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• Jody's Devotionals >> Focused Christianity
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:30 -0600
  18Others are like the seed that fell among the thorns. They are the ones who hear the word 19and the worries of this life and the deception of riches, and the desire for other stuff comes in and chokes the word so it becomes fruitless.       Mark 4:18-19 (HN) In Mark 4:16-17, we discussed [...]
• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> REB Module for e-Sword
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:43:59 -0600
  

  I previously reviewed e-Sword and found it a pleasant surprise in the free Bible software category.  Note that my review was written in 2006, within a few days of my starting this blog, and a great deal has happened since then.  Hopefully I will manage to write an updated review soon.

  But there is more exciting [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Temporary Christianity
  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:30 -0600
  16Now other are like the seed that fell in rocky ground. Whenever they hear the word, they receive it immediately and joyfully, 17but they don’t have root in themselves, but they are temporary {have short attention spans!}. If trials or persecution come up because of the word, they get tripped up right away.     Mark 4:16-17 [...]
• Energion Publications Announcements >> Alden Thompson in Toledo ? Part 3
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:42 -0600
  

  Toledo First Seventh-Day Adventist Church has kindly posted video (with embed code, no less!) of Dr. Alden Thompson speaking this weekend (March 5-6). This is the third part.

  (Dr. Alden Thompson is author of Energion title Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?)

• Energion Publications Announcements >> Alden Thompson in Toledo ? Part 2
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:30:16 -0600
  

  Toledo First Seventh-Day Adventist Church has kindly posted video (with embed code, no less!) of Dr. Alden Thompson speaking this weekend (March 5-6). This is the second part.

  (Dr. Alden Thompson is author of Energion title Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?)

• Energion Publications Announcements >> Alden Thompson in Toledo ? Part 1
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:07 -0600
  

  Toledo First Seventh-Day Adventist Church has kindly posted video (with embed code, no less!) of Dr. Alden Thompson speaking this weekend. The first part follows:

  (Dr. Alden Thompson is author of Energion title Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?)

• Jody's Devotionals >> Fruit-Producing Christianity
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:54 -0600
  3Listen! A farmer went out to plant seeds. 4And as he was spreading the seed, some fell beside the path, and the birds came and ate it. 5Other seed fell in rocky ground, where it didn’t have much dirt, and it sprouted leaves quickly, because the dirt wasn’t deep. 6But when the sun rose, it [...]
• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Hobbins on Leviticus 25
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:03:30 -0600
  John Hobbins is starting a series on Leviticus 25.  It looks interesting.Related Posts:John Hobbins on ExegesisChristian Carnival CCCXV PostedRailing against the Text of ScriptureIdentifying Divine RevelationChristian Carnival #257 PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Church Sign: An Eye for an Eye
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:49:18 -0600
  

  An Eye for an Eye Church Sign

  At first glance, this is a good sign for a Christian.  After all, Jesus replaces “an eye for an eye” with “Do not resist the one who is evil” (Matthew 5:38-39).

  But I think it illustrates the way we fail to understand certain phrases as they were intended.

  “An eye [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Is Canonical 2 Corinthians a Hypothetical Reconstruction?
  Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:28:16 -0600
  

  As I’ve noted before, I’m now reading Calvin J. Roetzel, 2 Corinthians, in the Abingdon New Testament Commantaries series.  I want to emphasize here that I accept the use of historical-critical methodology in Bible study.  That does not, however, force me to find all critical theories plausible.  I’m arguing against this specific set of theories, [...]

• Threads from Henry's Web >> Quote of the Day
  Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:14:55 -0600
  

  From the Wesley Report:

  Mainline Protestant Christianity has become known for leaving people in slavery, because somewhere along the way, our strategy changed from leading people out of Egypt to planting churches along the Nile. And that’s why mainline denominations continue to lose members. People don’t need churches to help them stay in slavery– they can [...]

