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Why Are You In A Church That’s Not In The Bible?
Answering the Church of Christ | July 28th 2008 by Nathan
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 church that is in the Bible, but that they are in t read more
Spiritual Gifts
Answering the Church of Christ | July 14th 2008 by Nathan
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.) read more
My “Aha!” Moment
Answering the Church of Christ | June 21st 2008 by Nathan
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. A few minutes ago, I was walking past a house on read more
For those who didn’t grow up in a church named “church of Chr…
Answering the Church of Christ | June 14th 2008 by Nathan
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 & Culture” board. There are some insig read more
The DVD That Wasn’t Seen
Answering the Church of Christ | June 10th 2008 by Nathan
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 can comment here, or directly to Chris over at hi read more
A Knight’s Tale - Chris Knight Engages JR
Answering the Church of Christ | June 2nd 2008 by Nathan
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 camera and drove down to the TV studio where “Wha read more
An interesting video from a former CofC person
Answering the Church of Christ | May 16th 2008 by Nathan
Thanks to Katherine for the heads up on this video. Thoughts? read more
Denominations and the “churches of Christ”
Answering the Church of Christ | May 10th 2008 by Nathan
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 the Bible. But here’s the problem… the read more
Some Alexander Campbell Quotes
Answering the Church of Christ | May 5th 2008 by Nathan
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 somewhat irrelevant (my paraphrase) because he did read more
Televised Ministry Sensationalism Part II
Answering the Church of Christ | May 4th 2008 by Nathan
Here is another example of this tactic used by these men. This time around it is James Oldfield. read more
An Interesting Take on the Baptism Issue
Answering the Church of Christ | April 16th 2008 by Nathan
In my daily wanderings-around, I found the following comment regarding baptism which I had never heard before. I’d be interested in other’s opinions on this comment: “I grew up in the Church of Christ. It does not “remain si read more
The Holy Kiss - A Command, or Not?
Answering the Church of Christ | April 3rd 2008 by Nathan
From wikipedia. The holy kiss is a traditional Christian greeting. The term comes from the New Testament, where it appears five times. Farewell of Saints Peter and Paul, showing the Apostles giving each other the holy kiss before their read more
A Great Article from churchesofchrist.wordpress.com
Answering the Church of Christ | March 24th 2008 by Nathan
The guys at churchesofchrist.wordpress.com have written a great article dealing with the unscriptural exclusiveness of folks like Johnny Robertson, Norm Fields and James Oldfield. Go over and take a look! Here’s the link. read more
Man-Made Doctrines in the Hard-Line Church of Christ
Answering the Church of Christ | March 14th 2008 by Nathan
This came from a discussion going on elsewhere, but I thought they brought up great points. Typically, the hard-liners claim that denominations are wrong because they use man-made doctrines. But, what doctrines do the hard-liners follow that are read more
My Kind of CofC Attitude
Answering the Church of Christ | March 13th 2008 by Nathan
In my daily online readings, I found a blog from another CofC preacher with whom I could fellowship. Thank goodness for CofC men like this! They give me hope for the Church of Christ folks out there. He wrote: “I make the case for a cappell read more
“Church of Christ Doctrine”
Answering the Church of Christ | March 11th 2008 by Nathan
In my daily internet sifting, I came upon this recent blog entry from a veteran Church of Christ pastor. While he and I might disagree on several things, I am very glad that he recognizes the CofC inconsistencies that we discuss on this blog all of read more
23 Good Questions to Ask a CofC Fundamentalist
Answering the Church of Christ | March 3rd 2008 by Nathan
Over at www.topix.com, at a conversation going on between a few Church of Christ fundamentalists and a few other folks, we had a list of some Very Interesting Questions posted for our Church of Christ friends to answer. I put them here for your per read more
The Thief on the Cross
Answering the Church of Christ | February 12th 2008 by Nathan
On a recent broadcast, Johnny Robertson was discussing the thief on the cross. Lee, a regular poster here, wrote about the subject. He says: “A viewer called Johnny last night, he was telling him what a good job he was doing. One of his read more
Johnny, Where’s my $1,000?
