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The name Energion originally was the name of a role playing game system I designed with some help from my friends. Though I am no longer making use of the system, I have begun to make the old manuals and some related software available on the internet. Look at the Energion Role-Playing Game System.

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Threads from Henry's Web

  • In Which I Discover that I Am Not a Thinking Person
    I just made this discovery this morning. I mentioned Jerry Coyne’s site in an earlier post Five Sites I read Because I Disagree, and I still read it. I get some good information about evolutionary science and great cat pictures and videos. But Jerry Coyne is not particularly friendly to believers. Now I want [...]
  • Asked to Move in Church?
    I’m one of those people who tend to sit in or near the same place every week. In fact, in one church I attended, when I consciously decided to move, someone jokingly told me that I shouldn’t have moved, because they used to find their pew by seeing where I sat, and then sitting [...]
  • A New Testament Political Theology
    Dave Black has some very useful comments on political activism, responding to a video by N. T. Wright, which I’ll embed here:   I appreciate this video for several items, but I even more appreciated Dave Black’s comments. I personally am politically active. I always vote. I often advocate for various causes or [...]
  • Joel Watts Quoting Edward Vick
    Joel Watts is quoting from a book I publish, From Inspiration to Understanding. I’d like to get more involved, but for now, check out his quote. My company (Energion Publications) will be releasing a new book by Dr. Vick, Creation: The Christian Doctrine, taking the approach of systematic theology. This will be released some [...]
  • 1st Century Church?
    My wife Jody is again writing about the first century church. She wonders if we want to just visit it for one hour per week. We have both previously written on this topic. To be honest, I don’t think that many people are really interested in a church like the first century church. I [...]
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Energion Publications

  • Academy of Parish Clergy 2012 Convention
    Energion Publications’ owner, Henry Neufeld, reports a “successful” week at the Academy of Parish Clergy 2012 Annual Conference in Dayton, OH. “The members have been friendly and very interested in the resources we have to offer them in our Partnership in … Continue reading →
  • Energion Author Robert LaRochelle to Speak This Sunday, May 13
    This Sunday, May 13, 9:30-10:20 a.m., the Congregtional Church of Union, CT (UCC) will host a discussion and book signing on the new release of Crossing the Street. This book, written by the church’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle, … Continue reading →
  • Energion Publications at Academy of Parish Clergy 2012 Conference
    Henry Neufeld, owner of Energion Publications, will be attending the 2012 Annual Conference of the Academy of Parish Clergy May 8-10 in Dayton, OH. Books by our authors, Kent Ira Goff, Robert D. Cornwall, and William Powell Tuck will be featured on the … Continue reading →
  • The Questioning God – Book Review at The Dubious Disciple
    Ant Greenham’s new volume in the Areopagus series, The Questioning God: An Inquiry for Muslims, Jews, and Christians, has been reviewed at The Dubious Disciple.
  • Not in Vain!
    Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the … Continue reading →
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Participatory Bible Study Blog

  • March Biblical Studies Carnival Posted
    … at Zwinglius Redivivus.Related Posts:August 2010 Biblical Studies Carnival PostedMarch Abnormally Interesting Biblical Studies Carnival PostedAmongst the BiblioblogsBiblical Studies Carnival #43 PostedBiblical Studies Carnival XLVI PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
  • Michael Bird on Studying the Gospels
    Michael Bird has a really excellent post on critical and faithful study of the gospels. I’m not going to extract from it, though my hat tip goes to Darrell Pursiful who extracted an excellent quote. I was reminded of a … Continue reading →
  • March Abnormally Interesting Biblical Studies Carnival Posted
    … at — you guessed it — Abnormal Interests!Related Posts:Biblical Studies Carnival XXXV PostedMarch Biblical Studies Carnival PostedAmongst the BiblioblogsBiblical Studies Carnival #43 PostedBiblical Studies Carnival XXX PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
  • The Earliest Gospel of Mark Has NOT Been Found
    I’m trying to correct some headlines. OK, my headline is wrong also, intentionally so. Here’s what happened: Dan Wallace said in a debate that a fragment of Mark has been found which one paleographer dated to the 1st century. There … Continue reading →
  • Would This Be Bibliolatry?
    Red Letter Christians has a post titled “Is This Any Way to Treat a Bible?” which tells how a high school teacher, on seeing a student’s heavily marked Bible, held it up to the class and asked that question. The … Continue reading →
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Jody's Devotionals

