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Cathy Mullican on The Preacher Search: Lessons for Churches Searching for Preachers, Part 3
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Tag Archives: CENI
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Our Attitude Toward the Conservative Leaders, Part 1
I get emails – Dear Jay: For the past year I have been meditating and restudying over long held positions of belief. I have changed my mind about several things, mostly due to abandoning the CENI and “pattern” hermeneutics which … Continue reading
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Tagged All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, legalism
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Conversation with Robert Prater (but with Rich, really): Clarifying My Position on CENI, from the Comments
I shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a huge communications gap between me, as a progressive, and many conservatives. This is often the nature of spiritual disagreements. Therefore, I’m very grateful for the internet and blogging software because it allows for … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: The Patristic Evidence and the Regulative Principle, Part 2
How, then, do we explain the absence of instruments in the early church? And it is highly likely that the early church did not use instruments. My own view is that the early church took its form of worship from … Continue reading
CENI: So In Conclusion … , Part 3
Asking the right questions I’ve come to the conclusion that the hardest thing to do as a Bible student is to ask the right question. You see, God not only tells us the answers, he tells us the questions. But we’ve … Continue reading
CENI: So In Conclusion … , Part 2
Campbell and the Order of Worship Campbell began a series of lessons on the order of worship, “A Restoration of the Ancient Order of Things No. V,” by arguing that, logically, there must be a required order of worship from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Campbell, All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, five acts of worship, Restoration Movement
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CENI: So In Conclusion … , Part 1
Readers here and in other forums where this series has been discussed have asked how I could be so Post-modern as to reject the notion of obeying commands … which means I’ve not adequately explained my thinking. First point: I’m … Continue reading
CENI/Blue Parakeet: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
Well, I was not expecting to find baptism and communion to be important hermeneutical principles, but as I read Paul’s arguments in particular, I am struck at how many times he refers to baptism or the Lord’s Supper as instructive … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Baptism, Blue Parakeet, CENI, Church of Christ Links, communion, Eucarist, Hermeneutics, Lord's Supper, Scot Mcknight
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