The band of Jewish believers to whom the Lord’s brother, James, wrote was a congregation in turmoil. Reading through the letter reveals a collective life in serious jeopardy. Some disciples were having trouble with loving speech patterns. Others embraced a theology that left their lives devoid of merciful actions toward fellow human beings. Some seemed to think they could offer, seemingly, religious ritual in place of true worship/religion before the Father. And it appears that a few had problems with submitting to God himself.But perhaps,...
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
IntroAlexander Campbell was uniquely qualified to be the leading reformer of the nineteenth century through both education and experience. I want to explore the cultural and educational forces that had a direct influence on his understanding of the vital matter of reading and interpreting the Scriptures. My investigation will look more closely on the role of Inductive Philosophy with the understanding that Campbell claimed to be eclectic. "I am no...
Monday, February 13, 2012
The biblical teaching of renewed creation has been a subject of controversy at this years Freed Hardemen University Lectures being addressed in both the Open Forum by Ralph Gilmore and in a class setting by Tony Lawrence. My friend, John Mark Hicks and myself along with our book Kingdom Come were mentioned by name. I was not satisfied with the presentations of either however and remained committed to the position of the early church and beyond that...
Friday, February 10, 2012
It goes without saying that the New Testament is totally informed by the resurrection of Jesus and the hope it engendered among his early disciples. It literally permeates Christian faith and indeed the history of the early church is difficult to explain without it. But the resurrection of Jesus was not simply a miracle to prove that Jesus was divine and Paul does not make such a move. Rather Paul argues for the fact of the general resurrection from the truth of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was the "first fruit." What happened...
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