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Tag Archives: Church of Christ Links
Reruns: “Good News and Bad News” (mainly bad, as it turns out)
Churches of Christ in Decline? “Good News and Bad News” (revised) Posted on April 25, 2008 Dr. Flavil Yeakley, long the unofficial chief statistician of the Churches of Christ, has just published a booklet called “Good News and Bad News: A … Continue reading
Reruns: Adding Fried Chicken to the Lord’s Supper
Posted on March 8, 2007 It’s often been said that if we could add instruments to our singing, then we could add fried chicken to the Lord’s Supper. But I’ve been doing some reading, and it seems that the early … Continue reading
Reruns: On Communion Meditations
On Communion Meditations Posted on February 18, 2007 I’m planning on posting some thoughts on the Lord’s Supper, suitable for use as communion meditations. But first, a few thoughts on how to do the communion better. The Lord’s Supper has always … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, communion, Communion Meditations, Eucharist, Lord's Supper
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Amazing Grace: What If We Fail to Convince Others Regarding Baptism?
Henry Kriete asked an important question in a comment a few days ago — Dear Jay Thanks for this article. Some great insights, especially on the character of God. My question is: when we strive to teach the truth about … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Baptism, Church of Christ Links
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Replanting a Church: Changing Your Church’s Name
We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. Scott writes, Seriously explore a name change (Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes … Continue reading
Posted in Replanting a Church, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church names, Church of Christ Links, church planting, Scott Thomas
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Amazing Grace: The ICOC and Baptism, Part 2
You see, the baptism verses are there, and they are true, and we understand them largely correctly — so don’t waste your time citing Acts 2:38 etc. to me. I know them and agree with them. But all those faith-only … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Baptism, Church of Christ Links
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Amazing Grace: The ICOC and Baptism, Part 1
I’ve now had two readers independently ask me about a recent posting over at Disciples Today regarding baptism. This website serves the International Churches of Christ, formerly known as the Boston Movement (and the Crossroads Movement, before that) within the … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Baptism, born of water, Church of Christ Links, Disciples Today
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Replanting a Church: Leadership
We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. 2. Church Leadership a. Identify the top three or four … Continue reading
Posted in Replanting a Church, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church leadership, Church of Christ Links, church planting, Scott Thomas
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Replanting a Church: Advice from the Church Doctor, Part 2
I’m blogging through an an article by Kent R. Hunter, with Church Doctor Ministries. The graph divides the respondents based on how long they have been at the church. Reading left to right, those who have been members more than … Continue reading
Why I Do This, Part 2
I get emails — Dear Al and Jay; I wanted to thank each of you this holiday season for your ministries in re-teaching those of us in the Church of Christ branch of the Stone-Campbell movement. There has always been … Continue reading
