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Excellent article on abortion
Weylan Deaver has an excellent article on abortion posted on his blog. In this article Weylan details what we can learn from the Bible about the subject of abortion, offering nine solid points that will help you study the subject further, or even form a sermon around.
Debate begins tonight
The Nature of Man debate will begin tonight at 7 p.m. with an altered format. For an explanation of the format, see the Shaumburg church of Christ website. For live audio of the event, follow this link: http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/stcasx/3c3winlive3145/play.asx
New Spiritual Sword a must read
In the latest edition of The Spiritual Sword, the question “What is happening to us?” is examined. Many issues that are being discussed and disagreed over are covered in the issue, including homosexuality, the role of women, denominationalism, instrumental music, and postmodernism. One issue, however, stood out and caused me a little shock. At the [...]
Deaver-Black debate will be broadcast live on internet
It was announced recently that Mac Deaver will participate in a debate with a baptist minister April 27-30 at Schaumburg (Ill.) Church of Christ. The title of the debate is “The Nature of Man.” For more information, see the previous article here. Jeffery Miller with the church at Schaumburg dropped by to tell me that [...]
Mac Deaver to participate in debate on the nature of man in April
Mac Deaver will participate in a debate with a baptist minister April 27-30 at Schaumburg (Ill.) Church of Christ. The title of the debate is “The Nature of Man.” Deaver will affirm the proposition, “The Scriptures teach that a person is born innocent (free of sin) and becomes a sinner when he first transgresses the [...]
Gay bishop will be careful not to be especially Christian
In a few days, the United States will witness the inauguration of a new president and the beginning of a new era in American politics. Along with it, however, will come an increased presence of religious pluralism. Although many are just now awakening to the concept, postmodern thought and religious pluralism is running rampant in [...]
Massachusetts court upholds covert use of pro-gay materials in classroom
by Matt Clifton Just when you thought the pro-homosexual movement had gotten as bad as it could, along comes this decision by the United States Court of Appeals, as reported by Apologetics Press. According to the news story, the decision upholds the rights of public school teachers to not only read pro-homosexual material (story books, [...]
Calling out Quail Springs: Judgmental, or loving?
by Matt Clifton Following the prominent interview of Mark Henderson of Quail Springs church of Christ in The Oklahoman, leaders of many congregations in the Oklahoma and Texas area joined together in publicly marking Henderson in an advertisement printed in the same newspaper. For more background on this story, also see BrotherhoodNews.com for a story [...]
Quail Springs hits the slippery slope of instrumentalism, 300 walk out
by Matt Clifton According to news reports at Brotherhood News and an interview with The Oklahoman, Quail Springs Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, Ok., added an instrumental worship service on Sunday, Jan. 27. The congregation’s pulpit minister, Mark Henderson, said in the interview with The Oklahoman that he understands fully the lack of biblical authority [...]
Interesting read on instrumental music
by Matt Clifton Denny Petrillo, president of the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Denver, offers an interesting review of A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church by Calvin Stapert. According to Petrillo’s review, Stapert gives historical evidence from the history of the church to support the practice of vocal-only [...]