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Here in Martinsville/Henry County, we have some Church of Christ television personalities who get on local access channels three times a week to tell folks that their church is the only way to heaven. This is a place for folks to go and discuss the

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• It’s Back… Musical Instruments in Worship

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 00:53 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, mechanical instruments in worship, musical instruments, musical instruments in worship

  I remember my first visit to a no musical instruments in worship church of Christ several years ago.  I was new to a certain city, and was visiting churches, looking for a church home.  This particu...

• World Convention

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 19:52 in church of Christ, lorraine and lyndsey jacobs, martinsville, unity, world convention

  note:  I’ve still not worked out how Katherine can post her own material, so she sent me the following post which I am putting up for her.  This is Katherine’s material.  - Mr. Answer ...

• What Does Johnny Robertson Say - Part II

  Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 21:20 in "a word from the lord", "defeat destroy", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields

  Watched “What Does the Bible Say?”, tonight, and feel like I need to respond, since words written on this blog were brought up.   On his broadcast, hyperconservative church of Christ TV h...

• Sunday, August 3 - Prayer Day for Johnny, Norm and James - Part II

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 21:16 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, prayer

  As happened back at the beginning of June, recent events here have convicted me again to not allow this blog to degenerate because of the wild postings of a rambling man.  It is not what the blog is ...

• Why Are You In A Church That’s Not In The Bible?

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 06:03 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, churches of christ, danville church of christ, denomination, denominationalism, denominations, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville

  The title of this post is a question that hyperconservative churches of Christ (like the 3 TV hosts) love to ask.  The implication to their question is that they (the hypercons) are not just in a c...

• Romans 10:5-13

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 21:06 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, how to be saved, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields

  From my Scripture reading this morning.  What an encouraging passage of Scripture! Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: “The man who does these things will live by ...

• Interesting Local cofC Blogging Development…

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 09:18 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields

  Visit local church of Christ TV host Norm Field’s blog here for an interesting development.  Norm has removed the URLs to Johnny Robertson’s and James Oldfield’s blogs (fellow hyper...

• Spiritual Gifts

  Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 20:30 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, questions for church of christ, spiritual gifts

  Do they exist today, or were they only for a certain time and then ceased? Discuss. (This conversation was started on another place on this blog.  To get caught up, you can visit that place here.)...

• Eternal Security

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 23:30 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, Debate, eternal security, i agree!, james oldfield, jason hairston, johnny robertson, martinsville

  Eternal Security, or Perseverance of the saints, maintains that none who are truly saved can be condemned for their sins or finally fall away from the faith.  Discuss. By the way - please avoid...

• Some Interesting Links

  Posted on Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 10:58 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, catholic, Catholicism, Church, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ

  My recent online wanderings have led me to a couple of interesting church of Christ related websites. First, is Journey to Orthodoxy.  This is a blog by Nathan Lee Lewis, who was formerly Southern Ba...

• Churches of Christ and the Emerging Church

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 22:05 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, churches of christ, danville church of christ, discussion, emergent church, Emerging church, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville

  Believe it or not, I have found several blogs of people in the churches of Christ who are trying to figure out this new movement called “the Emerging Church”.   Personally, I’m not ...

• My “Aha!” Moment

  Posted on Saturday June 21st, 2008 at 14:14 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville, danville church of christ, god's grace, grace, hyperconservative, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville

  I had an “Aha!” moment just now. No, not that kind of “Aha!” moment.  You know, like a “Eureka!” moment.  Or an “Of Course!” moment. Let me explain. ...

• Christian Unity

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 10:52 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", alan rouse, bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, georgia, i agree!, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ

  This looks like an interesting blog from a church of Christ elder from Georgia, Alan Rouse.  The title of the blog is “Christian Unity”, and it seems that, unlike the hyperconservatives i...

• For those who didn’t grow up in a church named “church of Christ”…

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 12:37 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", baptism, bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, denomination, denominationalism, denominations, ex-church of christ, i agree!, james oldfield

  If you are trying to understand where these folks are coming from, I would highly recommend spending some time on the ex-church of Christ website - especially in the “Church of Christ: Doctrine ...

• Some Graphs for those doing Powerpoint Presentations

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 07:52 in Church, church of Christ, danville church of christ, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, misc

  Everyone loves doing Powerpoint presentations these days, and so if anyone needs some graphs to represent your argument, the following three come highly recommended. A little “former cofCR...

