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From Dave Black Online, used by permission. 7:45 AM Today I’m taking a much-needed break from scholarship. I’m going to spend the next few days getting the farm into shape for the haying season. My new ride mower (that was dead-on-arrival) was replaced yesterday, and I am hoping against hope that this new machine…
Doris H. Murdoch: What’s Up with The Hill of Evil Counsel?
by Doris H. Murdoch, teacher and author of Testify: By the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our Testimony and Constructing Your Testimony. These pictures were taken from Goldman’s Promenade on the Hill of Evil Counsel. The Goldman’s Promenade sits amidst the Peace Forest. The junction of the Kidron, Hinnom and Azal Valleys separate the…
The Word on the Street – Is It the Bible?
(Energion author Nick May (Megabelt) posted the following on Facebook, and it is reproduced here with his permission. For his Facebook friends, the post is here.) Several years ago, I learned about something called “The Word on the Street” which is a take on the Bible whose modernized terms make The Message read like T.S….
WAS THE CROSS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION?
by Herold Weiss It would seem that in the gospel accounts of the crucifixion a scene is missing. None of them tells us that when the disciples saw Jesus being crucified, one of them (we would think that it should have been Peter) said, “Everything is going ahead according to plan. Let’s go home and…
Featured Post: Dancing with God on Trinity Sunday
Here’s some highlights from this delightful reflection on the Trinity: For the Trinity to truly have value for my faith experience, it will have to be more than a philosophical construct. There has to be a living engagement with the triune God. Although there is the problem of gender particularity in the traditional formula of…
Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
(This question was brought to me recently, and I asked Energion author Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. to write a short response. Elgin is author of Evidence for the Bible, Christianity and Secularism, and Preserving Democracy. — Henry Neufeld) Some Christians believe that Baptism is necessary for one to be saved. Supporters point to Mark 16:16 “Whoever…
