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Tag Archives: Church of Christ Links
What Is a “Church of Christ”?
The point has been well made in the comments here (thanks, CDG) and elsewhere that the numerical decline of the Churches is of far greater significance than the decision of some editor to remove 20 churches from a book that … Continue reading
Posted in Churches of Christ, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church growth, Church of Christ Links, Flavil Yeakley
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Yeakley States that Churches of Christ Are in Decline; Richland Hills In No Man’s Land
Several months ago, Flavil Yeakley, the unofficial statistician for the Churches of Christ, released a report called “Good News and Bad News for the Churches of Christ.” Although the numbers showed the Churches to be in decline (as reported first … Continue reading
On Small Groups, Part 1
I get emails. This one is from an employee of one of our more conservative colleges — Hi Jay, I just recently encountered your blog and have enjoyed what I have read thus far. Always like to be made to … Continue reading
A Lover’s Quarrel: Knowing Who the Enemy Really Is
Garrett’s eighth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us realize who the enemy really is. I doubt that I need to explain this one. We savage sister congregations that are trying their best to honor God. We … Continue reading
Posted in A Lover's Quarrel, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Leroy Garrett, Lover's Quarrel
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Brother Fairasee
Thanks to Bob West, creator of Theophilus. By the way, Edward Fudge notes that Bob West is producing a comic-strip style set of serial Bible stories that he is offering to email as each new strip comes out. The series is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged All, Bob West, Brother Fairasee, Church of Christ Links, Our Father's Children, Theophilus
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A Lover’s Quarrel: More Responsibly Biblical
Garrett’s seventh wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become more responsibly biblical. We have supposed that the New Testament produced the church, when in fact it was the church that produced the New Testament. … The … Continue reading
Posted in A Lover's Quarrel, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Leroy Garrett, Lover's Quarrel
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One Church
Thomas Campbell’s “Declaration and Address” was written in 1809. This is one of the founding documents of the Restoration Movement, written for the purpose of calling people away from division and sectarianism to join in a common communion, a single … Continue reading
Posted in Restoration Movement, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Thomas Campbell
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Joining the church of Christ
Garrett’s fifth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become part of the body of Christ at large, cooperating with other Christians in the work of redeeming the world. We can do this without surrendering any truth … Continue reading
Posted in A Lover's Quarrel, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Leroy Garrett, Lover's Quarrel, sectarianism
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Preserving Our Heritage
Garrett’s fourth wish is — While we are to continue to be Churches of Christ, let us become what Churches of Christ truly ought to be — in the light of Scripture and our own heritage I disagree with those … Continue reading
Posted in A Lover's Quarrel, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Leroy Garrett, Lover's Quarrel
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A Lover’s Quarrel: Renouncing Sectarianism
Leroy Garrett’s second wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us resolutely and absolutely renounce our more recent sectarian heritage It’s not unusual for us to have four or five different kinds of Churces of Christ in the … Continue reading
