Articles for tag: Sectarianism

March 25, 2014

Just Enough Scaffolding

By Mark A. Taylor “We all seemed to be on the same page,” Bob Russell wrote me after last week”s Beyond the Standard BlogTalkRadio program. “Maybe that made for boring listening, but it makes for a stronger brotherhood!” His comment sowed a new thought for me. Should I be looking for opposing points of view among the guests who appear on these monthly programs? For this episode, could I have found Christian leaders to disagree with “We”re not the only Christians, but we are Christians only”? Maybe. At least one comment about CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s March issue, devoted to that centuries-old

March 27, 2012

Mark A. Taylor

Organizations & Events Colleges & Seminaries

Christian churches and churches of Christ colleges

Considering the Question of Them and Us and Ours

As colleges and ministries rooted in Christian churches and churches of Christ broaden their reach, Mark A. Taylor considers what changing support and participation mean for the institutions that help preserve a movement’s heritage.

December 29, 2011

Jim Tune

Restoration Movement History

I Have a Family

Jim Tune reflects on the Restoration Movement as a spiritual family and calls Christians to embrace its biblical heritage without sectarianism, theological compromise, or an inferiority complex.

June 9, 2011

Mark A. Taylor

Church Life

Our Decision, Our Opportunity

Mark A. Taylor considers the future of Christian churches and churches of Christ amid changing views of denominationalism, association, doctrine, and practice.

July 6, 2008

Greg Taylor

Culture & Public Square Justice

A New Movement and the Choices We Must Make

Greg Taylor urges Christians to move beyond sectarian walls and join a wider Restoration Movement marked by justice, mercy, peacemaking, and service to the poor and powerless.

November 6, 2005

Clint Gill

Theology & Bible Doctrinal Issues & Debates

The Church Is Constitutionally One (Part 3 of 3)

Using Ephesians 4:1-6, Clint Gill explains the church as constitutionally one—an organic unity grounded in one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God.