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- Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:42 am
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Was I like that?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2173
Re: Was I like that?
KLP, I have a copy of the same book about recovering Pharisees and have read it at least 3 times. I would also like to recommend the book Breaking the Bondage of Legalism by Neil T. Anderson, if you don't already have a copy. Both of these books have been helpful on my journey.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:59 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: The "Never Understoods" List
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1647
Re: The "Never Understoods" List
Thanks for sharing the Ketcherside quote KLP. Ketcherside was very accurate in his observations, and that made him a burr under the saddle of many in the CoC denomination.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:59 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Repression in the CofC
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2393
Re: Repression in the CofC
Paul Simon is the greatest poet of the 20th century.
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: The "Never Understoods" List
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1647
Re: The "Never Understoods" List
I never really understood the whole pattern/blue print idea either. In fact the idea of patterns/blue prints just seems totally off base to me. IMO it's nothing but a man-made idea, although many in the CoC would deny that it is because they are sure that the One True Church has never ever been infl...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:03 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Actually It's All The Same
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1668
Re: Actually It's All The Same
Abraham is admired as an excellent example of obedient faith, but the reason Abraham obeyed was because he believed and trusted the promises of God as explained in Romans 4. Abraham didn't obey God because he was legalistic. Legalism is based on human effort and work, and not on trusting God. Legali...
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Tea House
- Topic: How old are we here?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3732
Re: How old are we here?
63 years old
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:16 am
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Actually It's All The Same
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1668
Re: Actually It's All The Same
Yes, the CoC definitely preaches a legalistic, works-based salvation regardless of how strongly they deny it. It seems that they have to deliberately distort such books as Romans and Galatians in order to come up with some of their ideas.
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:49 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Black-American experiences
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7313
Re: Black-American experiences
Both Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone recognized and accepted the fact that there were Christians in all churches/denominations. Their initial goal was to get all of these Christians to give up their creeds and denominational names, and just unite on the bible. That's what popularized one of the ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:08 am
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Black-American experiences
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7313
Re: Black-American experiences
I wouldn't claim to be an historian but I have read a few books on the subject. Yes, to a great extent the CoC is the result of Southern white society. When the Stone-Campbell movement eventually split after the Civil War, the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ were predominantly in the northern s...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:52 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Seen in public
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3981
Re: Seen in public
I remember is a "evangelism" class as a young adult that we should be aware that when someone loses a loved one that they are good candidates to convert since they are thinking about death and the afterlife. So if you have a friend that loses a parent, that is a prime opportunity to appro...