  • Wait for It!
    [reprinted November 16, 2009] ~ Henry Neufeld 18He said, “What is God’s kingdom like? To what can I compare it?” 19It is like a mustard seed which someone plants in his garden. It grew and became a tree and the … Continue reading →
  • The Way
    [reprinted from February 8, 2010] 19Now then, brethren, we have boldness to go into the holiest place through the blood of Jesus, 20which he placed as a living way through the curtain, not previously available, which is his flesh. 21Jesus … Continue reading →
  • Proverbs 31: The REAL Deal
    What should I say, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows? … Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the … Continue reading →
  • Give Thanks Any way
    [reprinted from July 29, 2011] Be quiet while I speak, then say what you will. I will be responsible for what happens to me. God may kill me, but still I will trust him and offer my defense.    Job … Continue reading →
  • I Will Praise You To ALL Nations
    Be merciful to me, God; be merciful to me because I come to you for protection.  Let me hide under the shadow of your wings until the trouble has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to the God … Continue reading →
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Moderate Christian Blogroll

  • Blogroll Updated
    After a considerable period of time, I have brought the blogroll up to date with all submissions thus far. If you don’t find your site in the blogroll and you submitted it, comment on this post and I’ll look into … Continue reading →
  • New Sites Added to Blogroll
    I’ve just added three new sites to the blogroll: Attempts at Honesty Ministry of the Heart of Christ Top 10 Most Influential Christians
  • Added to the Blogroll
    We’ve added six new sites to the blogroll: Alma saudavel Joyful Idealist Forgotten Voices Lessons of a Dad Herald Sun Faith Works The Sweeney Family Check out these sites.
  • Inspiks Best Websites to Promote Christian Blogs
    Inspiks lists the Moderate Christian Blogroll amongst it’s list of places to promote your Christian blog. With the cleanup and other work on the roll, I hope to make this truly a good place to promote your blog. Keep watching!
  • Blogroll Cleanup and Update
    I have just gone through the blogroll and removed blogs that are inactive (more than 6 months since the last post), or which have been deleted. I updated a number of URLs as well. If your blog was removed, and … Continue reading →
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Energion.com Book Blog

  • Book Note: The Well Tempered Clavicle
    I am only a moderately intense follower of the Xanth novels, but this one looked like fun (I usually get around to them eventually), so I checked it out. The humor is still there. There are too many puns for me, though I do enjoy many of them, and this one was on the topic [...]
  • Book Note: Turning to God
    I asked my pastor for a good book on the basics of Christian conversion and he handed me William Barclay’s little book Turning to God. It’s a small book, with just 103 pages of reasonable size text. It’s not complex. The vocabulary is straightforward. I wouldn’t recommend it for speed reading, but you don’t need [...]
  • Book: Snuff (Terry Pratchett)
    How can I say enough good things about Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books? The fact is, I can’t. If you have any liking for fantasy and humor, you need to get involved in this series. The most recent one (at least that I’ve gotten my hands on) is Snuff, and the only new thing I’d have [...]
  • Book: Fatal Error
    J. A. Jance is one of my favorites in the mystery/thriller category, and Fatal Error is up to her best standard. I enjoyed every minute of the book. I didn’t feel like speed reading through anything, and I never felt that she’d left out part of the story, which is a rare thing for me. [...]
  • Book: Bones of Empire
    William C. Dietz is one of my second-tier authors, i.e. he’s not in my top five, but I’ll pretty regularly pick up one of his books. In Bones of Empire he continues the story previously told in At Empire’s Edge, and I actually found this book more engaging than the other. We get some politics, [...]
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Energion.com Podcast

  • The Phone Call I Should Have Made
    Do you take time to thank those who serve?
  • Witnessing
    A transcript is available.
  • God Does Things Backwards
    4Joseph went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David, called Bethlehem, because he was David’s descendant, 5to be included in the census with Mary, to whom he was engaged to be married.  She was pregnant.  6While they were there she was due to deliver the baby.  7She gave birth to her [...]
  • Humorous Humility
    Scriptures:  Too numerous to mention!
  • A Spiritual Tragedy
    Greg May asks if we’re really read to serve people and become involved with them. Scripture: Leviticus 19:18, Romans 12: 3, 10
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Neufeld Computer Services

  • Empty RSS Feed on WordPress
    This is probably an exceptionally rare cause for this problem, and once spotted, it’s incredibly obvious, but since it took me about a half an hour to find it, I thought I’d post a note. It might just save someone … Continue reading →
  • TweetDeck for Ubuntu
    I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading →
  • Internet Security – A View from North of the Border
    Cory Doctorow is a very well known science fiction writer, journalist, and a commentator on technology and social issues. He is interviewed in about the first 15 minutes of the Canadian (CBC) program Spark 170. I think what he’s saying … Continue reading →
  • Twitter Logon Problem – Continuous Over Capacity
    For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see … Continue reading →
  • Switching to Linux
    This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea … Continue reading →
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