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Lessons on Managing Missions from Game Theory, Midwives, McDonalds, and the Wishbone Offense, Part 2
[See Part 1 for the background. I’m passing another kidney stone. I hope the Oxycodone doesn’t hurt my writing too much.] Another parable. Well, not so much a parable as an analogy. You see, it just drives me nuts when … Continue reading
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Lessons on Managing Missions from Game Theory, Midwives, McDonalds, and the Wishbone Offense, Part 1
[Passing another kidney stone, so I’m doped up with pain medicine. I apologize for all the free association, but it’s for a point. At least, I think so.] In the last post, I raised the (to me) difficult question of … Continue reading
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The Regulative Principle: What the Bible Really Says
I’ve explained my views many times on this site. Let me just mention these few posts that explain what the Bible really says, rather than the Regulative Principle. First, there’s this one old post dealing with the arguments made on … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 7.5, Is This Any Way to Run a War?
I’ve mentioned my worries about the longterm viability of some of our institutions as the Churches of Christ continue to divide. And I’ve mentioned our difficulties in cooperating. While I’m on the subject, let me explain a closely related problem … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 7, On Being Held Back by Forgotten Fights
Now, one of the biggest reasons we don’t know how to cooperate to accomplish truly large tasks, such as missions, church planting, and publishing Sunday school literature, is the old “missionary society” controversy. A missionary society is just a nonprofit … Continue reading
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Tagged Abilene Chrisian University, All, Christian Chronicle, Churches of Christ, Faulkner University, grace centered magazine, Harding University, Lipscomb University, Oklahoma Christian University, Pepperdine University, systematic theology, wineskins
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The Regulative Principle: The Laws of Inclusion and Exclusion
Let’s take a moment and ponder the Law of Inclusion and Exclusion. A typical statement is found in this quotation from Dub McClish — Respect for the silence of Scripture, involving the “law of inclusion and exclusion,” is rooted in … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 6, Forgetting Who We Are
* The progressives are moving so rapidly into a generic evangelicalism that we may lose the Godly parts of our Restoration Movement heritage. We have much to contribute to the evangelical mainstream — but not if we forget who we … Continue reading
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In Response to an Email re Instrumental Music
I reader emailed me some questions on my thoughts re instrumental music. And I’m at home fending off a kidney stone attack — doped up on Oxycodone — and it seems like a good idea to respond via post as … Continue reading
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The Regulative Principle: Hebrews 7:14
I just received an email asking about this passage, and it’s come up a few times in the comments. I figure I should explain where I’m coming from. Here’s the verse — (Heb 7:14) For it is clear that our … Continue reading
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Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfellowshipped”: More of the Same
Well, I thought it was finally time to change the subject and talk about something other than instrumental music. But as soon as got back from vacation, there in my Inbox was an email from Al Maxey advising that another … Continue reading
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