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A fresh approach to the Lord’s Supper
[I’m reposting this note from a year ago. We had a similar service this morning for Mission Sunday. I thought it was worth sharing this idea once again. Sunday was Missions Sunday for us. We enjoyed a truly extraordinary day … Continue reading
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Back from ElderLink
Well, I got back from ElderLink late last night. It’s about a three-hour drive, except we were caught in some pretty awful weather and behind a horrendous wreck and in between those walls of concrete and piles of asphalt which … Continue reading
Are We Sacramentalists? Introduction
“Sacramentalist” just sounds kind of cool, doesn’t it? Lots of alliteration and sibilance. But it’s not a word you hear much in Church of Christ circles. We’ve been accused by many of teaching baptism as a sacrament. We usually figure … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 8, Predictions
Only God knows the future, and he’s not shared it with me. But here’s my best guess. And it’s part of why I’m so unhappy with how we progressives are acting. This is, of course, the unless-something-happens-to-fix-it version. * Many … Continue reading
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Lessons on Managing Missions from Game Theory, Midwives, McDonalds, and the Wishbone Offense, Part 3
[Still on drugs for the kidney stone.] “Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.” — Bear Bryant. Okay, it’s time to talk about the wishbone, triple option offense. All Alabama … Continue reading
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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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