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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Robert’s Doctrine of Apostasy, Part 1
A few days ago, Robert Prater, pulpit minister in Shawnee, Oklahoma, wrote an extensive reply to my earlier post to him. At long last, Robert explains which doctrines are salvation issues and which are not (this is the question that … Continue reading
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How to Argue Like a Christian: Over-generalizing and Not Listening
It’s awfully easy to find in any group of people a few outliers — people identified with the group who aren’t really representative of the group. I mean, no group of human beings is free of sin or foolishness, and … Continue reading
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How to Argue Like a Christian: Elision (Skipping Steps) (and Part 1 of the Dialogue with Robert Prater)
To “elide” is to omit something. We Southerners tend to elide our trailing g’s — that is, our trailin’ g’s. And some of our thought leaders have a habit of eliding critical steps in their argumentation. An example is Kerry … Continue reading
How to Argue Like a Christian: Judging Motives, Continued
Robert Baty has recently begun posting here. He is a retired IRS auditor. I’m a tax attorney. We are natural enemies — rather like Sam and Ralph, as shown in the picture (if you’re not familiar with the cartoon, sorry. … Continue reading
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How to Argue Like a Christian: On Laughing at Ourselves
I spent this last weekend in Nashville attending the wedding of my sort-of son Kyle. Kyle grew up in my house, and he had my wife and me sit on the front row as co-father or associate father or Godfather … Continue reading
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How to Argue Like a Christian: Judging Motives
To combat the divisions within the Churches of Christ, our first and most important task is to press for a change in the tone of the conversation among the factions. Things have gotten so emotional that all sides are increasingly … Continue reading
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How to Argue Like a Christian: Labels
(Psalm 19:14) May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Words matter. Words can bless and words can curse. Ananias and Sapphira were struck … Continue reading
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