The almost-ancient order of things
Tuesday, 14 December 2004
Sometimes I think those of us who find ourselves wanting to restore the “ancient order” of the New Testament church don’t really want to bring the church back to its most primitive state. It is much more comfortable for us to bring the church back to the almost-ancient order of things–perhaps the end of the
- Published in Church, Commentary, Unity
More on koinonia vs. fellowship
Saturday, 30 October 2004
It seems clear to me that koinonia signifies a much closer, more intimate meaning than our modern English word fellowship. As such, we can fellowship with someone (in popular usage, to associate with or jointly participate in an activity with them) without having koinonia, or close, intimate communion. In this way, Jesus could attend weddings
- Published in Commentary, Unity
On fellowship vs. koinonia
Saturday, 30 October 2004
This post comes directly from Chapter 11 of Carl Ketcherside’s The Twisted Scriptures, which completely changed the way I looked at the New Testament scriptures and my own faith. I started reading the book determined that he was wrong and that I was going to prove to myself why. Instead, when I honestly re-examined the
- Published in Commentary, Unity, W. Carl Ketcherside
Identifying the light
Friday, 29 October 2004
I contemplated posting the whole eighth chapter of Carl Ketcherside’s The Twisted Scriptures, but that would get a little cumbersome in this format. Instead, I’ll just post a clip here and point you to the PDF of the entire book where you can scroll down to the eighth chapter to read for yourself. I realize
- Published in Commentary, Unity, W. Carl Ketcherside
Brother, this is hard
Friday, 24 September 2004
As I think through the implications of the truth that all who are in Christ Jesus have a divine responsibility to be of one mind and to be patient and longsuffering with each other, I am struck by the difficulty of putting it into practice. I recently browsed the websites of various denominations which shares
- Published in Alexander Campbell, Commentary
Going off the deep end
Thursday, 23 September 2004
The many pathways of human thinking provide each of us with an infinite array of choices for which trailhead to follow next. I don’t think anyone takes a particular fork in the road of thought with the knowledge that it is a path of error. Correct and erroneous thinking alike are chosen because they are
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Factories for men: an allegory