Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Farrell Till, the author of The Skeptical Review was a Church of Christ preacher. He said preaching and theology classes were not very difficult at all. It wouldn't surprise me at all if that were true. They certainly don't seem to come out equipped to effectively "pastor" a congregation.

B.H. wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:53 pm you can be kin to zeek but you have to lurv me more than him though.

zeek wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:33 pm

Ivy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:42 am Zeek, we might be related. My ancestors hailed from right around where you are.

Ivy, based on what I know of you from this site, I'd be proud to know we were kin.

Thank you zeek!! I would be honored.

Zeek, we might be related. My ancestors hailed from right around where you are.

I don't remember the following passage ever being mentioned in the church of Christ but the one after is widely. Matthew 27:53; "At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened, and many bodies ...

Pretty much what all of you said. I remember one preacher saying something like "Billy Graham 'knows the truth but refuses to admit it".

Seems like I vaguely remember being told the cofc didn't believe in the "Trinity". But I can't offer any more details.

longdistancerunner, I never heard the cofc of my childhood talk about Israel like that either. I think that's more of an evangelical theory (doctrine) based on Revelation. They (cofc) didn't believe those apocalyptic prophecies applied to today; they had already been fulfilled in the distant past. M...

Yes!! Those scriptural cofc wedding "foods". They didn't vary. Did your sister have a cake? Oh, and that punch...I knew it as "Snow on the Mountain" punch. Seven-up, ginger ale, pineapple juice (I think???) and rings of ice frozen with pineapple pieces. With globs of sherbet, wha...

Google is your friend...haven't you looked it up?