Tag Archives: Leroy Garrett

A Lover’s Quarrel: Women and Men

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s tenth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us bring women into the church as equals; let us cease being male-dominated. I’m on record on this one. The Bible does not teach male domination of women. Rather, … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Shooting Our Wounded

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s ninth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us cease shooting our own wounded We sometimes reject our sisters and brothers in Christ when they need us most. It may be when they are going through a … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Knowing Who the Enemy Really Is

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s eighth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us realize who the enemy really is. I doubt that I need to explain this one. We savage sister congregations that are trying their best to honor God. We … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: More Responsibly Biblical

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s seventh wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become more responsibly biblical. We have supposed that the New Testament produced the church, when in fact it was the church that produced the New Testament. … The … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Radical Congregationalism

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s sixth wish is — Let us reject our radical congregationalism and become more responsibly organized for the tasks before us. No local church, nor group of area churches, can do what the church as a whole can do. We … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Joining the church of Christ

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s fifth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become part of the body of Christ at large, cooperating with other Christians in the work of redeeming the world. We can do this without surrendering any truth … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Preserving Our Heritage

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s fourth wish is — While we are to continue to be Churches of Christ, let us become what Churches of Christ truly ought to be — in the light of Scripture and our own heritage I disagree with those … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Instrumental Music

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s third wish is — Let us, in particular, repudiate our historic position of making instrumental music a test of fellowship and a cause of division. Obviously, those who claim to stand in the shoes of Thomas Campbell while damning … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Renouncing Sectarianism

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Leroy Garrett’s second wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us resolutely and absolutely renounce our more recent sectarian heritage It’s not unusual for us to have four or five different kinds of Churces of Christ in the … Continue reading →

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A Lover’s Quarrel: A Unity People

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Garrett’s first wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us recover our heritage as a unity people The Restoration Movement was “born of a passion for unity, and unity has been its consuming theme,” as Robert Richardson puts … Continue reading →