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Christian Carnival CCLIII Has Been Posted

Byhenry December 4, 2008

. . . at parables of a prodigal world. Go and enjoy!

Christianity | Politics | War

N.T. Wright on Just War
Byhenry January 29, 2007
Support for the Iraq war has been largely characterized as a liberal-conservative debate, with lots of negative adjectives attached to each political stream. Supporters are supposedly patriots who support using our military to defend our innocent citizens while opponents are portrayed as weak folks whose only desire is to surrender. There are, however, quite a…
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Blogging | Christianity | Diversity | Doctrines

Christian Reconciliation Blog Carnival #3
Byhenry April 4, 2007
. . . has been posted, by yours truly, on the Pacesetters Bible School Newsletter site.
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Books | Christianity | Religion | Theodicy

Football: I suspect God was indifferent to the ultimate outcome
Byhenry January 26, 2015
Bruce Epperly, author of the recently released book Finding God in Suffering: A Journey with Job, questions the view that God determines the outcome of football games (or, I suspect, any other sport), rewarding the faithful and punishing the unfaithful. The title to this post includes his money quote from his post, Is God a…
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Bible Passages | Christianity | Discipleship

Psalm 19 for Sunday School
Byhenry August 26, 2019
I’m teaching Sunday School this coming week, and the class uses the Daily Bible Study from Cokesbury. The first scripture for the week is Pslam 19:1-6. The lesson focuses on creation, so it’s not surprising that only the first six verses are used. Some scholars believe that Psalm 19 is two separate compositions. These first…
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Christianity | First Amendment | Hate Crimes | Politics

Freedom of Speech and People’s Feelings
Byhenry April 12, 2007
It appears a couple are threatened with offending Hindu sensibilities for their wedding, according to this story from the Evening Standard (London). (HT: Dispatches from the Culture Wars.) This is an Indian case, and due to the fame of one of the participants there is some indication India won’t pursue it. Those who approve of…
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Christianity | Religion

Of Fog and Decisions
Byhenry October 26, 2013
My friend and Energion author Greg May writes about navigating in the fog today on Greg’s Waterin’ Hole. The post brought back a memory from the 60s, traveling with my family in Chiapas, Mexico, way off the main roads. We were in the mountains on a gravel road, with a cliff on either side, and…
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