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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, The Patristics
In chapters 4 and 5 of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, Danny Corbitt argues – Written opposition (from the church fathers) to any instruments in any setting was born in the third century, almost … Continue reading
Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 2
The prosperity and therapeutic gospels We have this peculiar, American way of reading the Bible. We think that if we’ll obey God’s commands, he’ll make us rich and give us good mental health. There are preachers whose sermons are filled … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Christ Links, prosperity gospel, Restoration Movement, Uncategorized
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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 1
[This is part of a series of Sunday school lessons I'm teaching this summer. The material repeats material from some earlier posts, but has some new material as well.] The Lisbon Earthquake The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 had a dramatic … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Christ Links, prosperity gospel, Restoration Movement, Uncategorized
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Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, Introduction
Thanks to Tim Archer’s post of a few days ago, I’ve been reading Danny Corbitt’s Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity available from Amazon or as a free .pdf download. Corbitt is a former campus … Continue reading
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Organizing Your Church: What the Bible Really Says About Deacons
So what’s right? There are two things we need to answer. First, what is the true Biblical plan for deacons, if we can even retrieve one. Second, what’s the best way to organize the ministries of the church, consistent with … Continue reading
Organizing Your Church: The Deacon Problem
This will be a short series of posts on deacons. Most Churches of Christ appoint men to two offices: elders and deacons. In fact, it’s often been stated that a church is not “scripturally organized” if it doesn’t have both … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Christ Links, church organization, deacon, ElderLink, Uncategorized
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Church Growth: Who attends the megachurches?
Scott Thumma and Warren Bird have posted a comprehensive study of megachurches called “NOT WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE: A Profile of the People Who Attend America’s Megachurches.” They summarize their findings as follows: Young and single adults are more … Continue reading
The National Congregations Study and Churches of Christ, Part 2
Congregations are aging • In 2006-07, 30% of regular attenders in the average congregation were older than age 60, compared with 25% in 1998. • The percent of regular adult participants younger than age 35 in the average congregation dropped … Continue reading
