Last night Energion owner Henry Neufeld interviewed Bob MacDonald about his newly released book The Song in the Night. Bob has been working on various elements of Hebrew poetry (and prose, for that matter), and the structure of the text. Bob’s book The Song in the Night has just cleared the printer, and is still on pre-order until tomorrow. You can get a price of $12.59 ($17.99 suggested retail), if you order before the end of the day today (November 16, 2016).
If you have any interest in the Hebrew text, you owe it to yourself to listen to this interview. It will give you a great deal to think about regarding the Hebrew Bible. Bob MacDonald does not regard the Psalter as just a collection of hymns, prayers, laments, etc. He regards it as a carefully constructed compilation, where the positioning of various Psalms itself has a message.
While the musical application he uses is not the same as the Synagogue cantillation, it is built on a study of the Hebrew accent marks. We’ll leave it to him to explain the details both in his new book and in the interview video.
Yes, this is the fourth video in what was supposed to be a single session. This should let me take up less time on future lessons because of the foundation laid here. This will also continue for one more session, so next week will be #5. – Henry
Two weeks ago I had to delay our Tuesday night hangout due to technical difficulties and once I had completed the interview, we didn’t get it posted here. So today, we’re posting a make-up hangout. In this video I interview Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of Jonah: When God Changes. You can tell from the title that it’s a challenging little book, just like the book of Jonah itself.
Here’s the video:
Steve Kindle has started a new ministry, Pastor2Pew, which provides resources for progressive pastors preaching from the lectionary. His interviews include a number of leading lights, including Walter Brueggemann, but more importantly (to me!) Energion author Bruce Epperly.
Here’s our discussion:
Last night I managed to talk about just one verse, Galatians 1:1, and I’m not finished. You can read my introductory notes on my blog. I’ll be following that discussion up with some further notes on authority and what makes an apostle.
For the Energion Publications books related to this study, see the Biblical Studies – Paul category.
Light at the end of the tunnel (Credit: Adobe Stock, licensed)
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 this discussion we only covered about half the material we had planned to include. We have also put the books in our catalog that relate to grief, death, and dying on sale.
There truly is light at the end of the tunnel, or to put it better, all the way through the tunnel. It’s not that you forget, but you do learn to live with your “new normal.”
“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?
There are some very important points in this video, including these: Your answer is about your own testimony, not about your extensive (or not) theological and biblical knowledge; It’s OK to say “I don’t know” and go try to find out; You need to start in prayer and consideration of what your Christian faith means to you; An apologist doesn’t argue people into Christianity or even convert anyone, but rather removes objections; Changing people is up to the Holy Spirit and them.
Here’s the video:
I also want to call your attention to two other books we publish: Constructing Your Testimony (from the Topical Line Drives Series, and thus short!), and Testify! by Doris Horton Murdoch. These are books that might be useful if you wonder what a testimony is and how you might give it.
Last night Energion owner Henry Neufeld interviewed Bob MacDonald about his newly released book The Song in the Night. Bob has been working on various elements of Hebrew poetry (and prose, for that matter), and the structure of the text. Bob’s book The Song in the Night has just cleared the printer, and is still on pre-order until tomorrow. You can get a price of $12.59 ($17.99 suggested retail), if you order before the end of the day today (November 16, 2016).
Yes, this is the fourth video in what was supposed to be a single session. This should let me take up less time on future lessons because of the foundation laid here. This will also continue for one more session, so next week will be #5. – Henry
Two weeks ago I had to delay our Tuesday night hangout due to technical difficulties and once I had completed the interview, we didn’t get it posted here. So today, we’re posting a make-up hangout. In this video I interview Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of Jonah: When God Changes. You can tell from the title that it’s a challenging little book, just like the book of Jonah itself.
“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?
