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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 2

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Jay F Guin

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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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 1

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Jay F Guin

[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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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 3 (French religious wars, Thomas Campbell)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Fifth Story The Catholic Church and Reformation churches felt obliged to kill heretics. The Reformers were more tolerant of heresy, as the earlier Reformers had been branded heretics themselves. But neither side allowed much in the way of dissent. Both … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 2 (The Filioque, Luther, and Zwingli)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Third story In 1001 AD the Western church divided between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. There were many reasons for the split, but one cause was the filioque. According to the Wikipedia — Filioque, Latin for “and … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 1 (Phinehas, the Nestorians)

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

First story We all know about God’s covenant with Abraham. (Gen 15:6)  Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. The Old Testament has a surprising parallel — (Psa 106:19-22, 30-31)  At Horeb they made a … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Gnosticism, Part 4 (Two Stories, Creation, Story)

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

“Dualism” is the notion that the world is divided into good and bad — and that the two do not touch. Francis Schaeffer liked to speak of the first story and second story. In his terms, we’d describe Platonic dualism … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Gnosticism, Part 3

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Another area where Platonic thought crept into the church is in our understanding of the “soul” and the afterlife. In Biblical usage, our bodies will be resurrected. Indeed, “resurrection” specifically refers to the reanimation of the body. However, in Greek … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Gnosticism, Part 2

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The essential idea was that to become pleasing to God, the Christian had to master certain secret knowledge (hence, the name). The truly holy were separated from the lower-level Christians by their superior knowledge. (1 Tim 6:20-21)  Timothy, guard what … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Gnosticism, Part 1

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This summer, my church is taking a break from its usual approach to adult Bible classes and going back to a more traditional approach — each class has a different subject. I thought I’d teach some new material on the … Continue reading →

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CENI: So In Conclusion … , Part 2

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jay F Guin

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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