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D&A: wrap-up
The Declaration and Address is a substantial document in 19C American Christian history. In my opinion, it is as generally well founded as it is redundant. Being of human creation, it is by no means i… more →
NT Christianity
NT worship vs. CofC assembly
wrote 22 hours ago: [The substance of the following first appeared in response to a question on the blog of Peter Horne, … more →
D&A: wrap-up
wrote 5 days ago: The Declaration and Address is a substantial document in 19C American Christian history. In my opini … more →
D&A: propositions
wrote 6 days ago: This installment continues a brief look at 1809’s Declaration and Address (D&A), the work of Tho … more →
D&A: declarations
wrote 1 week ago: A favorite movie of mine is “Lady Jane,” in which the inspiring Jane (England’s queen for 9 days; ch … more →
A bicentennial mention
wrote 1 week ago: A hundred years ago, Gustav Holst composed the Suite in Eb for Military Band—a seminal work in my vo … more →
This world shall pass away
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wrote 2 weeks ago: When we are brought alive by faith, we know that our dying age—with its wars and exploitation and de … more →
(Dis)unity and Ephesians 4
wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent public reader recited the familiar “seven ones” passage from Ephesians 4 – one Lord, one fa … more →
Musings on creeds
wrote 2 weeks ago: As a sort of prelude to my plan to write an installment or two about the 200-year-old Declaration an … more →
Gravitation
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wrote 1 month ago: Before my time, really, Church of Christ groups called Wednesday (or Thursday, in my case) night gat … more →
Leroy on the "Lunenburg letter"
wrote 2 months ago: The following was written by an elder quasi-mentor of mine, Leroy Garrett. Leroy has for nigh unto 5 … more →
Fours, quads and other misbegotten lists
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wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday I mentioned the Foursquare Church and called into question its choice of items to form its … more →
Enter to worship ... leave to serve
wrote 2 months ago: “Enter to worship … leave to serve” is a saying that I’ve seen over quite a … more →
The 70s, 80s, and 90s
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wrote 2 months ago: Sunday evening, I’ll have the opportunity to lead a song or two at a city-wide unity meeting i … more →
Specific corporate changes
wrote 2 months ago: Might there be changes I’d like to see in churches that already feel they are doing things dif … more →
A Once-Ailing Word Is Healed
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wrote 2 months ago: Change? Why? You’re just asking for trouble. Whaddya wanna do—upset the apple cart?! Before us stand … more →
Capital offense
wrote 2 months ago: “The Church of God initially called itself the church of God to indicate its understanding of … more →
Laity
wrote 3 months ago: It struck me at the oddest of times yesterday morning that the clergy-laity system (with which I qua … more →
Where do you worship?
wrote 3 months ago: In the Stone-Campbell churches, the question “Where do you worship?” is frequently heard … more →
On being inhospitable
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wrote 3 months ago: Despite the relatively recent (in the modern era, at least) push toward “seeker sensitivity … more →
