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Category Archives: Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues
1 Corinthians 7 (The Early Church Fathers on Divorce and Remarriage)
[This is long enough for at least two posts, but given its nature, I thought it would be more helpful to the readers to post this all at once and then skip a day. And I’m posting this from the … Continue reading
1 Corinthians 7:27-28 (“But if you do marry, you have not sinned”)
(1Co 7:27 ESV) 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. The first question and answer is clear enough. Those who are married should … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 7:17-26 (“Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him”)
[I’m splitting Part 2 posted yesterday into Part 2 and Part 3 as Part 2 dealt with two very different subjects and to better set up the posts that will follow.] (1Co 7:17-20 ESV) 17 Only let each person lead … Continue reading
1 Corinthians 7:5-16 (Divorce and Remarriage, Part 1)
(1 Cor 7:5 ESV) Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack … Continue reading
1 Corinthians 7:1-4 (Conjugal rights of spouses)
In chapter 7, Paul changes the subject from prostitution to marriage. At this point, it appears that he turns his attention to a letter received from the Corinthians. (1 Cor 7:1 ESV) Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: Further on Eph 5:19
I recently enjoyed a lunch conversation with a bright, inquisitive young member of my congregation. We discussed instrumental music. As we were talking, several themes of the Scriptures came together. We start in 1 Kings, at the dedication of the … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: An Email from a Church of Christ Preacher, Part 2
I get emails — ______________________ Jay, I was speaking to a preacher friend of mine today about this topic (salvation issues vs. opinionated issues), and he is very conservative/traditional. He speaks for a pretty large congregation (several hundred), and I … Continue reading
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The Fork in the Road: An Email from a Church of Christ Preacher, Part 1
I get emails — _________________________ Jay, The reason I am writing to you is because I have been doing much questioning over the past few years regarding “doctrinal” issues in the churches of Christ. I was raised in what is … Continue reading
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What Must Be Preserved of the Churches of Christ? (the Church, Part 2)
And so we need to discuss Jesus some more. John Howard Yoder, in The Politics of Jesus, points out that, when Jesus is held up as an example in the New Testament, it’s always about the cross. He’s never held … Continue reading
What Must Be Preserved of the Churches of Christ? (the Church, Part 1)
Some readers appear to see no distinction between an individual Christian being like Jesus and a congregation of Christians being like Jesus, but teams of people working in concert can accomplish things that individuals cannot do. I have a son who … Continue reading
