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               "The Holy, Christian Church, whose only head is Christ, is born of the Word of God, abides in the same, and hears not the voice of a stranger." (The Ten Theses of Berne of 1528)




Articles for The Church

Guidelines for Communal Discernment: A Critique

Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Presbyterians and The Jewish People


The Cross: New Religions, New Theologies and the Only Difference in a Pluralistic Society A paper given at the 2003 Evangelical Ministries to New Religions Conference.


Human Experience Versus The Church's Confession


What Gate of Hell Stands Just Ahead?           


Statement  of Faith


Images of Faith





 The Lord  of The Rings: A Myth Translated to Film          By Melissa A. McHenry
Ms. McHenry is an artist, a writer and plays the Irish Harp.

  Handing Out Bread  By Jenny McHenry
  Ms. McHenry is a writer, a student majoring in botany, and the mother of six wonderful children.




Book Reviews                   


  Fantasy, Faith and History: A Book Review of The Da Vinci Code
                           Review by Viola Larson
This review focuses on The Knights Templar, The Goddess, and the Gnostic Gospels, all in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code
 For a good review, which focuses on the art in the book see, "A Summary Critique: The Da Vinci Code: Revisiting a Cracked Conspiracy" by James Patrick Holding in Christian Research Journal Vol. 27, No. 10 .

    A Gathering of Truth: A Book Review
                                           by Viola Larson
         A book Review of:
     The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
                                    By Ronald Hutton

Feminism, Radical Feminism and Wicca

Goddess Spirituality
This article includes the history of the movement as well as its main beliefs.

Early Feminism: Equality, Ethical Theory and Religion
This article is the first chapter in my Master's thesis, "An Exploration: Feminist Ethics and The Principles of Orthodox Christianity." Since this is a history project, the first chapter explores the three differing kinds of early feminism: Enlightenment or liberal feminism, cultural feminism and Christian feminism.  Those interested in theology will find that much of todays radical feminism, both that called Christian or otherwise is like the cultural feminism of early feminism.

A Feminist Ethic of Care and Biblical Ethics--  
This article is the last chapter in my Master's thesis " An Exploration: Feminist Ethics and The Principles of Orthodox Christianity." (I have made some corrective changes to my references about Mary Slessor.)

Wicca: Searching For Identity, Meaning and Community In The Lonely Shadows of Witchcraft   
 This article was taken with permission from TruthQuest Journal ( Autumn, 1998 ) Vol. 2, Issue 3.