Subscribe to RSS feeds
Categories
Index (4,154)
Adult Bible Classes (703)
1 Corinthians (109)
- 1 John (19)
- 1 Kings (1)
- 1 Samuel (12)
- 2 Samuel (11)
- Acts (46)
- Amazing Grace (69)
- Apologetics (52)
- Blue Parakeet (29)
- Creation 2.0 (36)
- Faith Lessons by Ray Vander Laan (51)
- Galatians (35)
- John (140)
- Luke (2)
- Psalms (1)
- Revelation (16)
- Sermon on the Mount (42)
- The Story (36)
- Bible Study Resources (39)
- Blogging (7)
- Book Reviews (349)
- Church Refugees (11)
- Covenant: God's Purpose, God's Plan (7)
- Gordon Wenham’s Story as Torah: Reading the Old Testament Narrative Ethically (7)
- Honor & Shame, by Roland Muller (3)
- How God Became King (3)
- John Nugent’s Endangered Gospel (9)
- Kingdom Conspiracy by Scot McKnight (21)
- Misreading Scriptures with Western Eyes (14)
- Muscle & Shovel, by Michael Shank (32)
- N. T. Wright's After You Believe (5)
- N. T. Wright's The Day the Revolution Began (108)
- Naked Gospel, The (5)
- NT Wright's Surprised by Scripture (1)
- Paul and the Faithfulness of God (22)
- Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus (3)
- The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni (24)
- The Case for the Psalms, by N. T. Wright (4)
- The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant, by Michael J. Gorman (7)
- To Change the World (17)
- Vines: God and the Gay Christian (6)
- Christian Disciplines (27)
- Christian Evidences/Apologetics (62)
- Archaeology (7)
- Scientific Creationism (17)
- Church & Politics (50)
- Church Finances and Business (44)
- Taxes (13)
- Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues (647)
- Age of Accountability (17)
- Assembly 2.0 (13)
- Christmas (7)
- Church of Christ Deism (16)
- Congregational Autonomy and Mergers (22)
- Denominationalism (2)
- Discipline (6)
- Divorce and Remarriage (72)
- Ecclesiology (24)
- Church 2.0 (22)
- Communion (2)
- Deacons (5)
- Fork in the Road (115)
- Instrumental Music (129)
- Real Restoration (52)
- Real Worship (32)
- Renewing Our Worship (52)
- Role of Women (91)
- Sacramentalism (12)
- What Must be Preserved of the Churches of Christ? (25)
- Church Plants and Foreign Missions (56)
- Church Trends (67)
- Churches of Christ (246)
- Commenting (13)
- Communion Meditations (42)
- Counseling (1)
- Evangelism (1)
- Grace (206)
- Amazing Grace (103)
- Facing Our Failure (3)
- Faith That Works (24)
- GraceConversation.com (15)
- Hermeneutics (207)
- Holy Spirit and Providence (124)
- Jewish Roots of Christianity (6)
- Leadership (491)
- Adult Bible Classes (9)
- Church Growth (104)
- Direct Hit (6)
- Megachurches (16)
- Replanting a Church (28)
- What's Wrong with How We Do Church (12)
- Church Ministries (29)
- Small Groups (7)
- Spiritual Formation (7)
- Church Refugees (11)
- Deacons (12)
- Elders (129)
- Advice to a New Elder (42)
- Bad Elders (9)
- Good to Great (3)
- I Sold My Soul on eBay (7)
- Leading a Small Church (3)
- Leading Change (31)
- Litigation Between Brothers (2)
- Ministers (31)
- Multi-generational/Orange Ministry (15)
- Multisite Churches (1)
- Organizing Your Church (7)
- Overseeing the Moderate Church (7)
- Preacher Searches (10)
- Preaching (4)
- Racial Diversity in Church (10)
- Sexual Ethics (17)
- Teams (2)
- The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni (24)
- The Pain of Disappointment (15)
- Vision (1)
- Worship/Assembly Planning (8)
- Missional Christianity (129)
- Everything Must Change (4)
- Ministry Ideas (21)
- Radical (8)
- Resident Aliens (8)
- Simply Missional (11)
- New Wineskins Magazine (26)
- Parenting (2)
- Race (1)
- Restoration Movement (55)
- Sacraments (210)
- Baptism (180)
- Lord's Supper (34)
- Sexuality (119)
- Technology (1)
- Textual studies (591)
- 1 Corinthians (108)
- 1 John (19)
- 1 Kings (1)
- 1 Samuel (13)
- 1 Thessalonians (30)
- 2 Samuel (12)
- 2 Thessalonians (18)
- Acts (46)
- Colossians (13)
- Ephesians (18)
- Galatians (40)
- Hebrews (1)
- Luke (10)
- Philemon (2)
- Revelation (62)
- Romans (163)
- Sermon on the Mount (42)
- Theology (585)
- Afterlife, The (117)
- Atonement (54)
- Available Light (46)
- Calvinism (107)
- Election (60)
- God Is Not Fair (1)
- Neo-Calvinism (8)
- Perseverance (12)
- Searching for a Third Way (21)
- The Pope, the Salvation of the Jews and Calvinism (16)
- Christology (1)
- Connection of Church with Israel (74)
