Category Archives: Amazing Grace

 [I had a student ask for some material from lessons taught years ago, and so I’ve added the chart and text beneath it. Of course, we’re really just getting going. There are more charts to come. I’ve also added an … Continue reading →

[In doing class preparation, I realized this lesson would likely take only 45 of the 55 minutes we now have. And so I added about 30 minutes worth of new material.] A very long time ago, when I was a … Continue reading →

In some settings, the scruples of the weaker brothers effectively prevent fellowship due to their weak faith. Hence, Paul had Timothy circumcised to be able to teach unconverted Jews who were too bigoted to listen to a Gentile. My own … Continue reading →

A friend in another town recently asked me about Paul’s instructions on the scruples of other Christians. It seems some brothers suggested to her that she should consider them the “weaker brother” described in Romans 14 and so refuse certain … Continue reading →

This is a bit deeper than I would typically cover in a class, but I thought it might be helpful as background or for a class that’s already covered the basics of the Spirit. I was recently discussing (debating, really) … Continue reading →

Thanks to Kris’s comment, I’ve now listened to Dr. Rodney Plunkett’s excellent sermon on this subject. I’ve now added his thoughts to my own, thereby moving ever closer to the definitive debunking of the Nadab-and-Abihu argument. For those not familiar … Continue reading →

It took me a long time to figure 1 John out. It’s just such a different style of writing from, say, Paul or Luke. John is very non-linear. And he doesn’t explain himself. Well, he explains himself, but indirectly. He … Continue reading →

After many years of thinking about it, I’ve come to the conclusion that the cinch point in Church of Christ thought is very simply our understanding of how grace works after our salvation. We generally start with the assumption that … Continue reading →

This is a class for the converted. And it’s not a class on systematic theology. In other words, I’m going to skip lots of really, really important stuff, because I assume the class members are already convinced of such things … Continue reading →