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An Experiment in Christian Dialogue: Rev 22:18-19

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

The website for the Central Church of Christ in Martinez, Georgia makes this argument against instrumental music on its page “What We Believe” — We can also see that Scripture clearly commands us to observe the will of God and … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 4 of 4 (Acceptance)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Accept one another (Rom 15:7)  Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Paul discussion of how to live as Christ’s congregation culminates in one of the most important commands in the … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 3 of 4 (Ethics)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Ethics We considered the boundaries of Christianity. We now consider the “rules.” And there are rules. Now, rather than approaching the scriptures asking our own questions, we need to let the scriptures tell us both the questions and the answers. … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 2 of 4

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Grace Another critical mistake of 20th Century Church of Christ teaching is the false assumption that we receive more grace at baptism than is available to us afterwards. I’m sure many churches have members who’ve committed some horrible sin who … Continue reading →

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The Fork in the Road: Dialogue with Cougan: The Plan of Salvation, Part 1 of 4

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Cougan, I quoted from your earlier comment, As [I] run the race of Christianity realizing that one infraction against the pattern/law of the N.T. is a sin and that it is possible for me to break one of those laws … Continue reading →

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An Experiment in Christian Dialogue: Colossians 3:17

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

In the first post of this series, I invited comment on 1 Corinthians 4:6, because it is, in my experience, the most frequently cited verse in support of the Regulative Principle (scriptural silences are prohibitions). Although the post received many … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Music: Regarding Karate, Dance, and Roast Lamb in the Assembly

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Robert Prater asked, in a comment, Let me ask you a question or anyone else…..let’s suppose I wanted to bring into the worship assembly the act of rhythmic dance or karate or how about yoga? Or let’s say painting, etc. … Continue reading →

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The Cruciform God: Introduction and Chapter One, The Self-Emptying God, Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jay F Guin

We’re continuing our study of Michael J. Gorman’s Inhabiting the Cruciform God. Exaltation Gorman explains that God’s exaltation of Jesus was not a promotion but a proclamation of what was always true but is now shown to be true — … Continue reading →

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More Calvinist Humor

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Photo from The Sacred Sandwich. It’s not really a Calvinist joke. It’s a church joke — if you can think up a good caption. Here’re some possibilities — 1. Bob and Harry discovered that even after they’d built a $5,000,000 … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sites: Jesus Creed

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Jay F Guin

I now begin in earnest my series on recommended evangelical blogs. And the choice for the first one is easy: Jesus Creed, by Scot McKnight. This is likely the most popular of all Christian blogs, having an Alexa rank of … Continue reading →

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