• Energion Publications Announcements >> Dave Black on the Gospel Commission
  Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:22:33 -0600
  

  He asks some serious questions:

  Today every evangelical church stands at the crossroads on the question of priorities. Will we surrender to the spirit of the age, or will we join the company of the committed? Will we make a deliberate decision to accept sacrifice and suffering for the sake of Christ, or will we continue [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Commentary: II Corinthians (NTL)
  Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:18:48 -0600
  

  I have really enjoyed studying 2 Corinthians with this commentary.  Since I’ve used a number of volumes from the New Testament Library before, the easiest evaluation of this commentary I can give is that it meets and in some cases exceeds the expectations I have of volumes in the New Testament Library series. If you [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> On the Road with Jesus
  Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:59 -0600
  It happened soon afterward, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him. Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. [...]
• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> A Brief Thought on Partitioning Epistles
  Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:38:38 -0600
  

  I’ve just completed reading Frank J. Matera’s II Corinthians: A Commentary in the New Testament Library series.  I’m going to post a few notes in review of that commentary, but this is just a brief note, a passing thought, and definitely not a completed theory.

  There are many cases in which critical theories about authorship strike [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Dangers of Superficial Bible Study
  Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:20:01 -0600
  

  Henry Neufeld and Geoffrey Lentz at Lectionary at Lunch, First UMC Pensacola, hold new copies of Learning and Living Scripture

  I was reminded of this by two events during the last week.  First, the arrival of copies of my new book with co-author Rev. Geoffrey Lentz.  One of the things we emphasize in that book [...]

• Energion Publications Announcements >> March 2010 Bible Study Paths Webzine is Up
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:11:33 -0600
  

  The Bible Study Paths Webzine is a new project, edited by Energion Publications co-owner Jody Neufeld.  Its purpose is to look at living and learning God’s word where the rubber meets the road, in our daily lives, in prayer, and in service to others.

  The latest issue features:

  Missions: Dave and BeckyLynn Black in Ethiopia

  Youth and Young [...]

• Threads from Henry's Web >> How About Planting a Church?
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:51:39 -0600
  

  That’s what Allan Bevere suggests as the ordination process, based on his experience in Cuba.

  I find the idea attractive, at least for certain types of ministry. There might be other ways to test various gifts. It does relate to a problem I’ve noted amongst United Methodist ministers, many of whom come out of [...]

• Jevlir Caravansary >> Christian Carnival this Evening
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:24:34 -0600
  

  I’ll get the Christian Carnival posted this evening. It might be late afternoon, but I have a couple of meetings that will prevent posting it earlier. Thanks for your patience!

  Related Posts: Christian Carnival Coming This Evening Christian Carnival CCXC Posted Christian Carnival Broken Things Edition Christian Carnival CCCIX Posted Christian Carnival CCCVII Posted Powered by Contextual Related Posts
• Energion Publications Announcements >> Learning and Living Scripture in Stock
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:33:34 -0600
  

  Learning and Living Scripture is in stock at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.  B&N is providing the better initial price at $9.35 (checked on their site 3/3/2010).  Books will be shipped from our office today.

• Energion Publications Announcements >> Alden Thompson Reflects
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:47 -0600
  

  I started Energion Publications by buying out nearly 5,000 copies of Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God? from a previous project.  Alden Thompson was one of my professors in my undergraduate program at Walla Walla College (now university).  Though I have left the Seventh-day Adventist Church and disagree with a number of its doctrines, [...]

• Jevlir Caravansary >> Christian Carnival CCCXVII
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:04:21 -0600
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  Welcome to the March 3, 2010 edition of the Christian Carnival, CCCXVII (317 for the Roman numeral challenged).  I would like to remind everyone that the Christian Carnival is weekly, and that posts must be dated within the previous week.  Where a new participant submitted an older post I have [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Jesus Defines ?Great?
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:55 -0600
  The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, ?Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ?After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.? I didn?t know him, but for [...]
• Energion Publications Announcements >> Learning How to Die
  Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:39:11 -0600
  

  54But when they heard these things they became infuriated and ground their teeth against him. 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God?s right hand. 56And he said, ?Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Life and Death
  Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:56 -0600
  54But when they heard these things they became infuriated and ground their teeth against him. 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God?s right hand. 56And he said, ?Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of [...]
• Jevlir Caravansary >> How Star Trek Should Have Ended
  Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:28:32 -0600
  

  I despised the latest Star Trek movie, but if they had used this ending I might have changed my mind.

