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Profiles in Apostasy, Further Thoughts

I’m not planning to watch the videos. I might change my mind, but I know watching would make me angry, and being angry is not good for me. In fact, I’m not sure I’m doing such a good job of … Continue reading

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The Lord’s Supper: The Early Church

I offer some material from the uninspired writings of early Christians to prove that I’m not crazy — not to establish a theology of the Lord’s Supper. In fact, we in the Churches of Christ are bad to reach into … Continue reading

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Profiles in Apostasy

As many are aware, the Contending for the Faith Lectures held recently were called “Profiles in Apostasy #1.” The speakers took on a number of books from the more progressive Churches of Christ — evidently asserting the damnation of the … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Perfectibility of the Intellect

There are many unstated assumptions that divide the progressive and conservative camps in the Churches of Christ. One of these is the conservative assumption that while our moral nature is fallen and so not capable of perfection, our intellect is … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: On Building Fences (with an extra random thought or two)

I stumbled across a very intriguing website — the Pleasant Valley Church of Christ site. Now, I’m sure I’m not the first to made this association, but we have to get this out of the way before we can go … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: The Path to Safety

A reader asked, It would seem to me that we should try to worship, etc. as closely as possible to the way they did in the NT. We would know that that was right. Why take a chance on something … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: Definitions: “Faith,” Part 2

In the last post of this series, I pointed out how the conservative Church of Christ preachers often treat “faith” as including a comprehensive doctrinal system, rather than simply faith in Jesus. Wayne Jackson, in the Christian Courier, gave a … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: Definitions: “Faith,” Part 1

One of the most important differences between conservative and progressive Church of Christ theology is our different use of some key words. For example, to a progressive, New Testament references to “faith” are references to faith in Jesus. To a … Continue reading

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The Fork in the Road: “Will Worship”

When we in the Churches of Christ disagree over how to conduct the Sunday assembly, at some point someone will inevitably accuse the other side of “will worship.” And will-worship is sin. The assumption is that “will worship” means worshiping … Continue reading

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Perseverance: Re-Introducing the Subject

The last post of this series has generated well over 300 comments — which I think is a record for One In Jesus. I had no idea! I have to conclude that if perseverance is determined by argumentative tenacity, the … Continue reading

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