• Another Debate Challenge - this time from another church of Christ preacher

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 13:23 in "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, clint howard, danville church of christ, Debate, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, star 39

  While Nathan and Corey debate I would like to offer my services to debate Johnny…..one church of Christ preacher to another……on the following issues: Who is the enemy? Who is a false teacher? Or...

• Enough Said?

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 10:20 in "what does the bible say?", church of Christ, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, star 39

  “we are here to defeat destroy you and uplift truth” - Johnny Robertson, June 11, 2008 from here.  ...

• The DVD That Wasn’t Seen

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 02:58 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", baptism, bible qna, chris knight, church of Christ, danville, danville church of christ, i agree!, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville

  In case you were wondering what was on that DVD that Chris didn’t show on Sunday night, he has uploaded it to the internet and given us permission to embed it here for your viewing pleasure. You...

• Make Sure to Watch for Chris Knight Sunday Night

  Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 22:52 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, charles roark, chris knight, church of Christ, danville church of christ, denomination, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ

  For those of you in the WGSR viewing area, Chris Knight is supposed to be on Sunday night at 8:00 for 25 minutes.  Charles Roark has apparently offered Chris 25 minutes to give his position regarding...

• Another Church of Christ website that I would recommend

  Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 22:48 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", al maxey, bible qna, bibleqna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, Debate, denomination, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville

  If you are interested in the discussions we’ve been raising about the teachings of Johnny, James, and Norm, then you might be interested in Al Maxey’s website, which contains some pretty g...

• A Knight’s Tale - Chris Knight Engages JR

  Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 03:22 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, bibleqna, chris knight, church of Christ, danville, danville church of christ, Debate, denomination, denominationalism, denominations

  After a few days of Johnny Robertson badgering Chris Knight on this blog regarding this post on Chris’s blog, Chris decided to take Johnny at his word and debate.  He loaded up his video camer...

• Sunday, June 1 - Prayer Day for Johnny, Norm and James

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 01:31 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", answering church of christ, bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, denomination, denominationalism, denominations, james oldfield, johnny robertson, love of god

  I’ve been feeling convicted recently about this blog, and what it could become.  And what I don’t want it to become. When the subjects of the blog are people who seem to revel in stirring...

• A Bit of Real-time Discussion

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 07:05 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, bibleqna, church of Christ, danville, danville church of christ, gospel, i agree!, james oldfield, jesus, johnny robertson

  “faithful” quoted Matthew 11:16-19: “But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We hav...

• An interesting video from a former CofC person

  Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 00:26 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, denomination, denominationalism, denominations, fundamentalist, i agree!, james oldfield, jason hairston

  Thanks to Katherine for the heads up on this video. Thoughts?...

• Denominations and the “churches of Christ”

  Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 03:59 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, denomination, denominationalism, denominations, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ

  If you are in a denomination, you are out of luck. People in hyperconservative churches of Christ say that denominations are not in the Bible, and you can’t be saved in a church that is not in t...

• Some Alexander Campbell Quotes

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 20:45 in alexander campbell, church of Christ, danville church of christ, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, questions for church of christ, reidsville church of christ

  One of our guests has been talking about Alexander Campbell quite a bit recently.  We don’t talk about A.C. much here, because our 3 TV hosts have said many times that the things he taught are ...

• Televised Ministry Sensationalism Part II

  Posted on Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 20:13 in "a word from the lord", bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, hidden camera, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, questions for church of christ, reidsville church of christ

  Here is another example of this tactic used by these men.  This time around it is James Oldfield.    ...

• Televised Ministry Sensationalism - It Could Happen to You!

  Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 22:12 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, bibleqna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, reidsville church of christ

  Televised ministry sensationalism… this is the hyperconservative Church of Christ answer to Jerry Springer or the sensationalist episodes of Dateline NBC. I was watching a televised ministry sen...

• Johnny’s Last Post

  Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", bible qna, bibleqna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, reidsville church of christ

  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.  Colossians 4:6 Since this blog is dedicated to discussing the teachings of Church of Chris...

• The Scriptural Relationship between Faith, Belief and Salvation

  Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 in "a word from the lord", "what does the bible say?", baptism, bible qna, church of Christ, danville church of christ, james oldfield, johnny robertson, martinsville, martinsville church of christ, norm fields, salvation promise

  Said to me by another hyperconservative Church of Christ preacher on a different internet site: “I have no problem saying that according to the Scriptures you are not a Christian and you are in ...