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
Saying it doesn’t make it so
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
Calling a church a church, or declaring a church not to be a church doesn’t make it so. As form follows function, so the reality of what constitutes a body of the Lord’s people follows the key question of whether or not that body is made up of the Lord’s people, and if they meet
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Who is a citizen?
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
I thought this was an interesting clip from an Alexander Campbell article in The Christian Baptist. The article is a fictitious dialogue constructed by Campbell to illustrate the fallacy of thinking that one must be re-baptized for the remission of sins if they were not aware of this blessing of regeneration when first baptized. This
- Published in Alexander Campbell, Commentary, Unity
Winds of change
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
I don’t want to lock myself in a box of only posting formal essays on this site. Beginning with this post, I will comment a little more casually on things as I see them, but I will probably not maintain permanent links to these posts in the sidebar menu. Some of these posts will be
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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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Doctrinal partisanship
Saturday, 11 September 2004
This election season reminds me of how partisan I am by nature. I want my side to win because I truly believe my side stands for much that is right about America. Does it always do what is right in every case? No. But I put aside minor, and even some major differences, and rally
- Published in Bible, Church, Commentary, Unity
The name of the church
Saturday, 21 August 2004
It is difficult for many raised in the restoration movement tradition to remove the emotional stake they may have in the name “The Church of Christ.” The name is generally identified with a number of beliefs, such as a cappella singing in the assembly, congregationalism, and the lack of affiliation with any human-derived institution. But
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Obedience: not if, but how