Tag Archives: Church of Christ Links

Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 2

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The prosperity and therapeutic gospels We have this peculiar, American way of reading the Bible. We think that if we’ll obey God’s commands, he’ll make us rich and give us good mental health. There are preachers whose sermons are filled … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: The Lisbon Earthquake, The Prosperity Gospel, and Some Other Stuff, Part 1

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Jay F Guin

[This is part of a series of Sunday school lessons I’m teaching this summer. The material repeats material from some earlier posts, but has some new material as well.] The Lisbon Earthquake The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 had a dramatic … Continue reading →

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Organizing Your Church: The Deacon Problem

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This will be a short series of posts on deacons. Most Churches of Christ appoint men to two offices: elders and deacons. In fact, it’s often been stated that a church is not “scripturally organized” if it doesn’t have both … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 3 (French religious wars, Thomas Campbell)

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Fifth Story The Catholic Church and Reformation churches felt obliged to kill heretics. The Reformers were more tolerant of heresy, as the earlier Reformers had been branded heretics themselves. But neither side allowed much in the way of dissent. Both … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 2 (The Filioque, Luther, and Zwingli)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Third story In 1001 AD the Western church divided between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. There were many reasons for the split, but one cause was the filioque. According to the Wikipedia — Filioque, Latin for “and … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Andy Rowell Summarizes the Studies, Part 1 (Witnessing, Strictness)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Andy Rowell, a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) student at Duke Divinity School, maintains a blog called Church Leadership Conversations. (I just subscribed.) He recently summarized the conclusions of 7 separate studies on what drives church growth — (1) witnessing, (2) … Continue reading →

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Ministers Guilty of Sexual Sin: Further Thoughts from the Comments

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I love the blogging format, because I get these great questions that force me to dig deeper or explain myself better. This follows up my earlier post Ministers Guilty of Sexual Sin: Advice from a Minister. The complete questions I’m … Continue reading →

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Backgrounds of the Restoration Movement: Heresy, Part 1 (Phinehas, the Nestorians)

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

First story We all know about God’s covenant with Abraham. (Gen 15:6)  Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. The Old Testament has a surprising parallel — (Psa 106:19-22, 30-31)  At Horeb they made a … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Robert Prater (but with Rich, really): Stages of Faith, from the Comments

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Jay F Guin

Rich wrote, with considerable insight, that there are four stage of maturity for a Christian — Stage One: called Borrowed Faith This is typical for a new Christian whose main objective is to mimic the faith of the most influential … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Robert Prater (but with Rich, really): Clarifying My Position on CENI, from the Comments

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I shouldn’t be surprised that there’s a huge communications gap between me, as a progressive, and many conservatives. This is often the nature of spiritual disagreements. Therefore, I’m very grateful for the internet and blogging software because it allows for … Continue reading →

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