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Category Archives: Fork in the Road
The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 8
In the last post of this series, I mentioned how an understanding of the Spirit helps turn us from legalism and toward a truer understanding of grace. When I first began seriously studying the Spirit, this concept was very difficult … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 7
Charles wrote, I used to be mystified by Greg’s inhuman standard of “precision obedience”. Charles and Greg, Here is what I hear when Greg speaks of “precision obedience” —
The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 6
My favorite conservative preacher and newly minted editor of the Gospel Advocate, Gregory Alan Tidwell, wrote, I take no joy in our estranged fellowship, rather I am grieved not to have someone of your ability and character working on (what is … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 5
My favorite conservative preacher and newly minted editor of the Gospel Advocate, posted a comment that prompted a response from me too long for the comment section. Greg describes a visit to a progressive congregation 30 years ago. “Just a minute,” … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 4
My favorite conservative preacher — and newly minted editor of the Gospel Advocate — Gregory Alan Tidwell posted this comment this morning — I hope all of my friends on this forum (that would be Jay and one other) would … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Dec. 20-27 Comments
Here are the comments received on the The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 1 post from December 20 to December 27, that is, between crash and restoration of the … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ” — The Return of the Lost Comments
Tonight, Lord willing, I’ll post all the comments from Part 1 of this series since the website crashed on December 20, to facilitate the continuation of the discussion. There have been over 100 comments on this post during the last … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Midway Christian Church
I’m posting one more history lesson on the congregational infighting that led to the split of the Restoration Movement over, among other things, the instrument. The first Restoration Movement church to have an instrument is the Midway Christian Church. This … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Supplemental Reading
As we sorted through H. Leo Boles speech on why the a cappella Churches of Christ cannot be in fellowship with their instrumental sister congregations, we found that he refers to efforts by the instrumental churches to impose instruments on … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 4
I’ll skip a few paragraphs in Boles’ speech until we get to — Thomas Campbell Thomas Campbell was the father of Alexander Campbell and the founder of the Campbell branch of the Restoration Movement. The founding document of that branch is … Continue reading
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