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Category Archives: Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues
Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, Psallo and Such Like
In chapter 9 of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, Danny Corbitt disassembles the psallo argument — thoroughly. Corbitt finds six different Greek words used for “sing” in the New Testament, and not a one … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, The Patristics
In chapters 4 and 5 of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, Danny Corbitt argues — Written opposition (from the church fathers) to any instruments in any setting was born in the third century, almost … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: Missing More Than Music by Danny Corbitt, Introduction
Thanks to Tim Archer’s post of a few days ago, I’ve been reading Danny Corbitt’s Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity available from Amazon or as a free .pdf download. Corbitt is a former campus … Continue reading
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Danny Corbitt, Instrumental music, Missing More Than Music
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Renewing Our Worship: The Love Feast (expanded)
I received this question from a reader — Hi Jay First, I want to say how much I appreciate your blog. It is a great source of learning and encouragement for me. I left a legalistic church several years ago … Continue reading
MDR: Response to a Reader’s Question
Several days ago, I posted a question from a reader soliciting the readers’ thoughts, and the responses are much appreciated. I thought I’d share what I wrote to the reader. Now, I was responding to a longer version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce and Remarriage, Uncategorized
Tagged All, divorce, marriage, remarriage, scriptural divorce
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MDR: A Reader’s Question
I received this email from a reader. Your input would be appreciated. Jay, I need your advice on an issue concerning divorce. Let me first give you the background. Growing up I was taught the “traditional” view of MDR. Basically, the … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce and Remarriage, Uncategorized
Tagged All, divorce, marriage, remarriage, scriptural divorce
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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Robert’s Comment About Progressive Dialogue
Several days ago, Robert posted a comment that I’ve been meaning to get to for a while. Rich, I would just continue to encourage you to stand for truth in a balanced and loving way and have no desire to … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Campbell, All, Church of Christ Links, David Lipscomb
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Instrumental Music: The Patristic Evidence and the Regulative Principle, Part 2
How, then, do we explain the absence of instruments in the early church? And it is highly likely that the early church did not use instruments. My own view is that the early church took its form of worship from … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: The Patristic Evidence and the Regulative Principle, Part 1
In contemporary Church of Christ thought, worshipping God with instrumental music is sinful because (a) it violates the Regulative Principle, that is, because it lacks authority in the scriptures, and (b) the history of the Christian church shows a uniform … Continue reading
Baptist Sacramentalism 2
A while back, I posted the full text of an article by Stanley K. Fowler noting the increasing convergence of Baptist and Church of Christ baptismal theology. It turns out that was a pre-publication copy of an article to be … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Romans, Sacramentalism, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Baptist, Baptist Sacramentalism 2, Church of Christ Links, Stanley Fowler
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