Category Archives: Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues

New Wineskins: Series Gets Mentioned at “Jesus Creed”

Scot McKnight’s blog, “Jesus Creed,” is among the most popular Christian blogs in the world. And he recently posted this question — How would you respond to someone who believes that instrumental music is not an acceptable form of worship? … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Thought Experiment on Sola Scriptura and the Historical Argument, Part 2

What writings claim to be apostolic traditions? There are some writings that claim to be preserved oral teachings of the apostles. For example, there is the Didache (“Teachings”), dated around 100 AD, which begins, The Lord’s Teaching Through the Twelve … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Series of Comments re Instrumental Music and the Mission of God

I wrote a long series of comments over at the New Wineskins issue on instrumental music I’m the editor for. The comments aren’t too long for a post, just for comments — and the 3,000 character limit at New Wineskins … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: Three More Articles Posted, The Rest of the Interview with Rick Atchley and Chris Seidman and Another Article by Me

The first nine articles in the New Wineskins series on instrumental music have now been posted — The complete list is — Introduction — The Instrumental Music Issue, by Jay Guin On God’s Salvation, Galatians, and the Instrument, by Jay … Continue reading

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New Wineskins: A Thought Experiment on Sola Scriptura and the Historical Argument, Part 1

The tradition of the apostles Readers have argued that there’s a position in between the Protestant sola scriptura (the scriptures only, as argued by the Reformation leaders) and the Catholic/Orthodox view that the teachings of early church leaders and church … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 15 (Kingdom and Community, Part 3)

N. T. Wright on Unity Thanks to Bobby Valentine for finding this! PS — This is the last post until I return from Sabbatical.

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 14 (Kingdom and Community, Part 2)

The prophets Isaiah prophesied before the time of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. While Nebuchadnezzar launched campaigns against Jerusalem, Jeremiah prophesied in Jerusalem, and Ezekiel prophesied in Babylon, among the earlier captives to be taken there. Later Daniel prophesied in Babylon, … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 13 (Kingdom and Community, Part 1)

(Wednesday night class, October 27, 2010) Introduction My wife and I are big Agatha Christie fans. We love mysteries. Last Christmas, I bought her all the missing volumes for my wife’s collection — and I learned that many of the … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 12 (Summary So Far)

We’ve been talking about the nature of our faith. Why does Paul focus on faith and love as the essence of Christianity — even saying that nothing else counts for anything? (Gal 5:6 ESV) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Man or the Plan, Part 11 (Further on Why Faith?)

Paul declares in Gal 5:6 that for Christians, nothing counts for anything other than love and faith in Jesus. We’ve considered why love is so important — it’s because God is working through Jesus to restore us to his image … Continue reading

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