A trumpet is sounding, I see a bright cloud,I hear a great shout, and it’s loud!And lightning is filling the sky up above,And now I can see Him, my Love!My eyes fill with tears, and my heart beats so fast –I’ve prayed for this day, and it’s here at last!I run out to meet Him,…
Chapter 6 Samuel, Son of Tremiyo (74) A pleasant coolness filled the evening where the sun had spent the day. Tremiyo and Camia found their usual sitting places after a busy day in the city with Senobia and the children. They had decided to have dinner in the patio where it was cooler. Remnants of…
“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?…
“Often our best creativity comes from the extreme emotions that we work so hard to avoid.” I believe it was legendary music producer Phil Spector that once said that there were only four songs we could ever write; I love you, I hate you, go away, or come back. He wasn’t all that wrong. Those…
I have a question for our authors and readers: Is the confidence in Markan priority, generally combined with acceptance of ‘Q’ as a source, justified? I’m not asking whether you think Markan priority is likely, but rather whether you think the level of confidence in it amongst biblical scholars is justified. David Alan Black has…
I have asked two Energion authors for an extended response to our recent release, Philosophy for Believers by Edward W. H. Vick. These responses will be posted once each month for the next 13 months, covering all thirteen chapters of the book. There are two purposes for these responses. The first is to discuss and…
Reviewed by Robert Danielson, Ph.D. Faculty Associate and Affiliate Faculty at Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, Kentucky Ant Greenham presents an intriguing analysis of the world’s monotheistic religions and their view of God, through the lens of how God is perceived to relate to the questions of human beings. Using broad strokes, he paints a generalized…
(Today’s post is from Pastor D. Kevin Brown. Pastor Brown is author of the book Rite of Passage, forthcoming from Energion Publications. He blogs at, you guessed it, D Kevin Brown’s Blog.) Last year in the association in which the church I pastor is a member, there was reported 200 people baptized with total receipts…
Ezekiel 37:1-37:14 March 13, 2005 A sermon presented by Dr. Bob McKibben at Pine Forest United Methodist Church About Dr. McKibben Guest Essay Index Adapted From: “More than Hatch, Match, and Dispatch” By: Rev. Joseph Smith, Takoma Park Baptist Church, November 2000 Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version Many years ago, I did…
