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Will Christians stand in judgment?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I get emails — A friend recently asked the question, “If, in Christ, our sins are forgiven (no longer remembered), why will we all stand in judgment?” This is a surprisingly difficult question. The end of time is pictured different ways … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Churches of Christ: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jay F Guin

This discussion began several days ago with two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) pointing out the latest news on the declining numbers in the Churches of Christ generally. We then looked at the state of the Churches of Christ today … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: Baptism

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Jay F Guin

So the subject is Sacraments, and we’ve talked about the Lord’s Supper. That leaves baptism. And we’re much better at our baptismal practices than our Eucharistic practices. At least, some of us are. I visited one church that had a … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: The Lord’s Supper, Part 2

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Next, think about this in terms of story. When we take communion in our traditional way at church, what is the story that we are telling? In many churches, the story is: We care about the scriptures more than “the … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: The Lord’s Supper, Part 1

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Let’s talk about the Sacraments. You see, I’m persuaded that a key step in the right direction is a re-envisioning of the Sacraments as community events that draw us toward Jesus. The traditional Church of Christ approach to the Lord’s … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Churches of Christ: Resolving the Tensions, Part 4.4

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I started writing this in the Comments, but decided this was too important to leave there. A couple of readers asked, regarding the last couple of posts, why Mark Love’s first story isn’t good enough, why it’s not the real story. A … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Churches of Christ: Your Story

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Reader and frequent commenter Price wrote, Your PERSONAL story of how The Story has impacted your is far more interesting and far more compelling … You say you taught that divorce can only happen according to scripture when sexual compromise … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: Resolving the Tension, Part 4.3

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I want to dig a little deeper into the bigger, better gospel story that Mark Love presented in his blog. Fortunately, Mark has already done that for me, and all I have to do is cut and paste from his … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: Resolving the Tension, Part 4.2

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Now, to make the point made in yesterday’s post, I need to quote Mark Love, because he’s a better storyteller than I am — Let me start, though, with a scene from last night at Starbucks. I was sitting uncomfortably … Continue reading →

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Progressive Churches of Christ: Resolving the Tension, Part 4.1

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

I’m not an expert on story theory, but perhaps I can explain myself clearly enough not to waste your time. We define ourselves by our stories. By “stories” I mean metanarratives, framing stories, and such like. These stories may or … Continue reading →

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