Seeking True Unity, Part 2: Who Said You Could Do That? The Case of Steve Higginbotham

Here I begin with brother Higginbotham's case to the court ... but first ...A Preliminary Distant Voice on UNITY  – T.B. Larimore“May the Lord grant that I may die before I sow discord among the brethren. I have never done so yet—never. I have never introduced, advocated, agitated, said, or done anything that could tend to dissever church, family, or friends. I love the sentiment of the son of America who said, “If I have not the power to lift...

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Seeking True Unity, Part 1, Edited by Dale Jenkins: A Review and Interaction, Part 1

Seeking True Unity: A Review and Interaction, Part 1I came across this little book (64 pages) at the ACU lectures. I recognized the names of Dale Jenkins and Phil Sanders and decided to purchase it. I had the book finished before I went to bed in my hotel room later that night. Of the writers I have only personally met Phil Sanders before but I have corresponded from time to time with Dale Jenkins. Of the seven contributors I have no doubt they...

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Back from Abilene and On with LifeWell, Friday afternoon I made the long and boring drive from Abilene, TX to Tucson, AZ. Actually the view gets better the further west you go and by the time you hit AZ there are beautiful mountains ... the sunset on the mountains is quite stunning.I had a wonderful time at the ACU Lectures. I met fellow blogger Frank Bellizzi in the Center for Restoration Studies. It was a very providential meeting.I took in Mike Casey's class on Garfield Todd. Todd was a Disciples minister in Rhodesia, Africa. He became Prime...

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A Gathered People: Revisioning the Assembly as Transforming Encounter

A Gathered People: Revisioning the Assembly as Transforming EncounterGreetings from Abilene ... After many months of preparation and several more of being with the publisher I am pleased to announce that A Gathered People: Revisioning the Assembly as Transforming Encounter is finally available. The book is authored by John Mark Hicks, Johnny Melton and Bobby Valentine.It is available on Amazon (linked above) or it can be ordered directly from ACU/Leafwood...

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ACU LecturesToday is Monday the first full day of the ACU lectures is nearly history ... here is a link to the class scheduleI left Tucson after a kiss from my girls: Pamella, Rachael and Talya, I deposited my rear securely in a rented Pontiac and headed out toward the East. After going through the obligatory border patrol check point it was just shy of 1 pm Tucson time when I left and just shy of 3 am when I arrived Abilene time.The hotel would not let me "check in early" so I slept in my car from about 3 am ET to about 6:30 when some "sounds"...

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"Argula von Grumbach: Courageous Debater, Theologian, Female Voice in the Reformation ... A Woman on the Family Tree"

Argula von Grumbach: Courageous Debater, Theologian, Female Voice in the Reformation ... A Woman on the Family Tree A sea of political, social and religious change was flowing through the world in 1492. Christopher Columbus set out on a historic voyage. Within a generation Guttenberg developed the printing press. Spain was united and finally evicted the Muslims from western Europe. Lorenzo Valla demonstrated the power of the new learning of the...

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Mountains, Rainbows & Sunsets

Mountains, Rainbows & SunsetsFriday afternoon we had a little bit of rain. The black clouds were sitting over the Rincon Mountains to the east of my house. A perfect rainbow, from horizon to horizon, was superimposed on those dark clouds. This picture captures part of the bow but does not do anything like justice to the scene.Here is another photo of the same part of the rainbowThis is what was 180 degrees away from the rainbow to the west...

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Material Worthy of Your Attention"Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2.15, ASV)I wanted to pass on two links to my friends and family out in cyberspace for two excellent articles. By excellent I do not mean that they are 100% correct (though they may be) or that I agree with them 100% either. But they are both great reads for thinking through two very important subjects related to our understanding of the Scriptures and our walk in this life.The...

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The Witness of Perpetua: A Woman on the Family Tree

The Witness of Perpetua: Woman on the Family Tree Most Christians know of the story of Polycarp and his powerful testimony to the Christian faith. His name is deservedly remembered and honored. There is another story mostly forgotten among modern Christians, just a generation after Polycarp, of incredible sacrifice that concerns a young twenty-two year old girl who died facing the wild beasts in North Africa. She was revered in the early...

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