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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
Are We Sacramentalists? The Orthodox View, Part 1
We don’t study the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox that much, although it’s one of the largest denominations of believers on the planet. This is largely due to the Protestant’s common history with Catholicism. We have less in common with … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Baptism, communion, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox, sacraments, Zwingli
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Vocabulary Guide for the New Christian
[This was emailed to me, without attribution. I can’t find it on the Internet, and so I can’t credit the actual author. However, I did revise it a hair for Church of Christ sensibilities.] Vocabulary guide for the new Christian: … Continue reading
A Reflection on the Assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Charles Colson
Fascinating article by Charles Colson, who works to spread the gospel in the prisons. Colson concludes, “I wish the world could judge Christ by what I saw in the Darrington prison.”
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The Audacity of Hope
An interesting and fun article by Mike Adams. Adams describes how his Wilmington church was prospered after committing to the support of African children. Enjoy.
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Barna’s Latest on Divorce
George Barna has just released the results of a survey of American divorce rates. Christians in general have about the same rate as non-Christians — 32% to 33%. However, evangelicals have a 26% rate and Catholics have a 28% rate. … Continue reading
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Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of Christ, Part 1
Readers, I received an email requesting that I post something on being gay in the Churches of Christ. I’ve split the email into 8 parts, to fit my answers more closely to the reader’s questions and because his poignant email … Continue reading
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Are We Sacramentalists? The Lord’s Supper
[I’m reposting this to get it in right order within the series.] Most Protestants consider the Lord’s Supper to be a sacrament. The Churches of Christ do not. Rather, we follow the view of Zwingli that the communion is purely … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Campbell, All, Eastern Orthodox, James A. Harding, John Mark Hicks, love feast
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: A Drug-Induced Dream
I’ve been passing these kidney stones, and I have to take some pretty powerful drugs. And drugs lead to some very strange dreams. I woke, or so it seemed, about 100 years from now. I was surrounded by kind but … Continue reading
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The Future of the Progressive Churches of Christ: Part 10, If I Were Pope
Well, the Churches of Christ don’t have a pope, or anything close to it. And I don’t think we should. And if we did, it certainly shouldn’t be me. But if God were to make me the progressive Churches of … Continue reading
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