Several weeks ago I delivered a message entitled “History in the Making.” It gave some background info on the 1906 split between Churches of Christ and Christian Churches. I relied heavily on Leroy Garrett for the historical information. Give it a listen if such things are of interest to you.
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Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I […]
Gary Holloway has written a great article about Barton Stone’s different models of unity.
Stone wrote about three models that have historically failed to create and maintain unity among believers.
Book union-unity based on creedal agreement.
Head union-unity based on common understanding of the Bible.
Water union-unity based on immersion into water.
He suggests a fourth model that he calls […]
There was another article in the Chronicle that hasn’t gotten much attention, but I’d like to give it some. It compared the growth rate of instrumental Christian Churches/Churches of Christ with the rate of decline in non-instrumental Churches of Christ. Here are the pertinent quotes and stats from the article:
The number of members […]
Sometimes we talk about how Christianity brought the Roman Empire to its knees. When you look at what became of Christianity after it was embraced by the Empire, you have to wonder if maybe the Empire didn’t win after all?
