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The Fork in the Road: Scruples, Part 2
In some settings, the scruples of the weaker brothers effectively prevent doing God’s missions if the brother with stronger faith does not submit to the weaker brother. Hence, Paul had Timothy circumcised to be able to teach unconverted Jews who … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: Scruples, Part 1
[A couple of commenters have asked about scruples — how Paul’s teachings in Rom 14 teach us to deal with those with weaker or stronger faith. This and the next post are from 2 1/2 years ago.] A friend in … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, Romans 14
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This Has Nothing to Do with the Instrumental Music Controversy at All. Really.
It’s amazing how we delight in creativity. It’s because, I believe, the creative side of humans is very much in the image of God. When we delight in the arts, we delight in a spark of God that remains in … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: The Progressive Agenda
I get emails — You get emails. You may have already done this, so just link me if so. Succinctly stated, what is the Progressive agenda? I don’t mean agenda in a negative way. What do you hope to accomplish?
The Fork in the Road: Galatians 4 and Romans 14
Mario asked, How does Galatians 4:8-10 figured into this? 8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. 9 But now that you have come to know … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: Things That Perish With Using
Robert Prater asked, Would you refute the view advocated by Ferguson and Hicks that the early church’s nonuse of IM is that instruments were a divinely prescribed part of temple worship that was superseded by the “higher worship instituted by … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, worship
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The Fork in the Road: Eph 5:19 and the Psalms
[This is expanded from my Sunday comment. I thought this was important enough and novel enough to make into a post. This is the last post on instrumental music for a while.] Bruce Morton, in his book Deceiving Winds – … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Bruce Morton, Church of Christ Links, Deceiving Winds, Eph 5:19, psallo, Psalms, ]
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The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 4
Abraham Now, harken back to Abraham. He offered sacrifices, including offering his only son. He walked in the very presence of God, talking with him face to face. And he was marked with a sign of his covenant with God. … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: The Instrumental Music Discussion / How to Win the Worship Wars
Tomorrow I post part 4 of the “Learning from the History of Worship” discussion, and that’ll be my last post planned on the instrumental music and Regulative Principle questions for now. That doesn’t mean the topics won’t come up now … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music
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The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 3
Biblical origins of worship If we were entirely ignorant of the Patristics and the modern American church, we’d struggle to know how to worship based just on the New Testament. We’d see in the Old Testament where true worship only … Continue reading
