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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
Churches of Christ: Why They Left: Chapter 4, Part 2
We are reflecting on Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ by Flavil R. Yeakley, Jr. In dealing with a survey of former Church of Christ members, Yeakley next addresses the complaint of many that … Continue reading
Amazing Grace: Is Ignorance of God’s Will an Excuse?
I get emails — In your view do Leviticus 4:13 and Psalm 19:12 prove that ignorance is no excuse of the law? If so then what kind of ignorance? You know, all my life, Church of Christ preachers have argued that … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Grace, Amazing Grace, Uncategorized
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Churches of Christ: Why They Left: Chapters 3 and 4, Part 1
We are reflecting on Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ by Flavil R. Yeakley, Jr. The first two chapters of the book give the raw data. The next few chapters summarize the reasons given … Continue reading
Churches of Christ: Why They Left: Chapter 2
We are reflecting on Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ by Flavil R. Yeakley, Jr. Yeakley demonstrates that the problem of plateaued and declining numbers is not unique to the Churches of Christ. Most … Continue reading
Churches of Christ: Why They Left: Chapter 1
We are reflecting on Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ by Flavil R. Yeakley, Jr. Yeakley begins by pointing out that the Stone-Campbell or Restoration Movement produced three major denominations. In terms of total … Continue reading
Posted in Churches of Christ in Decline, Uncategorized
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Churches of Christ: Why They Left: Introduction
The Gospel Advocate has recently published Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ by Flavil R. Yeakley, Jr. (Sadly, not available in electronic form.) Dr. Yeakley has long served as an un-official statistician for the Churches … Continue reading
Tulsa Lectures: First and Third Class, On a Mission from God
To be a disciple is to be on a mission from God. (It’s a mission that’s even bigger than bringing blues music to the masses.) It’s about restoring the reign of God over the world. It’s bringing into its fullness … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Change, Uncategorized
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Self-Aggrandizing Announcement
Kent Schaffer at ChurchRelevance.com has posted a list of the Top 200 Church Blogs. Once again, One In Jesus has made the list (at 144). So have Jim Martin and Matt Dabbs. But you know me. And so you know … Continue reading
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Tulsa Lectures: First and Third Class, A Question from a Preacher Candidate
So we’ve been in a preacher search since July of last year. It’s been an interesting experience. We’ve spent a lot of time with a lot of preachers, listened to a lot of sermons. (If listening to sermons makes one … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Change, Uncategorized
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Further on the Virus Problem
The virus came back. Theobloggers has once again cleaned it up. I’m now trying to find the hole that let the varmint in. For a few months, I allowed readers to subscribe to the site using the WordPress native “Subscriber” … Continue reading
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