Henry and Jody Neufeld of Energion Publications discuss grief 12 years after the death of their son James. How long does this last? What do you do about it? Should Christians grieve given our hope? Join the conversation and the conversation. Jody and I each plan some additional blog posts. In the half hour of…
by Dr. Bruce G. Epperly, pastor, professor and author of Process Theology: Embracing Adventure with God, Transforming Acts: Acts of the Apostles as a 21st Century Gospel, Ruth and Esther: Women of Agency and Adventure, and more! Ruth 1:1-18 It’s been said that God created humankind because God loves stories. Our scriptures are filled with stories, legends…
by Henry Neufeld, publisher, editor, teacher and author of When People Speak for God, Stories of the Way, Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Confessions of a Liberal Charismatic and more! I’ve recently said and written a few things about the gospel commission, including my claim in my concluding presentation for my video series on eschatology that eschatology is all about…
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 We read about the Mount of Temptation in the books of Matthew (4:1-11), Mark (1:12-13), and Luke (4:1-13). After Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit…
by Ronald Higdon, retired pastor (including intentional interim ministry), adjunct professor, and author of In Changing Times: A Guide for Reflection and Conversation and Surviving a Son’s Suicide A reporter was interviewing an elderly Kentucky farmer and posed an obvious-answer question: “You’ve been farming for over sixty-five years; I bet you’ve seen a lot of changes in that…
— by Henry E. Neufeld, owner of Energion Publications Last night I restarted my Thursday night video Bible study and at the same time completed my series on eschatology. Next week I’ll start a new study, in which I’ll use Galatians as a basis, but will look at the backgrounds of Paul’s letters and at…
by Dr. Thomas W. Hudgins, professor, author and translator of Aprenda a Leer el Griego del Nuevo Testamento. Pastor so-and-so. Senior Pastor. Bishop so-and-so. Elder so-and-so. Reverend. Deacon Bob. Deaconess Anita. Apostle J. T. Preachsogood. And let’s not forget Doctor. Titles are everywhere it seems. Where there’s a church, there’s no shortage of titles. Sometimes titles…
“Witnessing” is a much abused term, not least by the way people often go about what they call witnessing. So last night Energion owner Henry Neufeld interviewed Christian apologist Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., author of the Consider Christianity Series, starting with the simple question: When someone asks you why you’re a Christian, what do you say?…
by Nancy Petrey, pianist, poet, teacher and author of The Honeycomb is Waiting: Poetic Devotionals, Jewish Roots Journey: Memoirs of a Mizpah, Why Christians Should Care About Their Jewish Roots, and Habitation of Honey. Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it. – Luke 19:41 Jesus was acclaimed as the Son of…
by William Powell Tuck, retired parish pastor, professor, and author of Lord, I Keep Getting a Busy Signal: Reaching for a Better Spiritual Connection, The Church Under the Cross, A Positive Word for Christian Lamenting: Funeral Homilies, and more! Too many times in life we are angry for wrong or minor reasons. But sometimes there are times that…