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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Lessons on Managing Missions from Game Theory, Midwives, McDonalds, and the Wishbone Offense, Part 1
[Passing another kidney stone, so I'm doped up with pain medicine. I apologize for all the free association, but it's for a point. At least, I think so.] In the last post, I raised the (to me) difficult question of … Continue reading
The Regulative Principle: What the Bible Really Says
I’ve explained my views many times on this site. Let me just mention these few posts that explain what the Bible really says, rather than the Regulative Principle. First, there’s this one old post dealing with the arguments made on … Continue reading
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Tagged Instrumental music, Normative Principle, Regulative Principle, Uncategorized
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 7.5, Is This Any Way to Run a War?
I’ve mentioned my worries about the longterm viability of some of our institutions as the Churches of Christ continue to divide. And I’ve mentioned our difficulties in cooperating. While I’m on the subject, let me explain a closely related problem … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 7, On Being Held Back by Forgotten Fights
Now, one of the biggest reasons we don’t know how to cooperate to accomplish truly large tasks, such as missions, church planting, and publishing Sunday school literature, is the old “missionary society” controversy. A missionary society is just a nonprofit … Continue reading
The Regulative Principle: The Laws of Inclusion and Exclusion
Let’s take a moment and ponder the Law of Inclusion and Exclusion. A typical statement is found in this quotation from Dub McClish – Respect for the silence of Scripture, involving the “law of inclusion and exclusion,” is rooted in … Continue reading
Good News Among the Muslims
Here’s some very exciting news. Chuck Colson writes that millions of Muslims are converting to Christianity each year. In fact, the pace of conversions is so great that Muslim clerics are concerned. As Colson writes, These millions of conversions give … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 6, Forgetting Who We Are
* The progressives are moving so rapidly into a generic evangelicalism that we may lose the Godly parts of our Restoration Movement heritage. We have much to contribute to the evangelical mainstream — but not if we forget who we … Continue reading
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Tagged Abilene Chrisian University, Christian Chronicle, Churches of Christ, Faulkner University, Gospel Advocate, grace centered magazine, Harding University, Lipscomb University, Oklahoma Christian University, Pepperdine University, Uncategorized, Wineskins; progressive Churches of Christ
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In Response to an Email re Instrumental Music
I reader emailed me some questions on my thoughts re instrumental music. And I’m at home fending off a kidney stone attack — doped up on Oxycodone — and it seems like a good idea to respond via post as … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella worship, Churches of Christ, Instrumental music, Uncategorized
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ElderLink Atlanta
ACU’s ElderLink is coming to Atlanta this weekend. Details may be found here. As usual there will be a great group of speakers. However, I won’t be among them. They let me bend the elders’ ears the last two years, … Continue reading
The Regulative Principle: Hebrews 7:14
I just received an email asking about this passage, and it’s come up a few times in the comments. I figure I should explain where I’m coming from. Here’s the verse – (Heb 7:14) For it is clear that our … Continue reading
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Tagged Hebrews, pattern keeping, Regulative Principle, Uncategorized
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