  (HT: Exploring Our Matrix) Related Posts: Best Action Scene? Only if Fiction Link: I Told You So Book: Innocent in Death Movie: War, Inc. DVD: The Shaggy Dog Powered by Contextual Related Posts

• Jevlir Caravansary >> Fiction Link: I Told You So
  Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:25:45 -0600
  

  A short story with an interesting ending.  Yes, it’s relevant both to science fiction and Christianity (or other forms of spirituality). Related Posts: Clarity of Night Short Fiction Contest How Star Trek Should Have Ended Check out this Short Story Who’s the Christian? Added to my Blogroll: Short Mystery Fiction Society Powered by Contextual Related Posts

• Threads from Henry's Web >> What Would a Successful UMC Look Like?
  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:52:18 -0600
  

  Ex-UMC, now megachurch pastor Craig Groeschel offers six suggestions for the United Methodist Church, packaged in six brief blog posts. I think that there is much worth considering in his suggestions, though I don’t think they are generally all that new.

  There’s something that bothers me in the whole discussion, however. In practically every [...]

• Threads from Henry's Web >> Christian Carnival CCCXVII Call for Submissions
  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:30 -0600
  

  I’m going to be hosting the next Christian Carnival at The Jevlir Caravansary, my fiction and poetry blog.

  The carnival is posted each Wednesday, and submissions are due by midnight Tuesday, though they are welcomed earlier. You can submit your entry using the submission form at blogcarnival.com.

  Check out the requirements for inclusion, and then submit your [...]

• Energion Publications Announcements >> Learning and Living Scripture Ships
  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:49:28 -0600
  

  Copies of Learning and Living Scripture: An Introduction to the Participatory Study Method are now shipping.  While Amazon.com is showing temporarily out of stock, that seems to be a stage in the process of them realizing a book is available.  The book is in stock at our distributor or for direct order from us.

  Bloggers: If [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Book: For Girls Only! Devotions
  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:23:37 -0600
  

  Some of you may justifiably ask just what some guy moving on through middle age is doing writing a review of a book whose title starts For Girls Only! And that was indeed my reaction when I first saw the book in an e-mail from Tyndale House.  Indeed, I had just about deleted the e-mail [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> REAL Gold Medal Promises
  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:22 -0600
  ?Don?t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father?s house are many homes. If it weren?t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and [...]
• Threads from Henry's Web >> The Kingdom of God is a Monarchy
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:01:38 -0600
  

  Shane Raynor just posted on this again, reposting his response to Brian McLaren’s article from 2006.

  I went back and checked out the article I wrote back in 2006 on this and found out that it got mangled in one or another of the moves this blog has undergone.

  I agree with Shane on this. I [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Biblioblog #9 This Month
  Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:21:40 -0600
  

  Thanks to Jeremy for all the hard work in producing the Biblioblog Top 50 this month.  Even though I lost ground in my 30 day Alexa ranking, it was still good enough for #9.

  By the way Joel, writing a script is also work.  Few seconds?  It is to laugh! Related Posts: Biblioblog Rankings for January Biblioblogs Rankings Biblioblog Rankings [...]

• Jevlir Caravansary >> Updated Christian Carnival Posted
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:43 -0600
  … at Crossroads.  A spam filter caught 11 submissions and Diane has graciously done an update.Related Posts:Of Carnivals Posted and Yet to ComeChristian Carnival CCCII PostedChristian Carnival CCCXI PostedChristian Carnival CCCIX PostedChristian Carnival CCCX PostedPowered by Contextual Related Posts
• Energion Publications Announcements >> Herold Weiss ? Science and My Faith
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:38:42 -0600
  

  Energion author Dr. Herold Weiss writes an interesting article on science and faith in the current issue of Spectrum.  Amongst other things, he notes:

  Those who see the advances of science as a threat to Christian faith misunderstand both science and faith. I agree with those who think that faith and science do not function in [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Quote of the Day ? on Genesis 15:6
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:16:41 -0600
  

  … In the Tanakh, faith does not mean believing in spite of the evidence.  It means trusting profoundly in a person, in this case the personal God who has reiterated His promise.