- Cruciform God (17)
- Gospel, What Is the? (47)
- Inerrancy and the Canon (14)
- Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (6)
- New Perspective (19)
- Pacifism (29)
- Soteriology (103)
- Salvation 2.0 (78)
- The Salvation of the Christians (9)
- The Salvation of the Jews (16)
- Universalism (11)
- Story theory (10)
- Theodicy (How God can allow bad things to happen) (7)
- Truth, What Is? (5)
- What Is Sin? (8)
- Thought Questions (83)
- Youth Ministry (10)
- Uncategorized (5,140)
Category Archives: Index
Why we should merge churches–the practical reasons
Well, there are very real difficulties in merging churches. What would motivate us to work through these problems and actually have a merger? First, we address the practical considerations. There are many.
Posted in Congregational Autonomy and Mergers, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Why we should merge churches–the practical reasons
Why we shouldn’t merge churches
The overwhelming majority of Churches of Christ have less than 150 members. Although many of these congregations are the only Church in their community, many communities have several congregations. In my own town, many of our members drive past two … Continue reading
Posted in Congregational Autonomy and Mergers, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Why we shouldn’t merge churches
Adult Bible Class Myths: The students aren’t listening
Myth # 7. When the students look like they aren’t listening, they aren’t listening. I was in the mall a few years ago … I only go about once a year … and a woman ran up to me with … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Bible Classes, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Adult Bible Class Myths: The students aren’t listening
The Political Church–The 1 Peter 2 Argument
Peter offers very practical advice for how Christians should relate to their government– (1 Pet. 2:9-12) But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of … Continue reading
Posted in Church & Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on The Political Church–The 1 Peter 2 Argument
Communion Meditation: The Bread of Life
Jesus lost many of his disciples when told them they had to eat his flesh and drink his blood. (John 6:53-58) 53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditations, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Communion Meditation: The Bread of Life
Communion Meditation: Unity
Jesus said of the bread, “This is my body.” But, of course, the Bible also declares the church to be his body. And so the communion loaf is a double symbol–the body consuming the body. It bears pondering just what … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditations, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Communion Meditation: Unity
Communion Meditation: The Body of Christ
Jesus said of the bread, “This is my body given for you.” The bread is all about sacrifice, and sacrifice is about life given to pay for sins. When we eat the bread, we incorporate Jesus’ sacrifice into our bodies. … Continue reading
Posted in Communion Meditations, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on Communion Meditation: The Body of Christ
The Political Church–The 1 Corinthians 5 Argument
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
Posted in Church & Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on The Political Church–The 1 Corinthians 5 Argument
The Political Church–Children in a post-Constantian world
One of the great problems with living in a post-Constantinian society is that the government no longer reflects Christian values. I guess it never really did, but the government is now much less Christian than ever before. At times, the … Continue reading
Posted in Church & Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on The Political Church–Children in a post-Constantian world
The Political Church–Escaping the Shadow of Constantine
A very long time ago, the church was very nearly defeated by winning. The Roman Empire made Christianity not only legal but mandatory. Only Christians could enjoy the rights of citizenship. And so, to gain earthly privileges, pagans “converted” by … Continue reading
Posted in Church & Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged All
Comments Off on The Political Church–Escaping the Shadow of Constantine