Answering the Church of Christ | December 30th 2007 by Nathan
Johnny, I’d like my $1,000 please. You see, I do find my church in the Bible. Do a concordance search for “presbytery”. 1 Tim 4:14 - Paul talks about the laying on of hands of the Presbytery - which is from the Greek ̶ read more
Discussion on the Lord’s Supper
Answering the Church of Christ | December 26th 2007 by Nathan
According to our local Church of Christ on-air TV personalities, we should be taking the Lord’s Supper each first day of the week (Sunday). If we don’t do this, we are being disobedient, and sinning. I’d be curious if Johnny Ro read more
An Invitation to Local Church of Christ Folks
Answering the Church of Christ | December 14th 2007 by Nathan
Hi local Church of Christ folks, We know some of y’all are checking in on our blog, we’re averaging around 150 hits each day, and a number of those are from the Martinsville/Henry County/two states area. We’d love it if you would read more
One Blogger’s View on Acts 2:38 - Baptism & Salvation
Answering the Church of Christ | December 8th 2007 by Nathan
I came across a blog by a Baptist blogger dealing with the Church of Christ position on baptism. I’m interested to know if you folks think his arguments are sound. http://baptistcollegestudent.blogspot.com/ Acts 2:38 is a verse commonly misun read more
What Does the Bible Say About Name Calling?
Answering the Church of Christ | December 7th 2007 by Nathan
Randy, a frequent contributor to this blog, recently had an email exchange with Johnny Robertson where Johnny wrote: the real test for you guys is to get someone to trot this dumb stuff out in person we get emails from all over the country and yo read more
James Oldfield - A Word from the Lord - December 6, 2007
Answering the Church of Christ | December 6th 2007 by Nathan
Last week, Norm was going after Jonathan Falwell. This week, James was going after John Hagee. Next week, Johnny’s going after some unnamed Pentecostal preacher from Los Angeles. If I didn’t know better, I’d say our good CofC men ha read more
A Very Reasonable Church of Christ Position
Answering the Church of Christ | December 5th 2007 by Nathan
We’ve received a couple of emails from Norm and Johnny, and they’ve told us that they have no intention of participating in our little blog, although I’m pretty certain they come here and read what we’re discussing. I’ read more
Our Church of Christ TV Friends - Taking Verses Out of Context?
Answering the Church of Christ | December 3rd 2007 by Nathan
Randy made a suggestion that we examine some Scriptures that our friends Johnny Robertson, Norm Fields and James Oldfield regularly take out of context to help support the things they are teaching. Here are two Randy gave, with added thoughts. Gal. 1 read more
The Lord’s Supper
Answering the Church of Christ | December 2nd 2007 by Nathan
I found a website where a Church of Christ leader is addressing some of the things we discuss here. I am borrowing liberally from that website for this posting, but think it’s important to hear things the way he says them. LORD’S SUPPER FAC read more
TV Hosts: Come Clean Regarding Jason Hairston
Answering the Church of Christ | November 30th 2007 by Nathan
The following bit is really only for the local community. If you are a visitor to our blog, but live outside of the viewing area of our local TV hosts, then you needn’t worry about this. ***added later*** I appreciate the comments that were se read more
Baptism - how the conversation could go
Answering the Church of Christ | November 27th 2007 by Nathan
A fictional episode of one of the local CofC programs. Also a primer on one way to approach their doctrine concerning baptism. Fictonal CofC TV host: “Have you been baptized for the remission of sins”?” Fictional CofC TV caller: “Yes.” Cof read more
More on the Instruments in Worship Debate
Answering the Church of Christ | November 24th 2007 by Nathan
This is a fascinating look at how this subject is NOT settled within the Churches of Christ: http://www.abpnews.com/2503.article I suppose to Johnny, Norm and James, the churches that have decided to experiment with musical instruments in worship ar read more
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