  (from The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation, page 35.)

  I think that’s an excellent statement of what faith is and [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Who Are You Going to Call?
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:27:28 -0600
  1In you, YHWH, I have taken refuge. Never let me be put to shame! 2Bring me to safety me because you are righteous, Listen attentively to me! Hurry up and deliver me! Be a great rock to protect me, A fortress to bring me salvation! 3For you are my rock and my fortress, For your reputation?s sake, guide and help [...]
• Threads from Henry's Web >> BioLogos and Reasons to Believe in Dialogue
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:48 -0600
  

  While I am much more in support of the approach of BioLogos than Reasons to Believe, I’m glad to see that they are discussing. Perhaps laying out the details of each group’s approach may help Christians understand the issues more clearly.

  I see very little future, however, for the day-age theory, despite its strong acceptance [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Josh Mann Series on Existentialism and Hermeneutics
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:19:41 -0600
  

  I believe that as Christians, we need to think a great deal more about how we understand scripture. So I welcome this series by Josh Mann at for the Sake of Truth. I’m going to follow it, and possibly respond when it is complete.

  The first part deals with the definition of hermeneutics and [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Chosen
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:19 -0600
  9But you are a chosen race, and kingdom of priests, a holy nation, God?s possession, so that you may proclaim the redemptive deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.      1 Peter 2:9 (HN) ? Henry Neufeld We all like the idea of being chosen. When we?re [...]
• Jevlir Caravansary >> Of Carnivals Posted and Yet to Come
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:52:38 -0600
  

  Christian Carnival CCCXVI has been posted at Crossroads. It’s an interesting one, as always, with lots of good posts to review. I never find time to read all the ones I intend to read.

  But “the king is dead, long live the king!” or let’s be a little less morbid, the carnival is posted, [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Christian Carnival CCCXVI Posted
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:45:40 -0600
  … at Crossroads.Related Posts:Christian Carnival CXLVIII PostedChristian Carnival #CCXVIChristian Carnival CCLXVIII PostedChristian Carnival CCCIII PostedChristian Carnival CLXXIIPowered by Contextual Related Posts
• Threads from Henry's Web >> Answering a Question on Egalitarianism
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:32:13 -0600
  

  I already responded to one post by Michael Patton on this topic (Am I a Complementarian?), but he followed this up with a question. I have been so busy with the release of my latest book (co-authored with Geoffrey Lentz) that I have fallen well behind the progress of this topic, but I still [...]

• Participatory Bible Study Blog >> Can the Bible Be Alone?
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:11:07 -0600
  

  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 [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> Today?s Opposition
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:25 -0600
  20What honor is there in it if you are treated badly for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you endure suffering when doing good, God graciously blesses you.           1 Peter 2:20 (HN) ? Henry Neufeld When Peter penned these words, he was talking to Christians who might face persecution at any time. Most of [...]
• Threads from Henry's Web >> Christian Carnival Call for Submissions
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:49:49 -0600
  

  I’ve been a bit delinquent in that I occasionally host the Christian Carnival, but I haven’t regularly announced it. The carnival is posted each Wednesday, and submissions are due by midnight Tuesday, though they are welcomed earlier.

  The next carnival will be hosted by Crossroads, and the best way to submit your entry is by [...]

• Jody's Devotionals >> You Never Let Go!
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:51 -0600
  For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom do I [...]
• Neufeld Computer Services Blog >> Google Buzz with Wordpress
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:12:38 -0600
  If you’re using Google Buzz (link is to my profile – I’m trying it) and want to integrate it with your Wordpress blog, Mashable has some options.  I haven’t implemented any of these, but it does look like integration is getting pretty good in a hurry. I also haven’t decided just what I think of Google [...]
• Neufeld Computer Services Blog >> If You Need Another Warning
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:07:48 -0600
  … consider yourself warned.  I have encountered several machines recently on which people were either running without anti-virus protection or had allowed the anti-virus subscription to lapse, sometimes for long periods of time.  I know it’s tempting to avoid that little expense, but the protection is critical. You also need to let those scans run, or [...]

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