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Contest Entries

March 25, 2010 in Contest

Well, the blogswarm failed to show, very possibly because we called for it too late and perhaps not loudly enough.  But there are entries in the contest, though many fewer than we’d like.  There is still time to submit your entry.

Affirmative:

Christopher Larson (from the Christian Fellowship Forum)

Spencer (from the Christian Fellowship Forum).  Spencer indicates his is an outline, but it is of sufficient length to be qualified as an entry, so we’re going to give him the opportunity.

Negative

Not “the messiah” (Eyre Lines)

This post will be updated as entries are received.

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Consider Christianity Week Contest

March 12, 2010 in Contest

Consider Christianity Week is sponsored by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., author of Energion titles Evidence for the Bible, Christianity and Secularism, and Preserving Democracy.  For more information, see the Consider.org web site.

A Blogswarm

In celebration of Consider Christianity Week, Energion Publications will sponsor a special form of blogswarm (invited, not spontaneous!) and a blogging/essay contest.

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Is the Gospel Commission of Supreme Importance?

March 6, 2010 in Jesus Paradigm

This question is triggered by this essay on Dave Black Online, which is quoted on our Energion Publications blog.

Let’s look at the question from three angles:

1)  Should the gospel commission be supreme?

2)  Is it supreme in your church and mine?

3)  How could it be made supreme and what would that look like in practice?

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Added BuddyPress

March 1, 2010 in Administrative

We have added BuddyPress to this site to enhance the discussion possibilities.  There may be a few setup glitches as we get things going, but it looks like it’s working pretty much as planned.

You can link your Twitter updates to Energion.net and vice-versa.  We’ll post more on this topic here soon.

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Megabelt Too Sarcastic and Crude?

January 9, 2010 in Megabelt

Eric Carpenter reviews Megabelt.  He says:

Overall, Megabelt has some good qualities. However, it is my opinion that the author missed his chance at writing a book that would have great impact on the church. I wish this book could be re-written with more grace, less sarcasm, and no crudity. If a revision was done well, then I think churched people of the South might be willing to read it and think about the important issues it raises.

If you have read Megabelt, what do you think?

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Using Megabelt in a Young Adult Class?

January 5, 2010 in Megabelt

In a letter to Megabelt author Nick May, posted on Megabelt.info, Anne Dalton suggests that the book might be used in a young adult class with an appropriate study guide.

Would you use a work of fiction in a Sunday School class?  Would you require that such a work be explicitly Christian?  What ideas might you have for effectively using such literature in Sunday School?

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Suicide and Grief

January 5, 2010 in Grief

Jody Neufeld, author of Grief: Finding the Candle of Light, has written an important post on suicide for Christians titled Suicide IS Painful.  Discussion is now open in our forum for this topic.

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Under Reconstruction

January 2, 2010 in Administrative

Energion.net is under reconstruction as a discussion forum.  Please come back soon.