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Ministry Ideas: Connect
“Connect” is a brand new ministry, and we don’t have much in the way of results to report. But here’s the idea. As mentioned in the last post about the school supply drive, we have members working to serve a … Continue reading
Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Run! The Passion of Elijah
I usually write these on the Sunday before the Wednesday before the Sunday we teach and time it to post on that Wednesday — giving me two or three to catch my mistakes (doesn’t work, but that’s the theory), so … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Elijah, Faith Lessons, Ray Vander Laan
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Blogging: New FTC Regulates Endorsements by Bloggers
The federal Fair Trade Commission has modified its rules on endorsements to specifically regulate bloggers. Here’s what it boils down to: if you endorse a product or service and there’s any reason that you might be biased, you have to … Continue reading
Available Light: Will God Save Some Who’ve Never Heard the Gospel?
Al Maxey recently posted Reflection 413, in which he deals with the doctrine of “available light.” This is a fairly new teaching to me … intriguing for sure. I’ve never really studied it. So that’s what I intend to do … Continue reading
Posted in Available Light, Uncategorized
Tagged Al Maxey, All, available light, gospel, Leroy Garrett, salvation
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: An Idea for a Dialogue
I get emails. This is from reader Alex Johnson — Dear Brother Guin, I was browsing your website earlier today, and I came upon an interesting statement in one of your posts; “Our institutions should give some thought to where … Continue reading
Ministry Ideas: School Supply Drive
This one has a little more of a story than most of the others. Like a lot of churches in town, we provide free school supplies for many poor children at the start of school. We’ve been doing this for … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Our Attitude Toward the Conservative Leaders, Part 2
So, what’s the solution to the persistence of legalism in the Churches of Christ? Well, for some of us, maybe you, I’m persuaded God wants us to teach grace to the conservative Churches of Christ and rescue his children from … Continue reading
Election: Further Conclusions
I keep thinking that I’m done with Election, but I never quite get there. I’ll try to keep this brief. To expand a bit on the previous post regarding Election, the Piper view of the perseverance of the saints, to … Continue reading
Posted in Election, Uncategorized
Tagged All, calvinism, Church of Christ Links, election, John Piper
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Ministry Ideas: International Student Giveaway
I’m not sure how old this program is, but it goes back several years. The idea is simple. We are a campus church (next door to the University of Alabama). Each fall, scores of students enroll from foreign countries. Many … Continue reading
The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Our Attitude Toward the Conservative Leaders, Part 1
I get emails — Dear Jay: For the past year I have been meditating and restudying over long held positions of belief. I have changed my mind about several things, mostly due to abandoning the CENI and “pattern” hermeneutics which … Continue reading
