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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Living Water (En Gedi)
In the wilderness, water is very special. The Jews see God as the One who brings water. In the desert, water is life. Episode is filmed in a wadi canyon near the Dead Sea in the Judean wilderness — En … Continue reading
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Knowing Who the Enemy Really Is
Garrett’s eighth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us realize who the enemy really is. I doubt that I need to explain this one. We savage sister congregations that are trying their best to honor God. We … Continue reading
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A Lover’s Quarrel: More Responsibly Biblical
Garrett’s seventh wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become more responsibly biblical. We have supposed that the New Testament produced the church, when in fact it was the church that produced the New Testament. … The … Continue reading
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One Church
Thomas Campbell’s “Declaration and Address” was written in 1809. This is one of the founding documents of the Restoration Movement, written for the purpose of calling people away from division and sectarianism to join in a common communion, a single … Continue reading
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10 Stupid Things that Keep a Church from Growing
I read a review of this book — not yet released — and thought the partial list offered in the review worth mentioning — * “Trying to do it all.” A comical quote at the bottom of the chapter page cleverly … Continue reading
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Radical Congregationalism
Garrett’s sixth wish is — Let us reject our radical congregationalism and become more responsibly organized for the tasks before us. No local church, nor group of area churches, can do what the church as a whole can do. We … Continue reading
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Church Planting
Over at his site Who Told You That, Dell Kimberly has asked for reader input for what I think is a critically important question: How can an established church act like a church plant? This is the most unusual post … Continue reading
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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Misguided Faith, Part 4
Dwayne Phillips asked in a comment to Part 3 of this series, I enjoy reading your blog. This entry, however, sounds much like what I heard years ago from people who refused to say the pledge of allegiance and who … Continue reading
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Joining the church of Christ
Garrett’s fifth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become part of the body of Christ at large, cooperating with other Christians in the work of redeeming the world. We can do this without surrendering any truth … Continue reading
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Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan: Misguided Faith, Part 3
One of the most challenging passages in the New Testament is 1 Cor. 5:9-13. 9 I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people– 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who … Continue reading
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