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Tag Archives: Church of Christ Links
Unity in Diversity
Thanks to Edward Fudge, I’ve discovered Unity in Diversity, a web site that includes most of the writings of Carl Ketcherside. Ketcherside is routinely vilified by many among the conservative Churches of Christ because he helped initiate the progressive movement. … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Carl Ketcherside, Church of Christ Links, edward fudge, Unity in Diversity
8 Comments
Ed Stetzer on Reversing Our Decline: The Cure, Part 1
Any correct answer will blame us all — our institutions, our elders, our ministers, and our members. And while the members are hardly free from fault, I think those with the greatest influence get most of the blame — our … Continue reading
Posted in Church Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Ed Stetzer, eldership, legalism, preaching
9 Comments
God Makes Surprise Visit
According to a recent article in The Onion, God Himself recently made a surprise visit to a North Carolina church (and I quote) — FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Parishioners at the First Presbyterian Church were left stunned and in awe of His glory … Continue reading
CENI: Binding Examples
As we considered in the earlier posts in this series, the “E” in CENI stands for “examples,” generally spoken of as approved examples or binding examples. Now, originally, the idea was a simple one: any approved example certainly shows that … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, command example necessary inference
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Ed Stetzer on Reversing Our Decline: Denial
At this point, we pick up with Stetzer’s 2009 post, building on the 2008 post we’ve just covered. The SBC declined again this year in both membership and baptisms. You can read the news story here. There is some encouraging … Continue reading
Posted in Church Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Baptist, Church of Christ Links, Ed Stetzer, Southern Baptist Churches
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ACU Church Relations Services
Abilene Christian has expanded its online church relations services. Click on the link for their invaluable minister/missionary salary survey, ministers support network, health insurance program for churches, among many other services provided to the Churches. So far as I can … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Abilene Christian University, ACU, All, Church of Christ Links
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CENI: Commands
“Commands” is the “C” in CENI, and it would seem to be the easiest to apply. Obviously enough, if God commands it, we good Christians should obey it. How complicated could that be? Pretty complicated indeed, as it turns out. … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, command example necessary inference, holy kiss, Instrumental music
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Ed Stetzer on Reversing Our Decline: Gospel Focus
The third, and most important, issue is our loss of focus on the Gospel. I find it difficult to even say such a thing, but, I believe it to be true. We must recover a gospel centrality and cooperate in … Continue reading
Posted in Church Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church decline, Church of Christ Links, Ed Stetzer
29 Comments
CENI: Antithetical Thinking
We humans have a natural tendency to overreact to emotionally traumatic events. We tend toward avoidance behaviors, that is, if one dog bites us, we stay 100 feet away from the next dog we see. And this affects our theology. … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, command, example, necessary inference, Restoration Movement
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Ed Stetzer on Reversing Our Decline: Infighting
A second issue is the infighting which defines so much of the SBC—its meetings, its churches, and its blogs. It is public knowledge that we do not always settle our differences amicably. The national caricature once again colors many local … Continue reading
Posted in Church Trends, Uncategorized
Tagged All, church decline, Church of Christ Links, doctrine, Ed Stetzer, Flavil Yeakley
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