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Buried Talents: 1 Corinthians 11, An Speculative Translation

[This is not new material. I’m posting it this way to extract this argument from my more conventional arguments previously post, which I think are actually right. I have less confidence in this interpretation than I did before, but it’s … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Transitional Issues, Part 3

8. Members with no time. Now, this is a very tough one, because of the nature of society today. Compared to 40 or so years ago, when most wives didn’t work, now the great majority have full-time jobs. Moreover, where … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Transitional Issues, Part 2.5

Steve Puckett forwarded this article from Christianity Today to me called “4 myths about reaching the unchurched—and 4 ways to draw them in.” Pastors want to know what’s working in evangelism, not theories or ideas from out on the fringe, … Continue reading

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Are the Churches of Christ Declining? More Good News and Bad News, Part 1

Flavil Yeakley’s booklet giving the latest statistical data on the Churches of Christ has a great deal more in it than I’ve covered so far. We are the 11th largest Christian denomination in the US (4-5). However, we are the … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Transitional Issues, Part 2

5. Generation gap. I change my mind on this one about every half hour. There are basically two philosophies that make sense to me. And they contradict each other. We presently have a “blended worship.” We sing traditional hymns blended … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: 1 Corinthians 11, “The head of the woman is the man”

The first part of 1 Corinthians 11, dealing with veils, hair length, and such, is a puzzlement. No, “puzzlement” is not strong enough. This chapter is a consternation. Commentator after commentator throws up his hands in frustration at trying to … Continue reading

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Instrumental Music: The Temple Argument

[This is a comment I made elsewhere that seemed too important not to post.] When Paul returned to Jerusalem late in his career, he went to the temple intending to offer a sacrifice. However, he first had to go through … Continue reading

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Amazing Grace/Churches of Christ in Decline?: Transitional Issues, Part 1

Let’s do what Einstein called a “thought experiment.” Let’s just imagine that our home church decided to transition to a planted church model. Obviously enough, the elders can’t just pass a resolution and expect it to be true the next … Continue reading

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Buried Talents: 1 Corinthians 7 (Sex and the Married Christian)

Many good Christians argue from 1 Timothy 2:12 that women can have no authority over a man and no wife may have authority over her husband. But Paul explains the relationship of a husband and wife very differently in 1 … Continue reading

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Churches of Christ in Decline?: Prescription for the Baptists

An excellent post by Ed Stetzer on the declining numbers within the Southern Baptist Churches. It’s amazing how similar our problems (and the solutions) are.

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