Kingdom Come Exposed: Unknown Tongue of Theobabble

Today is Halloween. And as is fitting for the spirit of the day my good friend Lee Freeman has sent me a treat (or was it a trick?). He gets a little paper in the mail called Christianity Then & Now that is published here in Arizona. I have never seen the paper before but I was able to find it online. The editor of the paper is John Waddey who I believe was at one time associated with East Tennessee School of Preaching (but I am not sure about...

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Arizona Moon Rise ...

Arizona Moon Rise ...I took these pictures from our backyard last friday as the Sun was setting in the west and the moon was rising in the east. The mountains are the Rincon's. As fall approaches here in the desert it has been getting terribly cold, :-) For example yesterday it was 95 degrees and for Halloween they are predicting it will be 86 ... But seriously in the wee hours it has been getting into the upper 60 and in the mountains probably...

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Seeking True Unity #5 : Same Song, Different Century: An Interaction with Jeff A. Jenkins

Preliminary Distant Voices“I regard the Sunday School as an innovation. I can’t see it in any other light.” - N. L. Clark, “Editorial Notes,” FF 23 {29 Jan 1907}, 4“Where, oh where is the Bible authority for Sunday School?”- N. L. Clark, “Debate with Whiteside,” FF 22 {13 Nov 1906}, 4 A Summary of the Prosecution’s Case It has been pointed out in prior installments that I have been using a courtroom metaphor that derives its existence from the book...

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Reflections on the Moser Ministry Conference

I just returned from Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas. Prior to this I had never been to Lubbock but I had learned it is a nice town.I arrived in Lubbock on Saturday night. My good friend John Mark Hicks and I stayed up late reviewing significant developments in the life and theological thought of K. C. Moser. On Sunday we gathered with the family at the Monterey Church. Later that evening we decided to support the family at Southside...

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Seeking True Unity #4: Counselor Mike Greene Presents “How Did We Get Where We Are? A Brief History of Unity and Division …”

Preliminary Distant Voice on Unity - Barton W. Stone“In those days there were but a few terms of communion among Christians. All were admitted to fellowship who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and obeyed him; and their obedience was considered the best evidence of their faith … If opinions of truth were to be made terms of fellowship, it is much questioned whether any two men on earth could so perfectly agree in all points, as ever to unite; there...

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Seeking True Unity #3: Can’t We all Just Be Christians? The Restoration Plea? – Counselor Phil Sanders

Can’t We all Just Be Christians? The Restoration Plea? – Counselor Phil SandersI have kept up the "courtroom" image in this post. I have attempted to maintain a lighthearted yet serious tone ... A Preliminary Distant Voice on Unity - Thomas Campbell“[D]ivision among the Christians is a horrid evil, fraught with many evils. It is antichristian, as it destroys the visible unity of the body of Christ; as if he were divided against himself, excluding...

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