Category Archives: Progressive Churches of Christ

I started writing this in the Comments, but decided this was too important to leave there. A couple of readers asked, regarding the last couple of posts, why Mark Love’s first story isn’t good enough, why it’s not the real story. A … Continue reading →

Reader and frequent commenter Price wrote, Your PERSONAL story of how The Story has impacted your is far more interesting and far more compelling … You say you taught that divorce can only happen according to scripture when sexual compromise … Continue reading →

I want to dig a little deeper into the bigger, better gospel story that Mark Love presented in his blog. Fortunately, Mark has already done that for me, and all I have to do is cut and paste from his … Continue reading →

Now, to make the point made in yesterday’s post, I need to quote Mark Love, because he’s a better storyteller than I am — Let me start, though, with a scene from last night at Starbucks. I was sitting uncomfortably … Continue reading →

I’m not an expert on story theory, but perhaps I can explain myself clearly enough not to waste your time. We define ourselves by our stories. By “stories” I mean metanarratives, framing stories, and such like. These stories may or … Continue reading →

4. The worse thing you can do is to refuse to talk about the issues. The second worse thing you can do is bring up the issues from the pulpit. Talk about this stuff in the classrooms. When the preacher … Continue reading →

The sad truth is that Churches of Christ have certain inherent disadvantages when it comes to evangelism in today’s world. First, we’ve been trained to “convert” the lost from among our denominational neighbors. When we realize that many of our … Continue reading →

We come now to a challenging turn in the road. Imagine a Church of Christ that is well on the road away from sectarianism (the idea that everyone else is damned) and toward a healthy understanding of the Spirit and grace, … Continue reading →

Reader tb submitted this excellent, thoughtful comment: Thank you for your thought-provoking comments. Being somewhere between comfortable to political range myself, I might suggest some revision of your categories. There is a larger group of churches than you perhaps realize that … Continue reading →

Identity Huey writes, In the past few years, the Churches of Christ have been blessed with some serious reflections regarding the future. In Things Unseen, Allen is primarily concerned about our modernist addictions, and, as we have seen, he wonders … Continue reading →