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Henry's Books

What's in a Version? Bible translations explained!
To the Hebrews: A Participatory Study Guide Topical study of the book of Hebrews
Revelation: A Participatory Study Guide A new approach to studying Revelation
Identifying Your Gifts and Service A Spirit-led program for churches to use in identifying and starting to use the gifts of the whole body.
Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Confessions of a Liberal Charismatic My personal testimony and theology
I Want to Pray! Basic understanding of prayer, written with Rev. Perry Dalton
Identifying Your Gifts and Service: Small Group Edition
Disciples: Jesus With Us
When People Speak for God
Tales from Jevlir: Oddballs My first work of ficiton in print

Note on the word Energion

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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Beware the Cult of the Speaker
Dave Black warns us today against the cult of the speaker. (With permission I’ve extracted the relevant portion as a post at JesusParadigm.com since Dave’s blog doesn’t allow linking to a specific post.) Considering what we’ve heard recently about megachurches creating satellite campuses that receive the message from the senior pastor on the main [...]
On Choice, Coverage, and Contraception
I’ve been watching this story for a few days. For those who haven’t been keeping up with the news, the Obama administration is proposing rules that would require all employers to provide coverage for contraception in their health care plans. Catholics are in an uproar over this. The White House has responded (HT: Unsettled [...]
Seventh-Day Adventist vs Methodist on Family Guy
As an ex-SDA who is now Methodist, I just have to share this video: Now my experience amongst Methodists is that most will just shrug their shoulders about worship on Saturday. They get a little more tense about soul sleep. I have encountered a few Methodists who are like the one in the [...]
On Externalities and Libertarianism
I’ve often wanted to write something about externalities, but I’ve never gotten the time. Specifically, I’m interested in how these relate to regulations and in turn to economic freedom. I lean libertarian, and many people who know that are surprised that I’m not always opposed to environmental regulations. Why is that? Well, Ed Brayton [...]
Factors that Make a Difference in Education
Scot McKnight cites a study that shows many of the things we might think would make a difference in education don’t, and a number of others do. I was actually unsurprised by this. The actual study is behind a pay wall, so I don’t know if they covered it, but another indicator of success [...]
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Energion Publications

Participatory Bible Study Blog

Biblical vs. Unbiblical
Morgan Guyton has a very strong (and, in my view, entirely justified) reaction to the abuse of the term “biblical.” … In how many other “Bible” churches out there has “Biblical” become a code-word for an ideological platform that serves … Continue reading →
February Biblioblog Carnival Posted
… at Cheese Wearing Theology.Related Posts:Biblioblog Top 50 for FebruaryBiblioblog Top 50 and CarnivalBiblical Studies Carnival and Biblioblog RankingsBiblioblog #9 This MonthFebruary Biblical Studies Carnival PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
When NOT to Read the Bible
When driving? (HT: Kouya Chronicle)Related Posts:How to Get it RIGHT!Picture = 1000 Words = Book?Some Basic LinguisticsPractical Problems with Word for Word TranslationNew Revision of NIV AnnouncedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
An Exemplary Post on Translating the Word Nefesh
I’m linking to this post by Joel Hoffman not just for its content, which is indeed excellent, but also because I think it shows how to discuss translating a word from one language to another. A couple of notes: 1) … Continue reading →
Free New Testament Commentary Ebooks
The regular Kindle prices are great, but Baker is offering selected commentaries free for one day on Jan. 9 (past, alas!), Jan. 16, and Jan 23. Today’s is on James. More at Evangelical Textual Criticism. Related Posts: Logos Blog is … Continue reading →
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Jody's Devotionals

Hope to Give
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to … Continue reading →
Be There or…?
[reprinted from February 4, 2010] And YHWH said to Moses, “Go up into the mountain and wait [literally 'be there'] . . . Exodus 24:12 (HN) — Henry Neufeld When I was in the Air Force we frequently heard the saying … Continue reading →
I’ve Got Something to Trade
“Those whose lives have had the deepest spiritual impact in the world are those who have suffered. In God’s mysterious providence, the Cross and the crown, suffering and glory, are linked.” – Elisabeth Elliot from The Path of Loneliness Therefore … Continue reading →
Kindness: All the Way to the End
[reprinted from 2/1/2010] - Henry Neufeld 6As for me, I am already being poured out on the altar, and the time of my death has come upon me. 7I have completed the great race. I have finished the course. I … Continue reading →
THAT is Why
Lectionary texts: Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. Later Simon and the others went out to find him. When … Continue reading →
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Moderate Christian Blogroll

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 →
The Blogroll is Still Alive!
Recent appearances to the contrary, the Moderate Christian Blogroll and Aggregator are still active. I have been extremely busy with my business at Energion Publications, and so have gotten behind. I’m in the process of updating the backlog of new … 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

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 →
The Crash of Air France Flight 447 and You
Popular Mechanics has a tremendously interesting article based on a recent book that provided transcripts of the black box recordings of this flight as it went down over the Atlantic Ocean. For someone who is not a pilot, but has … Continue reading →
The Ada Initiative – Women in Open Source
Linux.com reports on the progress in just under a year of The Ada Initiative, which has this mission: “A world in which women are equal and welcome participants in open technology, open data, and open culture. We want women writing … Continue reading →
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