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4. The worse thing you can do is to refuse to talk about the issues. The second worse thing you can do is bring up the issues from the pulpit. Talk about this stuff in the classrooms. When the preacher … Continue reading →

The sad truth is that Churches of Christ have certain inherent disadvantages when it comes to evangelism in today’s world. First, we’ve been trained to “convert” the lost from among our denominational neighbors. When we realize that many of our … Continue reading →

We come now to a challenging turn in the road. Imagine a Church of Christ that is well on the road away from sectarianism (the idea that everyone else is damned) and toward a healthy understanding of the Spirit and grace, … Continue reading →

Reader tb submitted this excellent, thoughtful comment: Thank you for your thought-provoking comments. Being somewhere between comfortable to political range myself, I might suggest some revision of your categories. There is a larger group of churches than you perhaps realize that … Continue reading →

Identity Huey writes, In the past few years, the Churches of Christ have been blessed with some serious reflections regarding the future. In Things Unseen, Allen is primarily concerned about our modernist addictions, and, as we have seen, he wonders … Continue reading →

In a 2006 Leaven journal article, Keith Huey, then chairman of the Department of Religion and Bible at Rochester College, reflects on the future of the progressive Churches of Christ. Leaven is a publication of Pepperdine University. He diagnoses several problematic areas: … Continue reading →

So let’s talk a little bit about the progressive wing of the Churches of Christ. We are in a tough place historically, and it’s time to stop looking in the rearview mirror and start looking more toward the future. But … Continue reading →