Fighting for truth
Wednesday, 02 March 2005
We’ve probably all heard the expression “might doesn’t make right.” We can probably agree that right makes might, at least morally speaking. But does right make fight? Too often, I’ve felt the need to fight for every scrap of truth. Sometimes, like a dog fighting for a meaty bone, I was fighting to protect what
- Published in Commentary
Christian friendly fire
Wednesday, 23 February 2005
In most wars, a good percentage of the casualties comes from “friendly fire,” or ammunition that hits the wrong target due mostly to inadequate communication and misunderstandings about the orders given. I was surprised at the start of the current Iraq war that the number of casualties from these kinds of accidents, including overturned trucks
- Published in Commentary, Love
All or nothing fellowship
Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Is enjoying the friendship and mutual edification of all of our brothers and sisters in Christ an “all or nothing” proposition? Too many of us seem to think that if we can’t approve of all that another brother does, we can have nothing to do with him, “religiously” at least. This is just not the
- Published in Commentary, Unity
The "best" of religious society
Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Another good essay off of Living Waters… –KH The “Best” of Religious Society http://www.livwat.com/articles/10042.html by Charles Fry Every human society seems to have some sort of honored elite (sometimes more honored by themselves than by anyone else), the special in-group, the privileged few, the informed and superior inner circle. There are religious elites, political elites,
- Published in Commentary, Unity
Firm and flexible
Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Good essay, Charles. –KH Firm and Flexible http://livwat.com/articles/10048.html by Charles Fry Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” (Luke 1:45, NIV, -she was Mary) No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory
- Published in Commentary, Unity
Restoring the church
Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Where exactly is the Church that Jesus died for? All admit that He only died for one Church. It seems that Christians spend a lot of time trying to figure out which one, of the choices we have before us in our neighborhood, is the “right one,” the “best one” or “the true one.” What
- Published in Church, Commentary, Unity
Opinions, opinions, opinions
Tuesday, 01 February 2005
One of the toughest things to wrap our minds around is distinguishing between opinions and inerrant truth. Until we do that, though, we’ll continue on the path of discord, because opinions are responsible for all the division we see in Christendom, not inerrant truth. It is not possible to force ourselves to hold the same
- Published in Alexander Campbell, Commentary
Are there Christians among the sects?
Thursday, 27 January 2005
The following are excerpted quotes from Ketcherside, compiled by Lloyd A. Boyll in 1989 under the book title of A New Spirit. –KH CHRISTIANS AMONG THE SECTS by W. Carl Ketcherside “I am convinced that there are many Christians among the sectarian parties of our day.” “Mind you, I do not believe that there are
- Published in Alexander Campbell, Unity, W. Carl Ketcherside
Foundation of Christian union
Thursday, 27 January 2005
The following is an excerpt from Alexander Campbell’s Foundation of Christian Union. I’ll put the last paragraph first to entice you to read the whole thing and bear with our brother’s generous use of commas: Let THE BIBLE be substituted for all human creeds; FACTS, for definitions, THINGS, for words; FAITH, for speculation; UNITY OF
- Published in Alexander Campbell, Commentary, Unity
Do peace and liberty destroy unity?