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Tag Archives: Church of Christ Links
Instrumental Music: Justin Martyr and the Instrument
Just a quick post to make the readers aware of a recent post by Danny Corbitt, author of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters Eclipse Worship and Unity, dealing with the claim made by many, going back for centuries, … Continue reading
Instrumental Music: An Experiment in Christian Dialogue
So it’s been a long, hard week. It’s been encouraging to have 50 or 60 comments a day — I mean, I remember when getting just one spam comment was cause for rejoicing! But, man, it’s hard to keep up … Continue reading
Posted in Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, Regulative Principle
46 Comments
Further on My Invitation to the CFTF Lectures
I’ve had readers comment here and write me privately to praise my invitation to the CFTF, warn me against these men, or else urge me not to engage in debate with them at all. Some argue that they’ll never change … Continue reading
Congregational Mergers and Autonomy: A Reader’s Question
I get emails — A reader wrote to ask this question. I’ve edited it with his permission to make it anonymous — Some time ago the local Christian church was left without a preacher and only one elder remained. They … Continue reading
Posted in Congregational Autonomy and Mergers, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church autonomy, Church of Christ Links
109 Comments
The Lord’s Supper: Reaching Some Conclusions, Part 1
The Churches of Christ have defined themselves by their insistence on weekly communion. Our members will come late and leave early, but they’ll be certain to take the Lord’s Supper. And we have members who’ll sit at home, taking communion … Continue reading
Posted in Lord's Supper, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, communion, Eucharist, Lord's Supper
6 Comments
The Future of the Churches of Christ: Christian College Attendance
Very interesting story in the Christian Chronicle, thanks to research by Flavil Yeakley. It seems that Church of Christ-affiliated universities are admitting fewer students who identify as members of the Churches of Christ. Here’s the data —
Sunday Sites: New Wineskins Magazine
At the suggestion of a number of readers, I’m going to try to point out some excellent sites on a weekly basis — focusing on those outside the Churches of Christ. I, of course, begin by making an exception. New … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, New Wineskins
1 Comment
The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: Answers to Questions
Cougan, The role of women is a difficult place to start because there are several predicates we have to cover before you can see where I’m coming from. For example, I don’t think you can properly interpret 1 Tim 2:11-15 … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, complimentarianism, egalitarianism, legalism, patternism, women's roles
39 Comments
An Open Letter to the Leadership of the CFTF Lectures
To: [email protected] Subject: Lectureship Question for Spring church of Christ Brothers in Christ, I’ve been deeply disappointed by the recent Profiles in Apostasy lectures and believe they reflect a seriously false understanding of the scriptures that is doing great harm … Continue reading
The Lord’s Supper: Further from the Early Church
An excellent source book on early church practice is Everett Ferguson’s Early Christians Speak, vol. 1. (The original appears to be out of print, although Early Christians Speak – Vol. 2 can still be had. Most Church of Christ libraries … Continue reading
Posted in Lord's Supper, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, communion, Early Christians Speak, Eucharist, Everett Ferguson, Lord's Supper
17 Comments
