how if he just keeps…
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Prayer or Medicine
Byhenry March 28, 2008
I was going to write about his, but Laura has already done a good job. Like my dad the doctor taught me, there’s no need to make it either/or; it’s both/and.
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