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Category Archives: Index
Divorce & Remarriage: 1 Cor 7:10-11
Christopher writes, One thing you have failed to do in your responses, Jay, is explain how 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 squares with your theology. Here are two earlier posts on that subject: here and here. (1 Cor. 7:10-11 ESV) 10 To … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce and Remarriage, Uncategorized
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From the Comments: Is direct operation of the Spirit essential? Part 2
As is so often the case, the OT sheds light on the NT. As we covered in a series of posts last year called “The Salvation of the Jews,” we concluded that the Jews, just like the Christians, are saved … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit and Providence, Uncategorized
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From the Comments: Is direct operation of the Spirit essential? Part 1
Jeff R asked, Do you believe in the Calvinist doctrine, that it takes a direct operation of the Spirit to influence the heart of an alien sinner? I believe that it’s the word preached that influences that heart, causes it … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit and Providence, Uncategorized
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Homosexuality: Arguments Opposed, Part 4
We are thinking through additional counter-arguments to those in favor of gay marriage proposed by Richard Beck in his blog. How can it be loving for God to prohibit homosexuals from engaging in homosexual sex? Well, the reasons given in … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Uncategorized
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Songs Without Notes: A Meandering History of Hymnals and Vocal Music, with Rant — Part 5
Rant In many Churches of Christ, the kinds with “worship leaders” rather than “song leaders,” we’ve rejected hymnals altogether, replacing them with projection of the lyrics on a screen (actually, a very good idea) backed by a waterfall scene. For a … Continue reading
Homosexuality: Arguments Opposed, Part 3
We are thinking through additional counter-arguments to those in favor of gay marriage proposed by Richard Beck in his blog. In yesterday’s post, I pointed out that we are given two biblical templates for life in the image of God … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Uncategorized
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Homosexuality: Arguments Opposed, Part 2
We are thinking through additional counter-arguments to those in favor of gay marriage proposed by Richard Beck in his blog. Now, as I discussed in detail in my series “Jesus, Paul & the Hermeneutics of Sexuality,” Jesus and Paul find … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Uncategorized
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Songs Without Notes: A Meandering History of Hymnals and Vocal Music, with Rant — Part 4
Restoration Movement The Restoration Movement is the product the merger of two earlier movements, one founded by (among others) Barton W. Stone in Illinois and one founded by Thomas Campbell in western Pennsylvania. Both men were defrocked Presbyterian ministers, expelled … Continue reading
Homosexuality: Arguments Opposed, Part 1
[This is rewritten from a post from years ago.] There are, of course, many factors pushing marriage rates down in the West, and there have been for years. They largely fit within the rubric of “marriage is but a social … Continue reading
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Songs Without Notes: A Meandering History of Hymnals and Vocal Music, with Rant — Part 3
Isaac Watts In the early 18th Century, Isaac Watts began writing hymns by either arranging Psalms to have meter and rhyme or, in a revolution of doctrine and practice, composing entirely original hymns. Although the Lutherans had been composing hymns … Continue reading
