Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Wasn't Halloween also considered devil worship by many, I don't remember at the CoC many people having object ions, but I worked with an evangelical who was solidly opposed to it. The cofc I knew growing up did not object to Halloween. It was one of my favorite holidays growing up (late 50s, early ...

It is just not a good church, but children raised in it are taught a lot of Bible stories and are educated with Biblical knowledge. That is something relatively positive, I guess. I spent a year as a student at Harvard Divinity School in the 1960s. Every year they gave entering students a test on b...

Very sensible, IMHO.

B.H. wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:44 pm I didn't call anyone hillbilly. BH has been unjustly rebukified.

You're right BH. I apologize. That was Shane.

"unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in you" BH, are you saying that if someone is not taking communion they have no life in them, per this verse? I always saw that phrase as being a metaphor for immersing onesself into following the Christ. I don't remember ever h...

Hopefully a universal supreme being (if one does exist and does care about what humans do) would have more pure compassion than to flush a new believer who didn't get all of the bases covered before passing on.

B.H. wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:37 pm speaking of Christmas what are all of you going to get me for Christmas this year?

BH, you don’t celebrate Christmas. You need to buy a Christmas gift for ME!!!

I shouldn't do this but... the local hillbilly institutional minister :lol: :lol: :lol: More likely an NICOC minister, huh? I wonder if they ever developed any minimum standards /detailed job descriptions for a FT pray-cher. Just so there are no surprise firings in the middle of the night. But BH, S...

B.H. wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:57 am Remember the man with no name told Tuco that God wasn't on his side because God hates idiots

Was this from Breaking Bad? I remember Tuco, but this quote, no.

Never mind, BH. I googled it. It was from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

I was told that in non-institutional CoC Bible classes that women attend but are not allowed to participate in discussions. I am sure this varies with the church but do others have any info or knowledge on this? Back in "my days" in the NICOC, women could, and did, speak in bible class. T...