Articles for tag: Church of Christ

January 20, 2008

Christian Standard

Five Books About How We Got the Bible

By William R. Baker The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible By Paul D. Wegner Baker Academic, 2004 This volume is far and away the most comprehensive, and is one of the only books that covers the issues from both Old Testament and New Testament perspectives. It is the most commonly used introductory textbook on this subject for college students to whom it is geared. It is filled with maps, photos, and charts; the key terms are defined, and all matters are dealt with succinctly. Students are pointed to advanced material in excellent “For

December 16, 2007

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Messy Christmas!

By Jeff Walling One of the delights of the Christmas season is receiving cards from friends across the country. My wife displays the prettiest ones and leaves the rest in a basket on our kitchen table so we can cruise the photos and say, “Oh! Look how BIG he”s gotten!” about our newest nephew or my largest brother-in-law. Many have the classic nativity scenes, with adoring shepherds, a smiling Mary, and a glowing baby Jesus. It is these that I used to love the most until I came across an uncomfortable truth: Those Christmas cards are completely unbiblical. And what”s

November 18, 2007

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Why I Take a Premillennial View (Shorter Version)

By Alex V. Wilson A more comprehensive treatment of this subject by Alex V. Wilson is also available.     Being correct about the millennium is not necessary for salvation. I can”t find any verse that says, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and premillennialism, and you will be saved.” Nor is believing correctly about the millennium essential for Christian character and service (though “the blessed hope” of Christ”s coming definitely is). There were strong Christians for decades before John wrote Revelation. Paul never read it, and if you asked him to explain “the thousand years” he might have replied, “I

August 26, 2007

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The Power to Go the Distance

By Jeff Walling I have a confession: I don”t get the running thing at all. Sure, when I pass a tank-topped runner there is a moment of jealousy, I wish I was him. Or at least, I wish I looked like him. But when I see them puffing and wheezing after they”ve finally had enough, looking like they”ve been dragged through a field and dipped in a swamp, that feeling evaporates. But the runners who really puzzle me are the marathoners. Who would run 26.2 miles of their own freewill? Who in their right mind would push their muscles until

July 25, 2007

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My Most Effective Mentor

By Mark A. Taylor As we assembled this issue about mentoring, I received word that my most effective mentor, Charles E. Stiles, had passed away. Mr. Stiles was alumni director at The Cincinnati Bible Seminary (now Cincinnati Christian University) while I was a student there. I am one in a long line of young people he directed toward the ministry. Before he assumed the Bible college job, in his local church and Christian service camp ministries, he had touched the lives of dozens who serve faithfully today. At CBS he created the school”s outreach tool, the Come Alive Singers. We

June 24, 2007

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La Convención Nacional Cristiana

By Marilyn Custer The National Christian Convention (Hispanic) began in 1984 when several church leaders in Texas and California felt the need to get together and have fellowship with one another. There is a national convention in Mexico that several of these leaders attended when they were growing up. They wanted something similar, so in July 1984 the first Hispanic convention took place in San Antonio, Texas. Feliciano Moreno was the president. For 10 years the convention was held primarily in Texas or Southern California. But since 2000 the convention has been held in Longmont, Colorado; Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois;

July 19, 2006

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Please Update Your Listing!

By Mark A. Taylor Suppose you knew a Web site where you could find a listing for every Christian church and church of Christ in the United States. Suppose you could find not only the church’s address and phone number but a wealth of other information: names of staff members, link to the Web site, and statistics about baptisms and giving and attendance. You would use this information to find a church when traveling. If you were doing research about congregations in our movement, you’d go here to gather the information you need. Just browsing through the listings would encourage

January 15, 2006

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Prayer Is Powerful

By Arron Chambers Prayer is powerful. I was reminded of that truth just a few weeks ago. I stayed late after Wednesday night Bible study for our bimonthly leadership meeting at church. By the time I got home, it was after 11:00 pm, and Rhonda and the kids were already asleep. At 6:08 the next morning, my 4-year-old son, Levi, crawled into bed with us. He likes to get up early, stand quietly at our bedside, and stare at us until we wake up and ask the all-important question, “Are you ready for a bowl of cereal?” But this morning

November 30, 2005

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What Kind of Church Is This?

What Kind of Church Is This? This is the lead article from CHRISTIAN STANDARD’S 8-page brochure of the same name that has sold hundreds of thousands of copies! Information about how to order the brochure is contained at the end of this article. One thing is certain”“there is no shortage of churches. You can take your pick among the hundreds of different kinds, from the proud old denominations like the Episcopalian and Presbyterian to the newer, more energetic Assembly of God or Seventh Day Adventists, to say nothing of those amazingly numerous and various cults that keep springing up. In the

October 30, 2005

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Union in Truth

By James B. North Thomas Campbell, a member of the Old Light, Anti-Burgher, Seceder Presbyterian sect in Northern Ireland reacted negatively toward the religious divisions he experienced there. This was one reason he came to America in 1807, but he soon discovered that the American frontier had partisan divisions about as rife as those back home. Leaving the Presbyterians in 1808, he led a group of about 20 friends to form in 1809 the Christian Association of Washington (Pennsylvania). Their goal was not to become a new church, but merely an association to promote simple evangelical Christianity free of human

October 2, 2005

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Integrity in the Pulpit

By Dean M. Christensen I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house (Psalm 101:2, New Revised Standard Version). Over the past several years, cheating and plagiarism have surfaced as hot topics in academia, the news media, and more recently, the church. Several high-profile cases involve pastors of large churches who resigned, or were fired or suspended for repeated instances of “borrowing” sermons from various sources without attribution. In September 2004, a prominent pastor in North Carolina admitted he had plagiarized sermons during the previous two

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